Posted in Culture Hong Kong

Fan Ho 1931-2016

A few years ago, I discovered some photographs taken in the streets of Hong Kong during the fifties and sixties. Most of these photos depict…

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Posted in Culture Thailand US

Not Another Generous Tip Story

Several heartwarming stories of diners leaving generous tips have gone viral as of late, but here’s one that splashes cold water in your face. According to…

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Posted in Culture US

What Caused Former Grad Student to Snap?

The news of the shooting at UCLA unsettled the westside neighborhood where I live. For hours, media outlets would only comment that there were two down and…

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Posted in China Culture Italy

Is Intellectual Theft Worse than Racism?

Not long after I posted the blog on Qiaobi’s racial transformation commercial, a friend posted an Italian laundry detergent Coloreria commercial on my Facebook page….

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Posted in China Culture

Chinese Laundry Detergent Ad Features Racial Transformation

Qiaobi’s latest detergent advertisement can be seen widely on television and cinemas in China. The advertisement featuring an amazing racial transformation is both getting eyeballs…

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Posted in Culture Queer US

LA Pride On Fire #notourpride

Christopher Street West Association Inc., a 47-year-old non-profit organization in Los Angeles, who organizes the annual Los Angeles Pride parade and festival has been lit…

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Posted in Culture US

Getting Away with Child Molestation with a Powerful Publicist

Apparently, with a powerful publicist, you can get away with child molestation and sex abuse allegations. At Cannes, the Hollywood Reporter was banned from an…

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Posted in China Culture

World’s Most Beautiful Bookstore

While bookstores have been shutting down in the past decade, it warms my heart to see one doing well in Shanghai. First opened in 2013, Zhong…

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Posted in Culture US

Racist Republican Candidate Faye Stewart

During a Republican National Committee candidate forum on March 10 at George Fox University in Newberg, Oregon, Faye Stewart used false and racist stereotypes of…

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Posted in Culture Queer US Viralicious

Less Gay White Boys, Please #GayMediaSoWhite

The internet is quietly smouldering with its latest racial equality trend, #GayMediaSoWhite. Mic reports that an initial tweet by songwriter Jesse St. John springboarded a…

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