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on cross-cultural connections: a guided meditation
lets set some things straight for everyone: having a connection or being able to relate to an experience of a culture outside of your own does not equate to being part of said culture. your partner is a person of … Continue reading
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Tagged asian american, cultural exchange, history, intersectionality, poetry, politics, pop culture, racial identity, week 8
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lilo and moana: brown girls on screen
as a kid, i only saw myself reflected in media a few times, and that was through dora the explorer, pocahontas, aladdin and lilo and stitch. there are some serious problems with at least two of these movies and my family associating baby me … Continue reading
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Tagged animated, asian american, cartoons, diaspora, family, films, home, movies, nostalgia, personal, poetry, pop culture, racial identity, week 7
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cosplay and colorism: on cosplaying while poc
i’ve been cosplaying for a while now. i think i started getting into the art form (yes, i call it an art form. it takes a lot more work than you would think!) around middle school. i had a friend … Continue reading
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Tagged animated, anime, art, beauty standards, cartoons, cosplay, eurocentrism, fandoms, films, home, pop culture, racial identity, tv, week 6
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asian/americans, hip hop, and the complexity of black/brown relations
content warning(s) (CW): discussions of antiblackness, cultural exhange between asian folks/black folks, music, car culture, cursing/swearing i live in tacoma when i’m not stuck in the overwhelming space that is olympia. i’ve lived there for a while now, and my … Continue reading
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Tagged antiblackness, asian american, cultural exchange, films, hip hop, history, intersectionality, movies, music, pop culture, racial identity, readings, tacoma, week 5
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research + things to ponder
some books i’ve found so far*: animacies: bio politics, racial mattering and queer effect by mel y. chen anime: from akira to princess mononoke by susan j. napier the anime machine by thomas lamarre animation in asian and the pacific by john a. lent animation: a world history (vol. … Continue reading
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Tagged anime, asian american, brainstorming, cartoons, films, movies, pop culture, research, tv, week 3
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N O S T A L G I A: childhood memories of asian pop culture on screen
it’s interesting to think that for most of my early life, i didn’t consider myself to be asian american. as i look back on the asian american media that i’ve consumed, i spent a long time watching shows like pokemon, … Continue reading
rambling on Ghost in the Shell (2017), anime and eurocentrism
i read an article around the time of scarlett johansson’s casting as the main lead of the US’s rendition of Ghost in the Shell that i found really insightful for both the decision of the director to cast johansson as the lead, as … Continue reading
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Tagged anime, beauty standards, eurocentrism, films, japan, movies, whitewashing
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Example Rock Post
A research log for a major writing assignment — posts in this category will trace the evolving relationship between your “home” and Asian American/Pacific Islander American popular culture.
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