#NotYourWedge Twitter Townhall Features Asian American Panelists in Support of Affirmative Action
Earlier today, Asian American scholars and activists organized a Twitter townhall to discuss affirmative action on the hashtag #NotYourWedge. The…
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Speaking Truth to Power is not Cyberbullying: On Tone Policing and Respectability Politics
Last week, Deadline broke the story that writer/director Gabriel Robertson (EastEnders, Bucket, The Gift) was attached to write and direct…
“Misogynasian” and Why Gender Discrimination in Tech Must Be an Asian American Issue
Three years ago, Ellen Pao — former junior partner of Silicon Valley venture capital group Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers —…
Reappropriate: The Podcast – Ep. 6 | Is Digital Activism “Real” Activism?
Episode 6 of Reappropriate: The Podcast is now live! This episode features a great conversation between myself and Cayden Mak (@Cayden)…
We Are All Cyborgs: Being Asian American and Doing Organizing Online | #APAHM2014
Guest-post by Cayden Mak (@Cayden), 18MillionRising. I recently remarked to a longtime Twitter friend that I feel we live in…
10 brief thoughts on Colbert’s entire show responding to #CancelColbert
Tonight, Colbert Report had for the first time an opportunity to respond to the 72h trending hashtag #CancelColbert. I caught…
#FuckPhyllis and Arexis Fongman: Combating Casual Anti-Asian Racism on Twitter
With the growing usage of Twitter as a platform for social justice discussion and organization, a persistent question has been…
#NotYourAsianSidekick: Can a social movement start on Twitter?
We’re going in on Day 5 of #NotYourAsianSidekick, the hash-tag that blew up the Twitterverse with a conversation on Asian…
#NotYourAsianSidekick reveals the best — and worst — of Twitter
Over the weekend, something magical happened. Suey Park (@suey_park) — graduate student and activist — rallied Asian American feminists to…
Kal Penn, #StopandFrisk, and Tacos: Is rational discussion possible in the age of Twitter?
Earlier this week, Kal Penn blew up the Twitterverse. It all started when Penn — best known to America at-large…
Better Social Media Integration (and a New G+ Account)
This blog had been previously using the Sociable WP plugin to power its social media integration. However, I wasn’t too happy with…
Facebook Share Button Currently Non-Functional
So, apparently as of today, Facebook eliminated support for third-party share buttons, at least in such a way as was…