The Misogyny of Pick-Up Artistry: Why we shouldn’t stop at Julien Blanc
The internet is in an uproar this week over Julien Blanc, an American and self-described “dating expert” who travels the…
#Election2014: A Mostly Disappointing Night for Asian American & Pacific Islander Politicos
2014 was a record-breaking year for Asian American and Pacific Islander political candidates: this year, 39 AAPI candidates launched a campaign…
#GamerGate Supporters Having Trouble Telling Two Asians Apart?
In a story that I’m posting about mostly because I find it effin’ hilarious, Arthur Chu –former Jeopardy champion who tweets…
Top 10 Reasons Why #AAPI Need To Vote Today | #OurVoteMatters
It’s that time again – today is Election Day, and the stakes couldn’t be higher. AAPI aren’t traditionally viewed as…
Toronto Sun issues lame apology over racist & sexist political cartoon
Last week, I posted about a seriously ill-advised political cartoon published by the Toronto Sun just a day prior to Toronto’s…
Where I’ve been for the last 2 weeks: campus & radio appearances!
Regular readers of this blog might have noticed that I’ve been seriously M.I.A. for the past two weeks. For the…
Grace Jung’s debut novel “Deli Ideology” explores Korean American identity & history
An apparently epic multi-tasker, Grace Jung (@aechjay), poet and film producer of the upcoming documentary A-Town Boyz (trailer after the jump), also…
Toronto Sun publishes racist & sexist caricature of mayoral candidate Olivia Chow
(H/T V. Wong, @vywccnc) Torontonians headed to the polls today to elect the city’s newest mayor, someone who will hopefully…
AAPI Rewind: a brand new newsletter archiving all the best #AAPI reads of the week | #AAPIRewind
Are you always trying to stay on top of AAPI articles and news, but having a hard time finding the…
The Marysville-Pilchuck School Shooting and the Intolerable Price of Misogylinity
Last Friday, it happened again; and a nation where school shootings have become terrifyingly commonplace struggled once more to rouse…
Scarlett, you are not my Major Motoko
For the record, I am dying to see a Ghost in the Shell live-action film. I grew up on both the…
How both Bill O’Reilly and Jon Stewart got it really wrong on Asian Americans
So this happened. I guess because Bill Maher’s battle of wits (in absentia) with Ben Affleck over Maher’s latent Islamophobia went…