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Topic “Health & Environment”

Medical Malpractice?

Medical Malpractice?

Writer Catherine A. Traywick

Jane Sandoval can’t speak a lick of Tagalog — her parents made sure of that. “There’s no excuse for you to not speak well. You were born here,” her father used to tell his children, often punctuating this...

Catherine A Traywick | Thu, Nov 10th- 9:23am | Activism, Feature, Issue 24: Survival, Health & Environment, Race, Social Justice

It’s Eel, It’s Salmon -- Wait… It’s Kinda Both?

The Just Label It campaign wants you to know what you're eating.

Nancy Wei | Thu, Jan 5th- 2:56pm | food safety, GMO, labeling, organics, sushi, Food, Health & Environment, Science, Social Justice
Sea Change

Sea Change

Writer Nina Kahori Fallenbaum
Photographer Lisa Cates

Some say that Asian America began in Louisiana. In the late 1700s, Filipino sailors escaped Spanish galleons and started shrimping the hot, humid Gulf Coast, where the weather...

Nina Kahori Fal... | Wed, Nov 9th- 11:54pm | BP Oil Spill, Louisiana, New Orleans East, vietnamese americans, Food, Community, Food, Issue 24: Survival, Health & Environment, News & Politics, Recipe

Postpartum (Food) Delivery in Oakland Chinatown

A new service in Oakland's Chinatown delivers meals like chicken and black fungus wine soup to new moms.

 

Momo Chang | Fri, Oct 7th- 9:02am | Allan Liu, Liu Mama, Motherhood Rooted, postpartum, Culture, Food, Gender, Health & Environment, Immigration, Parenthood

DVD Review: Min Sook Lee's "My Toxic Baby"

Hyphen reviews Min Sook Lee's documentary My Toxic Baby, one mother's educational journey through green parenting.

Momo Chang | Mon, Aug 8th- 9:55pm | parenthood, Activism, Film, Health & Environment, Parenthood, Social Issues
Suturing Self

Suturing Self

One med student comes to grips with being a dutiful South Asian American daughter, accepting her love of science, and surrounding herself with body fluids.

Dharushana Muth... | Thu, Sep 8th- 10:02pm | Essay, First Person, Issue 23: Bittersweet, Health & Environment
Better Living Through Bitter Melon

Better Living Through Bitter Melon

Editor’s note: The National Bitter Melon Council was established by a group of performance artists and Asian American activists based in Boston. The council exists to “celebrate the health, social, culinary and creative possibilities of this...

National Bitter... | Sun, Dec 11th- 5:32pm | bitter melon, manifesto, trade group, Food, Community, Events, Food, Issue 23: Bittersweet, Health & Environment, Performing Arts

Cognitive Distortions with Eeyore

How do you combat depressive thoughts and keep yourself from sinking further into depression or stress? We offer tips for better mental health using Eeyore, the melancholic donkey from Winnie the Pooh, to educate laypeople about...

Marissa Lee | Fri, Jul 1st- 1:32am | Blogger Column, cognitive distortions, eeyore, Ask a Model Minority Suicide, Health & Environment

What Kind of Cultural Mash-Up Eater Are You?

Do you put Sriracha on everything? Can't bear to waste food? Got an artillery of top secret ingredients? It's time to find out what type of mash-up eater you are.

Nicole Wong | Tue, Jun 7th- 11:23pm | Asian American Food, food personality, funny, mash-up, types of eaters, Food, Health & Environment
Knock on Wood

Knock on Wood

Nobuko Miyamoto's green campaign to stick it to disposable chopsticks.

Alison Minami | Sun, Dec 11th- 5:53pm | B.Y.O. Chopstix, chopsticks, disposable chopsticks, Activism, Food, Issue 23: Bittersweet, Health & Environment, Social Issues
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