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Tag: Orientalism

On Being a Brown Asian: Expanding the Boundaries of Asian America
Asian Americans & Pacific IslandersGuest Contributors

On Being a Brown Asian: Expanding the Boundaries of Asian America

JennApril 6, 2018

By: Anisa Khalifa During my last year of university, I decided to explore beyond my close-knit group of friends and…

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Asian Americans & Pacific IslandersComics

C.B. Cebulski’s “Apology” for Pretending to be a Japanese Comic Writer is Entirely Bullshit

JennDecember 21, 2017December 21, 2017

It’s a headline that might have described the antics in an episode of “Family Guy”: White guy pretends to be…

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Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders

Katy Perry (Sorta) Addresses Cultural Appropriation Critiques

JennJune 13, 2017June 13, 2017

In the latest episode of DeRay McKesson’s podcast, “Pod Save the People” (Episode 8:  “When You Have to Face Yourself”),…

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Asian Americans & Pacific IslandersGuest Contributors

Orientalist Caricatures of Chinatown Resurrected in the Pages of The New York Times

Guest ContributorMay 26, 2017June 9, 2023

By Guest Contributor: Jan Lee It was Valentine’s Day in New York City. While others were thinking about where to…

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Asian Americans & Pacific IslandersFeminismMovies

REVIEW: I Watched ‘Ghost in the Shell’ So You Don’t Have To

JennApril 2, 2017April 6, 2017

This weekend, Hollywood’s live-action remake of the classic Ghost in the Shell anime opened in theatres nationwide. The film has been the…

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Karlie Kloss Apologizes for Appearing in Yellowface for “Vogue’s” Diversity Fashion Shoot

JennFebruary 15, 2017February 22, 2017

Model Karlie Kloss has apologized for appearing in yellowface for a photoshoot for Vogue magazine. In the most recent issue of Vogue magazine, Kloss…

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Asian Americans & Pacific IslandersMovies

Matt Damon is Not the Hero China Needs, But He’s The One Hollywood Will Give Us

JennJuly 30, 2016July 31, 2016

I can’t even right now. The basic concept of the upcoming The Great Wall seems like a Hollywood studio wet dream: the…

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Asian Americans & Pacific IslandersColour-FaceMovies

#AStrangeWhitewashing Continues with New Images from Upcoming Ghost in the Shell & Dr. Strange

JennApril 18, 2016April 19, 2016

I know I’m about a week late on this news, but I’ve got something really important to say: ScarJo, you…

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Asian Americans & Pacific IslandersRacism

Minorities Trapped in Tropes: The Conservative Right’s Cognitive Dissonance on POC Humanity

JennDecember 4, 2014December 4, 2014

Earlier this year, unarmed Black teenager Michael Brown was fatally shot by police officer Darren Wilson; earlier this month, a…

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Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders

Oh Avril, why’d you have to go and make things so complicated? | #AvrilLavigneHelloKitty

JennApril 26, 2014April 26, 2014

So, this happened. Earlier this week, Avril Lavigne — a self-professed “tomboy” who at one time encouraged young girls to…

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Asian Americans & Pacific IslandersRacism

What is Orientalism, and how is it also racism?

JennApril 17, 2014April 17, 2014

It always surprises me how, even among anti-racist activists (let alone the general population), there is a general ignorance of…

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Hey Air France, your Orientalism is in the air | #FixedIt4UAF @AirFrance

JennApril 4, 2014April 6, 2014

(H/T to Jeff Yang (@originalspin) for notifying me of this campaign) Bonjour, Air France! I’ve never ridden your airplanes because…

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