Category Archives: Meta

The 8Asians Open Thread: Goodbye September!

Oops, the 8Asians Open Thread took a break last week but it’s back to close out the end of September. Most of the time, our discussions here revolve around Asian American stuff but here’s a chance to blab about whatever … Continue reading

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The 8Asians Open Thread Is Back!

Yeah, we know. It’s been a long week, from discussions on immigration politics and the past ten years after 9/11 to racist party themes. But what else is on your mind? Share your thoughts with us. Did you see that … Continue reading

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The 8Asians Open Thread

So, after trying this a couple of years ago, let’s do this experiment again: we’ve seen other sites doing “open threads,” so I figured why not try it here — most of the time we here at 8Asians ask you … Continue reading

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GASP! is Looking for APA Shopping Bloggers!

Our shopping blog GASP! is looking for contributors who love to scour Etsy, Amazon, and anywhere else in order to find the coolest products to feature. We expect contributors to write one post per week. No blogging experience is required. … Continue reading

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Asian American Commercial Watch: 8Asians & MYX TV

http://youtu.be/mg3rIdXV5xY While our Asian American Commercial Watch is usually relegated to hot girls on Target commercials, sometimes we write about other Asians in 30 second TV spots who catch our eye… because they look so familiar. Take this promo for … Continue reading

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Popular Posts on 8Asians in the Past Month

Here are some popular posts on 8Asians in the past month that you may have missed: Does Race Exist? Asians Behaving Badly: Jason Li, Vancouver Hockey Fan Rioter An Affirmative Action Plan for the Interracial Dating Disparity Do Asian White … Continue reading

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Effective Immediately: 8Asians New Commenting Policy

Over the past couple of months the discussion on this blog have been lively and intense on a variety of topics about entertainment, politics and identity issues. More than 90% percent of the conversation has been welcome. But a recent … Continue reading

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8Asians Bloggers to Appear on Arirang TV’s Real Talk

If you live in Los Angeles, New York or South Korea, you’re in luck: 8Asians bloggers Joz, Moye and Koji will be appearing on Arirang TV’s Real Talk talk show to discuss blogging while being Asian American. Episodes premier tomorrow … Continue reading

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New Feature: Moodring Asks You How You Feel About A Post

So you want to give your feedback to a post on 8Asians, but let’s face it: writing a comment takes time, requiring to log a comments platform — sometimes, you just want to let it be known to the world … Continue reading

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Introducing 8Asians’ Amazon Store

Were you looking for a place to buy The Asian Grandmother’s Cookbook by Pat Tanumihardja, that we posted about here?  Or maybe you finally decided to buy those Asian Fit sunglasses from Oakley, from that blog post you read two … Continue reading

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Updates: New Commenting System, New Events Pages

Hi everyone – Ernie, the founder of 8Asians here, and I wanted to let you know of two things: we recently changed our comments system to LiveFyre — going forward, all commenters will have to log in through Twitter, Facebook … Continue reading

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Advertise on 8Asians and GASP!

A friendly reminder:  Text links, banner links and sponsored blog posts (called “Advertorials”) are available for both 8Asians.com and GASP!, our shopping blog. As of June 2010, the website has a reach of over 75,000 unique visitors a month, many of … Continue reading

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