I decided to use this picture from 8Asians because I didn’t want to risk the trauma of Google searching “hentai.” I mean, any of a number of disturbing images could come up (including, but not limited to, the mind-breaking leaked images of the sex and birth scenes from Breaking Dawn). I think this picture is…
DetailsI sure am. Not Rebecca Black’s Friday, of course…although that song is kind of catchy. As long as I don’t actually listen to the lyrics. Anyway, I recently found out about this Asian kid chillin’ in the music video for “Friday.” This would be an occasion for me to point and shout, “Look! Asian!” It…
DetailsSonia Rai is a 24-year-old South Asian-American and a UC Irvine graduate who has been recently diagnosed with AML (acute myelogenous leukemia), which is cancer of the blood. A bone marrow transplant is her only hope for survival, yet the odds of finding a match are 1 in a million for South Asian-Americans. According to…
DetailsUnfortunately, we made a few mistakes in our Winter 2011 issue. We are deeply sorry about this. Page 3: Michelle Bacani is a third-year student, not a fourth-year. Page 19: Credit was not appropriately given for listed scholarships. UCLA Asian American Studies Center issued the following scholarships. Contact Meg Thornton for more details: Angie Kwon Memorial Scholarship 21st Century Undergraduate…
DetailsChinese American Manolo and his parents are pushed in line for deportation soon while his brother stays in the United States. What a way to break up a family. Community members have built a facebook page and a petition in order to protest these deportations. So far, only 236 people have “liked” the page and…
DetailsHyphen Magazine and The Asian American Writers’ Workshop are hosting the fourth annual Asian American Short Story Contest. This contest, with a grand prize of $1000, publication in Hyphen magazine, and the honor of short story of the year, is open to all writers of Asian descent living in the United States or Canada. This…
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