8 Asians

On December 24, 2006, 8Asians founder Ernie Hsiung made his first humble post about Yul Kwon on this site. 8Asians has grown and evolved greatly over the past six years and I hope you’ll join me in conveying thanks to Ernie for his vision, our many authors for their contributions, and Moye and Bel for their ongoing support toward the success of this site. Special props to John, Mike, Christine, and Ernie, four of the [...] Continue »

If you’re in Las Vegas today for the UNITY Convention, join 8Asian’s very own co-editor, Jocelyn “Joz” Wang, as she speaks on a panel with Phil Yu from Angry Asian Man and The Wrap’s Lisa Fung, moderated by Tao Jones columnist Jeff Yang for an in-depth discussion on Asian Americans taking over the blogging culture. Here’s the information: Panel Title: From Tiger Mom to Jeremy Lin (AAJA) Session 1143 Room: Breaker C Date: Friday, August [...] Continue »

I love it when sitcoms break the “fourth wall” and look back at their favorite moments. I also love year in review news stories and articles. I think it’s the looking back and reflecting that I like the most. This article is my chance to look back at my last three years as an 8Asians writer. But instead of looking back at my favorite articles, I’m going to look back at my favorite comments. One [...] Continue »

Hey, kids! Have you ever thought to yourself: “Man, 8Asians is a great blog, but sometimes I’m just too lazy to type in a web address in with my fingers?” Those social websites like Facebook and/or Twitter scare the sweet bejesus out of you? Have you ever longed for the good old days of 1996, where “the internet” was getting everything by e-mail? Well, we can’t give you any of those good days back, but [...] Continue »

Do you like shopping? Did you see the items you love during the 8Days of Giveaways and think that you would love to write about similar things? Then with 2012, you should consider joining the blog staff of GASP!, 8Asians’ very own shopping blog! No blog writing experience is required, and the time commitment is one post per week. If you’d like to apply, email Susan at susan[at]8asians.com with the following: A brief bio — [...] Continue »

Over the past few months, our GASP! family of writers has been growing. We’ve brought together the 8Days of Giveaways, brought you a new item every day, and hopefully introduced you to new shops and designers. Now, we’re looking to grow our family again–we’re looking for bloggers to join the staff. The time commitment is one post per week, and no writing experience is required. Interested? Here’s what we need from you: A brief bio: Who [...] Continue »

Holy crap, has it been five years already? It sure has. Five years ago Christmas weekend, 8Asians.com was launched. I KNOW, RIGHT? That means that over the next couple of days, we’re going to focus on some well-deserved navel gazing and reflect on some 8Asians posts we’ve written over the past half a decade or so that you may have missed. Here are eight posts that 8Asians readers have found “controversial” – things that have [...] Continue »

Holy crap, has it been five years already? It sure has. Five years ago Christmas weekend, 8Asians.com was launched. I KNOW, RIGHT? That means that over the next couple of days, we’re going to focus on some well-deserved navel gazing and reflect on some 8Asians posts we’ve written over the past half a decade or so that you may have missed. Here are eight posts that 8Asians readers like you have found amusing, after the [...] Continue »

Okay, you totally caught us — there were more than 8 Days during our 8Days of Giveaways! Our generous friends had so much to give our 8Asians readers, that we extended it a bit! So keep your eyes peeled as we head down the final stretch of the celebration and wrap it all up. And if you’ve entered into any of our 8Days giveaways, check your email boxes to see if you’re a lucky winner! [...] Continue »

Happy Holidays, everyone! It’s December, so even though many of us aren’t Christian or don’t celebrate Christmas, it is the season of giving. And everyone likes presents and free stuff, right? So get ready for 8Asians’ twist on the 12 Days of Christmas– our “8Days of Giveaways” Celebration– featuring giveaways from our many generous friends from around the web! You’ll have to keep checking back to our site to see what you can win, but [...] Continue »

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! It’s a holiday here so the editors are going to take a well deserved break for the day, but that shouldn’t stop you from talking about… oh, whatever the hell you feel like. What’s on your mind? Turkey? The Occupy movement? This woman, dressed as a turkey giving out… er… turkeys? The fact that they offered a role in the live-action version of Akira to an actual living Japanese person? Have at [...] Continue »

This is probably the most embarrassing post I’ve ever had to write (not counting the one about my butt). Welcome to the very first 8Asians vlog. You see, while we’re all about writing, sometimes we wish we had a little more “video” fun–just like our friends Jen and Diana from Disgrasian. Also, it was raining outside so Ernie and I couldn’t go anywhere. This is what happened. If this video wasn’t awful enough, you’re in [...] Continue »