• 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 [...]

  • Happy Birthday Dev Patel!

    Happy Birthday to Dev Patel! From British hit telly show Skins, to Oscar and BAFTA award-winning Slumdog Millionaire, we’ve watched this young lad (and his career) grow and blossom in front of the camera. At a mere 19 he already has some amazing work under his belt and I think it’s safe to say we [...]

  • 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 [...]

  • 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 [...]

  • Dulce Pinzon Photography

    Just stumbled upon this little gallery simply labeled ‘multiracial‘ from Dulce Pinzon’s website.

  • Asian Fetishists…Gay?

     
    Shot By Kern–Kana
    Above link to video–Warning: Explicit/Nude imagery–Not Work Safe.
    Recently, I was on VBS.TV –a independent documentary website that covers topics such as fashion, culture, music and news. I was looking at some of the newest entries from their series Shot By Kern which explores Richard Kern a nude voyeur and fetish photographer and his [...]

  • Who Watches Over the Asians? Not the Watchmen

    [Warning: May contain spoilers] OK, so like many of you, I have gone and seen the movie adaptation of Watchmen, a graphic novel that is by now over 20 years old. It’s an amazing book which contains an enormous amount of social commentary and reflection. The story touches on the topics of both [...]

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