Hyphen Magazine: Lying to your mom about Post-partum Depression
Sharline Chiang of Hyphen Magazine is a survivor of post-partum depression. Yesterday, she wrote a powerful article today about the months following…
Category: Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders
Struggling in Silence: a discussion at Yale on APIA mental health
It has been exactly a decade since I’ve been an undergraduate student at Cornell, and involved in that exciting thing…
Thousands feared dead in the Philippines following super typhoon Haiyan
Yesterday, a super typhoon dubbed Haiyan (which boasted 200mph winds) made landfall on the Philippine coast, and demolished homes across…
Asian Americans helped deliver McAuliffe victory in VA in Election 2013, despite reports of voting rights violations at polls
Yesterday marked a critical election day for the nation, despite being an off-year election with only a handful of “headline-worthy”…
Strength in NUMBERS teaser music video for “Turn it Up”
Over the weekend, the Strength in NUMBERS project hit its Kickstarter goal. A few days ago, they also unveiled a…
Just 24 hours to go to fund Strength In NUMBERS: APIA urban music project
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qm-nY92H1Io There are just 24 hours left to support Strength in NUMBERS, an Asian American urban music project helmed by CHOPS,…
Quentin Tarentino and the RZA: The Men with the Orientalist Fetishes
Last night, I did a really dumb thing. I watched The Man With the Iron Fists, directed by and starring…
Mental Health Awareness Week: Top 10 Myths about Asian Americans and Mental Health
In 1990, Congress declared the first week of October to be Mental Health Awareness Week; today marks the final day…
My Night at Fenway Park, and Asian American Fatherhood
I’m not a huge fan of Major League Baseball, but one of my earliest childhood memories is when my dad…
The problem with Seth MacFarlane is that we’re still paying attention
The Asian American blogosphere has been up in arms for the last month over Seth MacFarlane’s latest endeavour, a sitcom…
First Indian-American Miss America Crowned, Minds of Racists Explodes
Last night, Miss America happened. I was watching Breaking Bad. I think pageants are regressive and boring, and when they’re…
NOC: “Whore of the Orient” Video Game Slammed for Anti-Asian Racism
Originally posted on The Nerds of Color (H/T Asian American News) Team Bondi, the Australian-based maker of the popular 3rd…