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What I Learned From Posting A Dragon Lady Personal Ad
I’ve always been curious what it would be like to be an Asian American woman on a dating website. So I decided to put up my own ad. But what kind of Asian American woman should I be? And then inspiration hit me: I should be a stereotype. But what kind of stereotype should I be? Geisha? Dragon lady? Both? I decided being a dragon lady would be more fun than being a geisha. And [...] Continue »
VIRAL LIKE SARS: Manikako’s Robot Love Story Will Make You Weep
I’m not quite sure what this short film is for, except that it’s the result of a sponsorship between Energizer batteries and Manikako, a Filipino non-profit organization that provides self-expression and an emotional outlet for underprivileged children through doll crafting. In this video, a robot finds love in a beautiful doll but learns what the ultimate sacrifice can be. Oh, and here’s a box of tissues.
To The White Guy Who Tried To Give Me Pointers On How To Snag A White Guy
To the white guy who tried to give me pointers on how to snag a white guy: My professional obligation in the context at hand was to convince you to sign a contract that would fork over half a million dollars to my company and so I couldn’t say then any of what I am about to say now.
Americans Overestimate Number of Asian Americans, Minorities, and Extent of Interracial Marriage
On Discover Magazine’s Gene Expressions blog, Razib Khan takes a look at how different groups of Americans perceive the number of Asian Americans and other minorities. He concludes that Americans consistently overestimate the number of minorities and underestimate the number of whites. He also states that despite 31% of Asian Americans marrying a non-Asian American in 2008, Americans overestimate the extent of interracial marriage, especially for Asian Americans. Are the concerns raised by one of [...] Continue »
Asians Behaving Badly: Korean Woman Scammed Korean Men Online
From LA Times: ”Kim was arrested a week after falsely reporting, under a stolen identity, that she was the victim of domestic violence, according to a police news release. Police said that, on the basis of the report, Kim had a 44-year-old Irvine businessman she had met on Koreancupid.com removed from his home. While the man was in custody, Kim robbed him, according to the release.” Apparently, she’s had this racket going since 2009, and has a [...] Continue »
VIRAL LIKE SARS: Internet Meme Proposal
Take note, unoriginal-guys-thinking-of-organizing-flash-mob-proposals. This is how you combine viral pop culture with sappy milestones in your life. Timothy Tiah in Kuala Lumpur decided to take the jump and ask his girlfriend, Audrey, to be his wife. And the creative part is that the entire proposal was done through flash cards incorporating popular Internet memes, like the Y U NO guy and Lord of the Rings. The result? A sweet, endearing, funny, relevant (at least for [...] Continue »
Study: “South Korean Men Are Second Most Unfaithful In World”
From Chosun: “In the poll of 29,000 men and women from 36 countries by Harris Interactive for condom maker Durex, 34 percent of Korean men answered that they had been unfaithful to their partners, second only to Thailand’s 54 percent. Malaysia ranked third with 33 percent, followed by Russia (32 percent) and Hong Kong (29 percent).”
Nightline Features Simple Pickup Artists
video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player I was watching Nightline the other night, and for some reason, they decided to do a segment on “pick up artists,” specifically Simple Pickup, a group of three mid-twenty-something-looking , Jason, Jesse and Kong – maybe because their videos have become a YouTube sensation, with over 10 million views since February of this year. I was pleasantly surprised to see Kong and Jesse representing.
The Walking Dead: Glenn & Maggie Fall for Each Other
My first post on Glenn and Maggie’s “one night stand” on AMC’s The Walking Dead was a bit tongue in cheek, kind of stating that the only way an Asian American man could “get” a white woman was if we lived in a post-apocalyptic zombie filled world. In the past few episodes, we’ve seen Maggie really starting to fall for Glenn. In Episode 6 (Season 2), after Glenn saves Maggie from a “walker” (zombie) after [...] Continue »
Asians Behaving Badly: Woman Charged With Dousing Ex-Husband With Boiling Water
Jesusa Tatad was charged with torture after dousing her ex-husband with boiling water and later hitting him in the head with baseball bat. Prosecutors say that she attacked him in the home they still shared after believing that her ex husband was cheating on her. What? There are a couple of things that don’t add up here.
White Men are Likely to Move Twice as Fast When With a Minority Girlfriend
From The Cornell Chronicle: “Among young American adults, relationships between white men and minority women move into sexual intimacy and from sex to cohabitation significantly faster than white-white couples or minority-minority pairings, reports a new study by a Cornell demographer. [...] Controlling for such factors as religion and family background, the researchers found that, on average, white male-minority female couples advanced to sex within one month of dating — nearly twice as fast as white-white [...] Continue »
Taiwan Working To Legalize Prostitution
In early November, Taiwan revised the Social Order Maintenance Act in which prostitution is legal in designated red-light districts. However, no local governments have been willing to create these zones. This is a highly controversial matter and there are split opinions on this issue. People in Taiwan believe that setting up a red-light district would increase crime and decrease property values. In addition to the legalization of red light district, a new amendment also proposes [...] Continue »
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