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The Jon Gosselin Story: Asian Men and Penis Size
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Asian and Asian American Serial Killers
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Tiger Mom Vs. Dragon Mom: New Ways to Talk Parenthood
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Author Archives: John
SF DocFest: How to Have an American Baby
I had first heard of ‘birth tourism’ from a former co-worker/friend of mine more than a decade ago. When I heard that Chinese women were coming Southern California to give birth so that their kids could get U.S. citizenship, I … Continue reading
CAAMFest 2023: Review – Photographic Justice: The Corky Lee Story
I was supposed to review Photographic Justice: The Corky Lee Story (trailer here) during or around CAAMFest 2023, but I let the screener link expire and the screening during CAAMFest was on Mother’s Day. I finally reached out to the … Continue reading
125th Anniversary of Wong Kim Ark Day [3/28/1898] – Celebration & Commemoration
Another blog post I am woefully late on (but did post the video on YouTube shortly afterwards). I had attended the 125th anniversary back on March 25th commemorating and celebrating the landmark Supreme Court decision of U.S. vs. Wong Kim … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Discrimination, History, Local, Politics, San Francisco Bay Area
Tagged immigration, wong kim ark
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Andrew Yang & Moving Forward Together with the Common Sense Party – San Francisco (4/21/23)
Speakers in the video above – in order of appearance: (click on “Watch on YouTube” for entire timestamped video segments in the video description) Sara Lashanlo, Northern California Volunteer Coordinator, Common Sense Party Andrew Yang, Co-Chair, Forward Party Tom Campbell, … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Local, Politics, San Francisco Bay Area, Southern California
Tagged Andrew Yang, Forward Party
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CAAMFest 2023: Review ‘Starring Jerry as Himself’
At CAAMFest, some friends of mine were interested in seeing Starring Jerry as Himself: “Wait wait. How did we go from funny 80s immigrant family home videos to horror film infrasound playing behind an ominous phone call from Shanghai Police? … Continue reading
Posted in 8mm Film Review, 8Series, Entertainment, Local, Movies, Reviews, San Francisco Bay Area
Tagged CAAM, CaaMFest 2023, Law Chen, Starring Jerry as Himself
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CAAMFest 2023: Opening Night with ‘Joy Ride’ & Gala
For the first time since the pandemic, CAAMFest (Center for Asian American Media Festival) 2023 went full-tilt for the in-person attendee in San Francisco with the opening night film Joy Ride: “From the producers of Neighbors and the co-screenwriter of Crazy Rich … Continue reading
Posted in 8mm Film Review, 8Series, Comedy, Entertainment, Local, San Francisco Bay Area
Tagged Ashley Park, CAAM, CaaMFest 2023, Joy Ride, Sabrina Wu, Sherry Cola, Stephanie Hsu
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C100 & Columbia University: The State of Chinese Americans
Recently, the Committee of 100 and Columbia University published a report on “The State of Chinese Americans”: “New York, NY (April 27, 2023) – Columbia University’s School of Social Work, one of the world’s leading research universities, and Committee of 100, … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, History, Observations, Politics
Tagged #StopAsianHate, chinese americans, demographics, income disparity, StopAAPIHate, voting
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‘Joy Ride’ Coming to a Theater Near You on July 7th!
I’ve never been to South by Southwest (“SXSW”) in Austin, Texas, where part of the overall set of conferences and art festivals is a film festival. Literally one year after ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once” premiered at SXSW, Joy Ride … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Movies
Tagged Adele Lim, Ashley Park, Joy Ride, Sabrina Wu, Sherry Cola, Stephanie Hsu
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PBS NewsHour: Randall Park on his directorial debut and Asian American representation in Hollywood
I’ve been following Randall Park ever since I first noticed him in a Wells Fargo television ad back in July of 2008. So I was really happy to see a recent segment on PBS NewsHour about his directorial debut and … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Movies, TV
Tagged Ally Maki, Canvas, Justin Min, Randall Park, Sherry Cola, Shortcomings
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Asian American Commercial Watch: Northwestern Mutual’s ‘Distant Relatives’
While watching the San Francisco 49ers defeat the Seattle Seahawks, I saw this Northwestern Mutual commercial (‘Distant Relatives’): “Someday is today. That’s the realization many people are having these days—what we’re calling The Great Realization. It’s time to finally do … Continue reading
Posted in 8Series, Asian American Commercial Watch
Tagged interracial marriage, Northwestern Mutual
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Asian American Commercial Watch: Lanhee Chen for California State Controller
I first heard of Lanhee Chen when he had first worked for then Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney as a policy advisor, and I met him the first time when he was a Hoover Fellow at Stanford University discussing his … Continue reading
Asian American Commercial Watch: Sheng Thao for Oakland Mayor: “Determined”
Although I live in the San Francisco Bay Area (since 1999), I’ve never lived in Oakland and rarely make it there, but I do know that Oakland City Council member Sheng Thao is running for Mayor of Oakland this November. … Continue reading
Posted in Asian American Commercial Watch, Local, Politics, San Francisco Bay Area
Tagged Oakland, Peter Liu, Sheng Thao
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