• Memorial Day

    I don’t know much about the impact of war on my American side - all the men have served at some point (including my dad, who was stationed in Okinawa when he met my mom) but they don’t talk about it.  But I know a lot about the flip side of the Pacific War and [...]

  • Racism in Comedy

    Inspired by this post which revolves around Amy Sedaris’s “quirky” brand of humor.
    As much as I love her work on Strangers with Candy, I have trouble understanding the need for Amy Sedaris to go on with jokes that contain racial stereotypes as part of her “quirky” persona. I think what troubled me the most [...]

  • Bone Marrow Donor Needed

    Roy sent me this article which calls for bone marrow donors whose ideal ethnic background is 3/4 Caucasian and 1/4 Sino-Asian.
    Any person whose ethnic background is a mix of Asian and Caucasian, and is in good health with no history of cancer or major illness, and is between the ages of 18 and 60, is [...]

  • Why Asians Make Great Undercover Spies

    In the latest episode of Dollhouse, the character Sierra goes undercover to retrieve some super-secret information. And she dresses up as an Asian employee. Because Asians look the same.
    So for those of you taking notes, in order to perform a successful espionage, simply take your resident Asian and dress them up like an [...]

  • Mixed Asian Comedians

    Roy and I went to a comedy club the other night because a friend of mine won some free tickets. The main comedian at the show was pretty awful, but it got me thinking about where mixed Asians are in mainstream comedy. After some YouTube crawling, I stumbled across Steven Byrnes, who is [...]

  • April 10, 2009
  • sarah
  • rants
  • 3

  • Bizarre Foods Shows Other Cultures as, Well, Bizarre

    Maybe I just have an unhealthy relationship with the Travel channel. I love learning about things outside of my cultural scope, but I feel like that’s not what the Travel channel has been all about lately. On top of its anti-women programming (see: Man vs. Wild, Man vs. Food, Bridget’s Stupid Mindfuck Beach [...]

  • Ex-Pat Pied Piper and the Economy

    I know that we need food and we need shelter. I love a good movie, a good book, some music, a nice plate to serve dinner on, a great table to sit at, and a handy gadget that helps me clean up after. But am I less happy without those things? Does my happiness, and [...]

  • Asian Women Carnival

    The first Asian Women Carnival on Livejournal includes numerous accounts from Asian women all over the world who use the Internet to have their voices heard. It’s worth reading the accounts of women as they tackle topics on racism, stereotypes, identity and even gaming (which included just one account – would have loved to [...]

  • Rain Fall Trailer

    This thriller comes out in Japan on April 25th and features a half-Japanese protagonist.  Based on the six-volume series by Barry Eisler, this summary on Amazon.com explains the intricate plot:
    John Rain, a Japanese American konketsu, or half-breed, learned his lethal trade as a member of the U.S. Special Forces. Although tortured by memories of atrocities [...]

 1  2  3  4 »