All posts tagged "culture"
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11.7KOpinionHow Baby Names of POCs are Being Culturally Appropriated
This summer, I came across a Popsugar Moms article titled “Quirkiest Baby Names in Every State,” which is based on a 2015...
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4.3KAsiaKung Fu Kennys and Black Samurai: Rap’s Fetishization of Asian Culture
Ever since the publication of my article “Sorry Asians, My Blackness Is Not Your Counterculture”, I’ve gotten a range of responses from...
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3.3KCultureHow Japan Sets Unrealistic Marriage Expectations For Women
“My plan is to get married before thirty-five.” I was taking my Japanese friend, Aki, on a tour around Orlando, Florida when...
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2.6KAsiaJapan is Going to Have the Best Parade For the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympics Organizing Committee chairman Yoshiro Mori favors anime pop culture over traditional Japanese culture when it comes to the 2020 Summer Olympics’...
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15.4KCulture11 School Lunches Asian American Kids Know All Too Well
One of the most cringiest memories for any Asian kid growing up probably included what our moms packed us for lunch. It’s...
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1.4KCulture
What Happened When I Saw My Korean Father Cry
This post was originally published on verygoodlight.com “What will my legacy be when I die?” So asked ah bbah one night a few years ago....
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Asian Brands Need To Do Better: Stop Using White Models
Editor’s Note: Eliza Romero is a Baltimore-based, Filipino-American fashion photographer and style blogger behind the website Aesthetic Distance, a blog critical of pop culture....
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4.3KAsiaThese Three Photos Are Going Viral For Flipping the Script on White People
A series of photos published in the May 2017 issue of “O, the Oprah Magazine” is tackling race in a unique way...
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16.8KAsiaLet’s Talk About Body Shaming in the Philippines
Let me start off by saying I am a fiercely proud mixed-race, Filipino-American woman. Growing up, I had the wonderful and rare...
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6.1KCulture6 Things You’re Telling Me When You Say I’m A ‘Bad Asian’
Originally published on Everyday Feminism I’m currently jobless. A couple of weeks ago, my boyfriend at the time – also a social...
