#170in7: Only 24 hours in and already nearly 10% of our donor goal reached!
The #170in7 bone marrow cyberdrive in memory of Janet Liang has only been live for a little over 24 hours,…
Category: Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders
170 in 7: An Overwhelming Response from the Asian American Community in Memory of Janet
Last week, I was saddened to hear about Janet Liang’s death. I had been inspired by Janet’s battle against leukemia, and…
Be one of the 170 in 7 today! a bone marrow cyberdrive in memory of Janet Liang
Janet Liang, a vibrant 25 year old UCLA graduate and a leukemia patient who spent years championing leukemia awareness…
RIP Janet Liang
Just found out that Janet Liang, the brave young woman whose battle with leukemia inspired my own registration in the…
Chubby Kid Enters in Taiwanese Body-Building Contest (and Wins “Most Spirited”)
This kid is either an “Awesome Asian” or an “Asian Behaving Badly” for meeting a dare headlong and participating in…
Is Diabetes More Deadly for Asian Americans?
This past week, the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics — a division of the CDC responsible for maintaining and…
Racial Hate in a Post-9/11 Second Amendment America
Yesterday, a man walked into a temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin and opened fire with a legally-purchased automatic handgun. Ten…
K-Town, Episode 3 Recap (Part 2): Soju is the Relationship Killer (Spontaneous Dance-Off Edition)
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS2gq6agLvA Spoiler alert! Which hopefully you would have figured out by the word “recap” in the title. (If, like Young,…
Former Japanese American Internee Answers Questions in “Ask Me Anything” Feature on Reddit
A Japanese American woman, now a grandmother, was interned at Tule Lake during WWII. Recently, on Reddit, she was featured…
Wife of Chinese Politician Bo Xilai Charged with Murdering British Businessman
News outlets are reporting that Gu Kailai, wife of popular and ousted Chinese politician Bo Xilai, has been charged with…
K-Town, Episode 3 Recap (Part One): Soju is the Relationship Killer (Spontaneous Dance-Off Edition)
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS2gq6agLvA Spoiler alert! Which hopefully you would have figured out by the word “recap” in the title. This post will…
K Town, Episode 2 Recap: Why You Don’t Piss Off Drunk Korean Girls
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xCR9kfRvg0 I hadn’t even had time to hit “Publish” on my K Town episode 1 recap when episode 2 was released.…