Maclean’s Magazine ('Canada’s only national weekly current affairs magazine') publishes an annual edition ranking Canadian universities. In this year’s issue, with strong showings of Asian student populations at the top schools, an article asks, whether Canadian universities are
“Too Asian”? [more inside]
posted by typewriter
on Nov 11, 2010 -
80 comments
David Brooks, Social Psychologist, Mark Liberman at Language Log looks at the science behind David Brook's
latest column in which he claims there is a fundamental differences between the thought processes of individuals in Asian "collectivist" societies and Western "individualist" ones. (
via)
posted by afu
on Aug 14, 2008 -
68 comments
"Today there is no eggroll..." As posted at
jewschool, your best source for hip heeb hype,
Asian restaurants across [Israel]detante went on a one-day spring roll strike on Tuesday in protest over government plans to rid kitchens of foreign chefs, and said sushi and noodles would be the next items off the menu. [more inside]
posted by ericbop
on Feb 13, 2008 -
87 comments
Start drawing! The Asia drawing portal. Drawings from Asia, drawing by Asians. It's hot out, so crack open a cold drink, keep yourself inside and click through a great portal of art from the near and far east. Stay a while, and browse by category, by country, and revel in a large list of inspirations and resources. I've enjoyed reading about Sanjay Patel, the artist behind
GheeHappy and Hindu mythology in cartoon form, an amazing array of CG artists from
Thailand, the odd dichotomy of urban culture and ultra-slick anime from
Korea, and puzzled over an array of meticulous resources like this
Hair gallery (
Japanese site).
posted by boo_radley
on Jul 7, 2007 -
10 comments
"Michael Lohman is sick" read the email to students in MAT 308: Theory of Games, explaining why the Princeton mathematics graduate student had not yet graded their homework. Not sick as in "flu"-sick, but sick as in "squirting his bodily fluids into unsuspecting women's drinks and cutting off locks of their hair for unspeakable acts involving mittens"-sick. And not just any women, but exclusively Asian women. An extreme case, to be sure, but the Western
"otaku" lusting
after (and often having much
success with) Asian women is a quite familiar
and often disturbing trope for those of us who have spent much time among the
disaffected English majors, anime fans, martial artists,
dirty old men, and various other Asiaphiles. Yet decidedly
non-nerdy folks have expressed a definite preference for
Asian women as well.
Where does this preference (which certainly
goes both
ways) come from? As such
interracial couplings increase, should we even try to distinguish relationships based on
"Suzie Wong" stereotypes or even outright
economic exploitation, and relationships that are somehow more "acceptable?" Or will non-Asian guys with Asian girls constantly be forced to prove it's not just a case of
"Yellow Fever?"
posted by banishedimmortal
on Apr 13, 2005 -
148 comments
"We're Asian and Pacific Islander Americans 'living on the rim,' where our diverse cultures and the everyday American lifestyle become one...Whether we're sipping green tea or enjoying a Big Mac® sandwich, we're helping make the magic mix called America become even richer. And McDonald's is right there with us, everyday!" Learn more at
i-am-asian.com
posted by punishinglemur
on May 7, 2004 -
22 comments
As the
remake of
Ringu opens in
Japan, a rash of remakes of Asian horror movies seems to be winding its way through Hollywood. Not only has Hideo Nakata's latest movie,
Honogurai mizu no soko kara (Dark Water), been optioned, the inevitable remake of
Ringu 2 will occur, and the Hong Kong
The Sixth Sense-esque
The Eye has also been picked up for the Hollywood process.
While it's nothing new to
remake classic
Japanese movies, this latest wave brings a lot of new questions. Is it near-impossible for the US to create horror movies that aren't
increasingly self-
referential? How long is it before we get remakes of
Audition,
Battle Royale, and
Suicide Club? And will we eventually end up with a horror movie in the style of
Fa talai jone, a Thailand Western influenced by
Hollywood Westerns which were influenced by
Japanese Samurai movies?
posted by Katemonkey
on Nov 5, 2002 -
26 comments
Superstition ain't the way. A new
study confirms that you can actually be scared to death. They found a 13% increase in cardiac related deaths of Chinese and Japanese Americans on the fourth day of each month. In Mandarin, Cantonese and Japanese, the pronounciation of the word 'four' (shi) is the
same as the word for death. So be careful where you aim those fireworks the next 4th of July.
posted by euphorb
on Jan 11, 2002 -
9 comments
Hello, Peril. The so-called
model minority inspire an amazing amount of mistrust, according to a survey of US residents. Featuring the revelation that
one third of those polled "said Chinese Americans are more loyal to China than to the United States. "
posted by anildash
on Apr 25, 2001 -
56 comments
