Category Archives: Lifestyles

Fast, Furious, and Forgotten: Asian Americans and Import Car Culture

Posted on June 29, 2026 by Jeff

When many people think of Asian Americans, especially here in Silicon Valley, they often picture engineers, tech startups, and academic/college-obsessed students.  Motorhead isn’t a term that often comes to mind. But if you grew up certain Asian American neighborhoods, import … Continue reading →

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How You Can Help Understand Asian American Cancer

Posted on June 22, 2026 by Jeff

It is currently a mystery why nonsmoking Asian American females are being diagnosed at a higher rate of lung cancer than other American women. In general, the understanding of cancer among Asian Americans has major gaps. Asian Americans account for … Continue reading →

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China’s Tricked Out Lao Tou Le 

Posted on April 4, 2026 by High School Voices

By Guan Xiong Qiao A 76 year old man named Sun from Henan Province driving without a license racked up 279 traffic violations in one year. In China, you get 12 points when you get your driver’s license, and when … Continue reading →

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How K-Pop is changing Korean and English

Posted on February 19, 2026 by Jeff

Even while many people were upset about Bad Bunny’s Superbowl performance in Spanish, songs with Korean words have been topping American music charts.  Moreover, American families have been singing along with these songs in movie theatres.  In that context, I … Continue reading →

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Asian Dad Gets Laid Off from Tech job and goes Viral

Posted on January 1, 2026 by Jeff

An Asian dad gets laid off after working decades in Tech, and his video about the experience has gone viral.  Why did that happen?  For me, his situation really connected.  Like Asian Dad Energy (his channel name and what I … Continue reading →

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The First Asian American Rabbi: Angela Buchdahl

Posted on December 9, 2025 by Jeff

I read about the first Asian American Rabbi, Angela Buchdahl, in an article talking about her visit to San Francisco synagogue. She was promoting her recently published book, Heart of a Stranger: An Unlikely Rabbi’s Story of Faith, Identity, and … Continue reading →

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Asian American Medical Hazard: Hepatitis B

Posted on October 29, 2025 by Jeff

We have written about this subject for over a decade, but it seems odd to keep talking about a disease that is both preventable and detectable. As so many people are still infected, we have to discuss this Asian American … Continue reading →

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Mistress Dispeller Review and Discussion

Posted on October 27, 2025 by John

Film Overview When going through the list of films I might possibly see during CAAMFest 2025 back in May, the documentary Mistress Dispeller caught my eye: “In China, a new industry has emerged devoted to helping couples stay married in … Continue reading →

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2025’s Top Halloween Costumes are amazingly Asian!

Posted on October 23, 2025 by Jeff

2025’s top Halloween costumes are amazingly Asian! Rumi, Zoey, and Mira costumes top Google’s Frightgeist list (methodology below). This should be no great surprise, given how KPop Demon Hunters have been such a phenomenon. Even the Derpy the tiger made the … Continue reading →

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8Books Review: Being Mortal

Posted on September 5, 2025 by Jeff

I learned about Atul Gawande’s Being Mortal in a roundabout way. John and I receive a lot of marketing materials about Asian American movies and media in general. One of those movies is Good Fortune directed and starting Aziz Ansari. … Continue reading →

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US-Born Asian Americans no longer the Healthiest Older Americans

Posted on July 25, 2025 by Jeff

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 →

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Guide to A Filipino American Funeral

Posted on July 10, 2025 by Jeff

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 →

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