I took some time this week to read an article about Forever 21: its origins and its future. It’s a long read, but a fascinating one. I copied and pasted all these quotes that I could talk about, but then I realized that it would make this post too long and unwieldy. I think the…
Happy Lunar New Year’s! May you have lots of fun, surrounded by friends, family, and loved ones. Here’s a brief statement about the New Year’s from President Obama. I send my best wishes to Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, and all who celebrate the Lunar New Year across the United States and around the world.…
The Turtle and The Shark from Ryan J Woodward on Vimeo. Stumbled upon this video last night after I sent my friends a different video. Today, a Samoan guest speaker for my class showed it to us. He said that whenever someone wants to visit that cliff, the villagers would come out and sing. A…
1. Asian women (I’m guessing Asian American women) like to keep their mouths closed about sex. 2. Asian American women have one of the highest rates in abortion. 3. There are some who don’t have a problem talking about it (well, didn’t).
Remember that Vogue article in December that claimed that Asians are “re-defining” beauty? Givenchy’s Ricardo Tisci has followed that up by hiring Asian models to display his new samurai robot inspired gowns. Asians modeling samurais and robots. How truly groundbreaking (and in case you didn’t catch my sarcasm, this being the internet and all…it’s there).…
The Asian Pacific American Media Coalition released its Report Card for Television Diversity a day or two ago, focusing on the representation of the APA community on major networks such as ABC and NBC, both on-screen and behind the scenes. As you can see, the grades aren’t exactly stellar. The only A’s are for NBC…