Romano, Aja. “The Fraught Cultural Politics of Disney’s New Aladdin Remake.” Vox, Vox, 24 May 2019, 16:40. Shakeri, Sima. “Disney Criticized For Casting An Indian Woman As Princess Jasmine.” HuffPost Canada, HuffPost Canada, 17 July 2017, 16:02. I love the movie Aladdin for years. Jasmine wasn’t my favorite princess, but I loved singing the songs […]
Fisher, Kieran. “Remembering When ‘Pokémon’ Caused Satanic Panic.” Film School Rejects, Film School Rejects, 13 May 2019. Jackson, Gita. “Japanese Ambassador To Sweden Sees Pikachu As His Son.” Kotaku, Kotaku, 7 May 2019, 14:30. Ashcroft, Helen. “Hundreds Of Children Terrified When Movie Theatre Plays La Llorona Instead Of Detective Pikachu.” TheGamer, TheGamer, 10 May 2019. […]
Bose, Derek. “How to Become a Bollywood Actor or Actress.” Backstage, Backstage, 26 Mar. 2019, 5:15. Rosenberg, Matt. “Your Introduction to the Wonderful World of Bollywood.” ThoughtCo, ThoughtCo, 12 Mar. 2019. India Week. “Bollywood: Facts and History.” Foreign Students, Foreign Students, 3 June 2012. “Bollywood and Beyond.” A Brief History of India, by Judith E. […]
https://www.theverge.com/2012/5/9/3004622/otaku-spaces-patrick-galbraith-manga-anime-review https://www.splicetoday.com/writing/the-weird-phenomenon-of-the-weeaboo-48948676-d1ba-4b25-b9f0-56de52388878 While anime and manga may seem to be just another form of media and entertainment, there is a huge community laying underneath with more problems and controversy. In the year 1989, the first derogatory use of the word Otaku was born out of murder. A man named Tsutomu Miyazaki attempted to molest a […]
Starting sometime around middle school, I started to see this strange black and white symbol pop up around my neighborhood. What I now know to be called Yin Yang or Taijitu, started for me as an Asian symbol that meant courtship. In America, a lot of couples like to show off their relationship status through […]
I was in 3rd grade when I first met someone from the Marshall Islands and 5th grade when one of them transferred into my class. The Marshall Islands are a tiny cluster of islands between Hawaii and Australia. Originally, I just thought that they all were Hawaiian and their whole family or tribe must have […]
