…Photo via tattooeasily.com Geisha tattoos are often misunderstood. The common misconception with these images is that Geishas were prostitutes. In actuality, a Geisha represented womanhood and femininity. They represented the…
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6 Other Times Vogue Proved Itself Tone-Deaf To Appropriation
…skin and “African-inspired” headdresses in an editorial called “Abracadabra.” 5. Vogue Australia, 2014 (Vogue Australia) Brazilian model Marina Nery appeared with darkened skin, and dressed like an indigenous Australian,…
Controversy Over Miranda Kerr’s Vogue Japan Photoshoot: Cultural Appropriation vs. Cultural Appreciation
…and even an anime character. Of course, this begs the question: Where is the line between cultural appropriation and cultural appreciation, and what does this categorize as? Most seem to…
The Brand-New Trailer For ‘Mulan’ Is Here
…Yifei (“Hanson and the Beast”) as Mulan, as she takes up her family’s sword and goes to war to spare her aging father (Tzi Ma) from the Chinese army. It…
Watch Yifei Liu Bring Honor To Us All In New ‘Mulan’ Trailer
…Li (“Shaolin Temple”) as the Emperor and Li Gong (“Memoirs of a Geisha”) as a powerful enchantress named Xian Lang. Yifei Liu (“The Forbidden Kingdom”), who plays Mulan, is a…
Miss Korea Los Angeles 2013 Crowned
…cultures of both Korea and the United States. As a Korean American, I hope to become a link between Korea and United States.” The Korea Times Los Angeles sponsored the…
Kate Gosselin Makes Racist Gesture in Photo, Sparking Outrage
…September release date for Gosselin’s cookbook and comes amid a lawsuit she filed against author Robert Hoffman and her ex-husband, who published a tell-all book about his former wife. …
Model Minority
…the insecurities of past Asian American contestants like Gina Choe (cycle 6), a Korean American who admitted she “wouldn’t date Asian guys because they’re short” and Anchal Joseph (cycle 7),…
10 Asian Food Halloween Costumes
…in seeing people dressed as Asian foods and beverages. It’s quirky, it’s fun. Look what my husband and I went as last year. Can you guess? (Pssst, for all the…
Offensive (or Awesome) Halloween Costumes
…border, he crossed a galaxy!” He’s got his green card, but it’s from another planet!” Yea… [ad#336] Underage Chinese Gymnast Two years ago, blogger Metrodad dressed up his daughter as…
Two Changs Forward, Three Steps Back
…Neither one is a soulless, grade-grubbing automaton with rivers of resentment for his/her overbearing parents. Tina is neither a dragon lady nor a geisha, but an angst-ridden goth chick with…
Wednesday's Link Attack
…of physical abuse against children, yet the problem has received limited public and professional attention, according to one Columbia University study. [ad#graphic-square] Life Expectancy for Korean Women 6th Longest in…
Before K-pop Hit U.S. Shores, The Kim Sisters Were An American Musical Sensation
…Sisters while a graduate student at the University of Southern California studying media. I was already familiar with Asian American actors like Sessue Hayakawa and Philip Ahn. But then, someone…
Short Film ‘The Water’ Deals with Fracking, Provides Opportunities for Asian American Actors
…the annual Spirit Awards, the Los Angeles Film Festival and the Film Independent Los Angeles Contemporary Museum of Art (LACMA) Film Series, originally began Project Involve as a platform for…
Ruthie Ann Miles Wins Tony for Her Performance in ‘The King and I’
…https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=91&v=ArOrFMzbkoA The King and I took home four trophies at the 69th Tony Awards, including best musical revival and best costume design of a musical. Kelli O’Hara, who plays Anna…
