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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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Burly Surviving Men Travel and Discover Things People Already Traveled to and Discovered Before Them
In the cases of the OMG SURVIVOAR shows Man vs. Wild and Survivorman (seriously, could they get any more HEY BRAH with those names?), the buff and courageous hosts teach us what it’s like to survive in extreme environments. They risk their lives and endure deserts and jungles. They eat things like bovine eyes and [...]
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Laotian Student Told She’s No “Rosa Parks”
In a gross example of power abusal, a Laotian American high school senior is being prompted to take an English assessment exam simply because her first language is Lao – regardless of the fact that she was born in the States and can speak and write perfect English. Understandably, Lori Phanachone is refusing to [...]
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Orientalism Alive and Strong in American Tattoo Culture
Where do I begin? OK, how about the event that prompted me to write this post:
Last Friday I went with a few friends to a tattoo parlor so that they could price out some ink. This particular parlor we went to had an “edgy” look, filled with bright colors, framed pictures of skulls [...]
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Asian, Pacific Islander, or Other?
One of the clients that I work with as a freelance web and graphic designer is a political consulting firm. The websites that I make aren’t spectacular and are actually very plain (which sucks when it comes to portfolio fodder, but ANYWAY). They contain political surveys that ask questions about a user’s concerns [...]
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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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Confessions of a Mixed Asian
Hi there everyone,
my name is Abner and I have a confession. I am unsure of my place in this world, not in a sense of what I want to be but more of who I really am and where I come from. My whole life I was raised mexican (which is awesome btw) but it [...]
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FOXNews Show Talks About Offensive Picture, Makes Things More Offensive
If you’ve never had the misfortune to come across FOXNews show Red Eye, consider yourself lucky. This show attempts to be controversial and edgy but ends up spouting garbage that you’d hear from privileged white conservatives – because that’s who runs the show. Pictured above is the douche-y host whose name I won’t bother [...]
