8 Most Popular Posts (Last Seven Days)
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In a Post-Apocalyptic Zombie World, Asian American Man Gets White Girl
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Viki J-Drama Review: A Calm Sea and Beautiful Days with You
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NPR: Long Duk Dong: Last of the Hollywood Stereotypes?
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Asian Guys and that One Long Pinky Fingernail
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Review of Netflix Japan’s “Our Secret Diary”
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Single, Desperate and Ugly?
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Filipino Kinship Terms and their Confusing Translation into English
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Are Filipinos Asian or Pacific Islanders?
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Tag Archives: names
Asian American Commercial Watch: P&G’s ‘The Name’
I saw someone retweet this P&G ad the other day, and I teared up after watching it: “Everyone has a name — and from birth through a lifetime of introductions, it becomes the cornerstone of our identity. For many Asian … Continue reading
Having a Hard to Pronounce Name: Does it Make a Difference?
When I was an undergraduate, a Filipino American classmate once asked me why I was pronouncing my last name wrong. What? I was pronouncing my name wrong for the first 20 or so years of my life? Apparently so, and … Continue reading