Blog Archive: March 2011

Do Asian Americans Yelp Like Crazy?

Victoria Yue - March 31, 2011

Hyphen writers Victoria Yue and Mic Nguyen take a look at the disproportionate number of Asian Americans on Yelp as compared to the general population. Based in Chicago, Victoria is addicted to random personal anecdotes and Red Mango’s discontinued Tangonium yogurt. Michael lives and writes in Brooklyn, and is championing a new food pyramid in which every step is pizza.

It was curiously fun, and now they’re both hungry.

Stop the Deportation of DREAMer Manolo and His Family

Sylvie Kim - March 30, 2011

Venezuelan-born, US college grad Manolo Lem faces deportation along with his parents -- restaurant owners in Shelbyville, TN -- who are originally from China. Manolo has been in the United States since the age of 2 and his brother Vincent is an American citizen.

The Hyphenite's Social Calendar: Talks, Plays, and Submissions

Mic Nguyen - March 30, 2011

J-Gators, a collaboration of students at the University of Florida, is raising funds for earthquake and tsunami victims in Japan with 100 percent of profits from t-shirt sales going to the Hope for Japan Relief Fund. Their goal is to raise at least $5000 within a flexible deadline (the next 2-3 weeks).

Hyphen at the National Conference on Media Reform, April 8-10 in Boston

Saif Ansari - March 29, 2011

A few months ago fellow hyphenator Nina Fallenbaum told me about the upcoming National Conference on Media Reform in Boston. Once upon a time, before her Hyphen days, she attended. Now I am, and so is Hyphen.

Hyphen TV: Not Offensive!

Dianne Choie - March 29, 2011

Look, I'm as sick of measuring how "offensive" things are as anyone else. So it was nice to get a moment of levity from 30 Rock's Jenna Maroney, arguably a close second in the Out of Touch with Reality contest to Tracy Morgan's Tracy Jordan.

Chew on This: Chinese American Detective Comes to Showtime

Dot Lin - March 28, 2011

In light of the Akira casting controversy last week, perhaps some may enjoy sampling the tastier news of Showtime picking up the script for Chew, a quirky comic book series featuring Chinese American police detective Tony Chu, as a half-hour TV series.