Long after we have tired of responding to Chua's piece, it will still find its way to Asian parents like my own. Whatever we may believe of Chua now, the damage is done.
We hit a bit of a dry spell this week on Hyphen TV -- what can I say, it can't always be dim sum and half-Korean gay weddings.
Brian Leung's second novel, Take Me Home, is loosely based on the very real event of a massacre of Chinese coal miners in 1885 in Rock Springs, WY. This was when the Chinese were called "coolies" and thought to be cunning and inscrutable.
That is not John Cho, folks. That's Taiwanese pop singer Jay Chou in Columbia Pictures' The Green Hornet.
I interviewed Taiwanese pop star, composer, singer and actor Jay Chou (周杰倫), who stars in the new comedy-action The Green Hornet, directed by Michel Gondry and also starring Seth Rogen and Cameron Diaz. The Green Hornet has seen many lives, but is most famous for introducing Bruce Lee to the wide world in the 1966 TV show. Chou plays Lee’s character, Kato, sidekick to Rogen’s main character. .
Yes, we know it's January 14 and by now most people who declared they'd stop smoking or eating gluten on the first of the new year have already abandoned ship. But you know, some stereotypes are true: Sometimes, we run on Asian Time.
Elizabeth Jayne Liu has been at her resolution for four months already. On her birthday in September, she decided she would go against all pleas to stimulate the economy and take a stand against consumerism. She would stop shopping for one year. "This past summer, right before I turned 30, I realized that my material gains weren't going to be the answer to my fulfillment or my happiness," she explains. "I wanted to find out what would make my life richer and fuller, so I needed to take away my biggest distraction."
Kero One's new album spans a wide variety of styles under the hip hop umbrella, and features artists such as Esna, Tablo of Epik High, and Dumbfoundead.
Wednesday January 12th -- Everywhere
Creating Inclusive Spaces for APIA Students Webinar
The Asian Pacific American Network (APAN) is hosting a webinar focusing on APIA student centers and their fight for presence, space, and a voice on campuses across the country. A panel of APIA student service center directors will share their experiences developing centers and building institutional and financial support.
12:15 to 1:30 pm EST
Happy new year, fellow television fans! The holidays are all well and good, but I am nothing without new TV (two weeks without, akk), so let's get back into the groove.
Much as I hated having to read the entire smug business that is Amy Chua's book-promoting article, there was no way around it.
And much as I hate giving the writer more press, it's not an option to say nothing as, dangerously, she proselytizes to others her "Chinese mothering" strategies. Her piece opens like this: