When I was young, I spent most of my Saturdays at my grandmother’s house, secretly picking flowers off her houseplants, overfeeding her goldfish, and eating up all her snacks […]
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Top 10 “Scary” Asian Dishes
By Ethel Navales I can’t even begin to count all the things Asians are known for. A lot of these things are stereotypes or false over-generalizations, but every now and […]
Top 5 Scariest Asian Myths and Monsters
By Winnie Galbadores Halloween is here! A time for carving pumpkins, dressing up in costumes, trick or treating, and remembering the dead. Needless to say, there are plenty of […]
South Korean Startup Ybrain Targets Brain Disorders With Health Care Tech
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com Wearable technology isn’t just relegated to fitness tracking and reading text messages off a $10,000-plus gold Apple Watch. Tech companies are […]
Hollywood’s “20 Hottest Asian Actresses” Are So Much More Than Hot
By Ethel Navales Recently, Off Beat released a list titled “20 of Hollywood’s Hottest Asian Actresses.” They weren’t wrong– these ladies really are drop dead gorgeous, but […]
Asian Women Don’t Get Breast Cancer?
Photo by Richard Cavosora, courtesy of Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum’s “A Book of Hope: Stories of Healing to Honor Asian American & Pacific Islander Cancer Survivors.” […]
Fitness Friday: The Quickie Workout For Busy Bodies
By Jianne Lasatan Years ago, I watched a promo for Shawn T and his new, intense program that claims to tone your body and burn fat in just 45 minutes […]
Director of Star Wars Supports Diverse Casting in Upcoming Film
By Audrey Magazine Every year, the San Diego Comic-Con brings together thousands of fans and comic enthusiasts. This year, one of the most anticipated panels of the convention […]
Feature Story: Protecting Our Youth
DEPT: Feature Story STORY: Teena Apeles In recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness Month in October, writer Teena Apeles explores a different side of this serious topic–young Asian Americans and […]
Audrey College Tips: Surviving All-Nighters
By Winnie Galbadores All-nighters: you can only avoid them for so long. Its a week before your midterm and you’re relaxed. That’s definitely enough time to study right? But […]
Adorable Asian Babies in Halloween Costumes
By Ethel Navales October is in the air. Shops are packed with pumpkin-flavored everything, the cold weather is creeping its way into our nights and stores are stocking up to prepare […]
[VIDEO] Megan Lee’s Power Comes with Great Responsibility
by JAMES S. KIM editor@charactermedia.com She’s not a superhero, but Megan Lee is a fairly super 19-year-old. Over the last 10 years, Lee’s amassed a resume that includes actor, […]
No Fear of Beauty
A father looks back on the life and career of his eldest son, photographer Stephen Han Stickler, whose iconic images of musicians graced the covers of major magazines in […]
Return of the Underdog, Phillip Rhee
Actor and filmmaker Phillip Rhee, best known for a series of popular martial arts films from the late ’80s and ’90s, is back with a family-friendly version. by KARIN CHAN […]
The Immigrant Novel, 2.1: The Unforgiven Generation
In her review of Sung J. Woo’s Love Love, Euny Hong describes the book as both “a dirge and a paean to the second-generation Korean American.” by EUNY HONG Sung […]
