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In a Post-Apocalyptic Zombie World, Asian American Man Gets White Girl
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The Difference Between Internment Camps and Concentration Camps
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Asian Guys and that One Long Pinky Fingernail
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Viki J-Drama Review: A Calm Sea and Beautiful Days with You
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Doodle 4 Google 2014 Winner: Audrey Zhang
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Should This Blonde-Haired, Blue-Eyed Girl Have Won a Miss India Pagent?
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PSA: Write in “Taiwanese” on the 2010 US Census
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Taiwanese CEOs: Lisa Su
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Category Archives: Lifestyles
US-Born Asian Americans no longer the Healthiest Older Americans
NBC News Asian America reports that US-Born Asian Americans no longer the Healthiest Older Americans, as was found in previous surveys. This study published in the Journals of Gerontology that the article cites focuses on adults over the age of 50. … Continue reading
Guide to A Filipino American Funeral
What do all-you-can-eat buffets, butterflies, and taking the long way home have to do with death? They are all part of the Filipino American funeral practices, at least from what I have seen practiced here in my Silicon Valley ethnoburb. … Continue reading
New York State Bill on Diagnosing Asian American Diabetes
With more than half of Asian American Diabetes cases going undetected, a bill in the New York State legislature tries to reduce that rate. Specifically, it asks insurance companies to pay for diabetes diagnostic tests for people who have a … Continue reading
Heart Disease and Stroke Risks Vary significantly among Asian American Subgroups
Stroke is a medical hazard for Asian Americans. It can even strike Asian Americans as young as 33. Which Asian Americans are the most vulnerable? The American Heart Association reports that heart disease and stroke risks vary significantly among Asian … Continue reading
Scientists Study World Record Setting 77 year-old Runner Jeannie Rice
77-year-old runner Jeannie Rice has broken every women’s distance world record for the 75-79 age group. Most runners slow down significantly after 70, but she has not. So when British scientists heard that she was running in the London Marathon … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Health and Beauty, Lifestyles, Sports
Tagged aging, Jeannie Rice, running
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AAPI DJs put their own Spin on Club Culture
As bedroom DJ Nick Cheong, better known as @nickcheo, lingered outside Los Angeles Koreatown club Catch One, excited fans asked him to take their BeReal and even for one of his American Spirits. He took each request in stride, but … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Lifestyles, Local, Music, Southern California
Tagged aapi, Asian fraternity, club culture, community, DJ Mandy, DJs, EDM, hip-hop, hyperpop, insomniac, Mayee Yeh, nick cheo, Nick Cheong, nickcheo, peaking duck, PLUR, raves, TikTok
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Anything but Blind
“There really isn’t any other products out there like the concept of blind boxes,” toy influencer KiraKabuki says. “It’s something like you can hold and something that you can bring around you. It’s something that you can display in your … Continue reading
Posted in Accessories, Art, Home Decor, Lifestyles, Shopping, Toys
Tagged blind boxes, brat summer, community building, culture, Fullerton, gashapon, home decor, KiraKabuki, maximalism, Mayee Yeh, pacothesalamander, PopMart, Smiski, Sonny Angel, Soul Real Market, SWAP meets, trinkets
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Asian American Medical Hazard: Childhood Allergies
A recent study of Asian American children in Northern California has revealed that Asian American children are more likely to develop certain allergies than white children. When broken down by Asian American subgroup, Filipino children were almost twice as likely … Continue reading
Posted in Asian American Medical Hazard, Health
Tagged allergies, asthma, eczema, food allergies
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Nonsmoking Stanford Doctor and Professor tells his Lung Cancer Story
We have talked about the increasing incidence of lung cancer among female Asian American nonsmokers, but male Asian American doctor and Stanford professor Bryant Lin tells about his lung cancer story in a class called “From Diagnosis to Dialogue: A … Continue reading
Asian American Commercial Watch: Instacart | Big Sister
I forgot exactly when I saw this commercial on television, but I liked it. I have never used Instacart, but I had had friends who do. This commercial is titled ‘Big Sister’: “No matter what season of life you’re in, … Continue reading
New Generation of Asian Americans takes up Mahjong
When Number Two Son told The Wife and me that he had learned to play Mahjong and was playing it with his Chinese American girlfriend and her family, I was really surprised. Although my father would knew how to play … Continue reading
The Men who Fed America: A StoryCorps Animation about Larry Itliong
We have talked previously about Johnny Itliong’s StoryCorp recording about his father, the labor leader Larry Itliong, but I thought that the best way to mark the start of Filipino American History Month would be to share this new StoryCorps … Continue reading