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PNOY Apparel Proves That Lolo is More of a Badass Than You’ll EVER Be

We get links to Asian American-owned clothing companies all the time — no, seriously, all the time — but it’s this splash page from San Diego based PNOY Apparel that won me over. Man, why can’t we get awesome jackets? If my dad ever gets me anything when he returns from Taiwan, it’s sportswear with [...]

For $25/hr, You Too Can Learn Starcraft From a Real Korean

Starcraft — a real-time strategy video game that was created by the same publishers as World of Warcraft — has been around since 1998, and while us American gamers have given up the game for the greener pastures of raids and PVP Battlefields, don’t tell that to the Koreans, where professional players and teams participate [...]

Jane Lui Covers Michael Jackson’s You Are Not Alone w/ Ave Maria

Given yesterday’s news about Michael Jackson’s death, it only seems appropriate on this Friday afternoon to post Jane Lui’s tribute to the gloved one in the form of You Are Not Alone with an Ave Maria Gregorian Chant. She gives an absolutely haunting performance.

The Short Film/Pilot for Yellow: American Dream, Chinese Ambition

From Lawless Films co-creators Tony Murphy and Troy Antonio comes a one-minute YouTube teaser for the short film Yellow: American Dream, Chinese Ambition. As all pilots go, it’s a piece of work that will additionally be refined, but the production value, direction, and cast make this something to keep an eye on. I asked [...]

Family Obligation May Lessen Depression Symptoms for Chinese American Teens

Okay, so by now we know that suicide is the second-leading cause for death for Asian American women ages 15-24, the highest rate of all ethnicities. We’ve blogged about the pressure from parents to achieve academically, and even the study on how organized religion may drive Asian American teenagers to depression. And now for an article [...]