“Chinadoll is fragile and bold, soft-spoken and out-spoken, a free spirit of undeniable presence. I created a romantic duality by casting watercolor gradients against sharper lines — Lotus Noir was applied under lower lashes, blended into Jade-o-Lade, then faded seamlessly into Parasol. Finally, I added soft-red accents to her cheeks, brows and around the temples for an innocent glow evocative of vintage Chinese advertising posters.”
And who, you may ask, is so knowledgable about Chinese culture and Chinadolls?
Doe Deere, founder of Lime Crime and self-proclaimed Makeup Artist and Unicorn Queen.
Thanks for staying bigoted!
Today is Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday, and in his honor, the Black students’ union sent out an email summing up MLK’s life, politics and legacy, along with a reminder of what we students can do. The email was sent to the Black students’ union email listserv and the Latino students’ union listserv.
But not to the Asian students’ union listserv.
Why the resistance to including Asians as people
“You’re clearly not white and encounter tons of ignorance from that circumstance, but you’re still more socially accepted than black and latino group due to “positive stereotypes” (bullshit IMO) and thus receive better access to resources i.e. health care, education. “
As an Asian American, I will have to slightly disagree with that statement, that Asians are more “socially acceptably.” It is not the people who are socially acceptable, it is our products.
By products I mean our food, history, mythology, culture, our martial arts, and dare I say it, the “exotic” nature of all that and more. Our products eventually became fetishized for most white people to consume and mold into their society.
In media, the Asian people are just as shafted and pigeon holed into the typecast roles that a white consumer society established for them, and if an Asian isn’t emulating any of those “positive stereotypes,” (ie if you don’t know kung fu, if you’re not nerd or geek smart, if you are not an Asian female that can be hypersexualized into an exotic trophy for the white man to win), you are denied opportunities and privileges just like anyone else of color.
Anyways, yeah wtf Asians are too of color and we love MLK as much as anyone does.
(via jesifiable)
Nobody’s Asian in the Movies from Dr Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog’s Commentary: The Musical - Performed by Maurissa Tanchareon, Written by Jed Whedon & Maurissa Tanchareon
Everything Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tanchareon comes up with never fails to entertain me.
Chinese American author Gene Yang is going to tackle the graphic novelization of The Last Airbender. However, he plans on returning back to the original series’ Asian themes and characters rather than furthering the film’s version which white-washed all of the lead characters.
Gene is author of the award-winning book, American Born Chinese, which also happens to be on my Christmas list should you wish to send me a copy.
Original article on The Last Airbender returning to Asian roots here.
For a timeline on protests over The Last Airbender film, click here.
In regards to a recurring role on a new sit-com, two acquaintance friends asked me, “Is it a stereotypical Asian character you’re playing?” Hmm…?
I found it odd that that was the first question out of their mouths, as opposed to,“What’s your character’s name? What’s it like shooting in front of a live audience? What’s it like being on set?”
The truth is, a natural humanistic portrayal of the Asian-American subculture in this country has yet to make a permanent footprint in the parade of mainstream behavior.
We are not just the other white meat. And there’s no use in attempting to blend ourselves in as that.
The rice bowl: this season’s hottest fashion accessory.
Photo-reply with your rice bowl hats!
Brought to my attention by fascinasians
Meme inspired by shark-fartsicles
