Jun
2006 25
2006 25
Editorial
Peril is a new Asian-Australian website designed to build a critical mass of Asian-Australian art and cultural concerns. Our ambition is to have two core issues a year on the site with a forum board for people to chat and comment. Why Peril? From the so called Yellow Peril that labelled the wave of Chinese ...
Jun
2006 25
2006 25
Interview with Hsu-Ming Teo
Hsu- Ming Teo won the Vogel Award for her first novel “Love and Vertigo” in 1999. She has recently released another novel “Behind the Moon” in 2005. Hearing that she was a fan of the Sound of Music, I had to track her down and interview her by e mail about nerds and her novel&#...
Jun
2006 25
2006 25
Homosexuality saved me from nerd-dom
I don’t know any white person who would look at a white nerd and think, ‘why do white people have to be such nerds?’...
Jun
2006 25
2006 25
How do I copied Japan
In the relationship between Asian and nerd identities, the flipside to the Asian nerd stereotype is the appropriation of Asian popular culture by nerd subcultures in the west. Such is the case in otaku subculture, in which participants obsess over anime and manga, and Japanese culture in general. A subset of this community interact online ...
Jun
2006 25
2006 25
The Information Superhighway
is a sewer pipe from America it’s staying home forever and falling in love with a computer. It’s the story of Hardware Man & Software Girl setting off together on a kitchen adventure. It’s staying home forever: push a button & a remote controlled custard pie flies in the video compere’s eyes....
Jun
2006 25
2006 25
Artwork by Tim Gaze
The English language & Roman alphabet impose severe limits on the art of writing. A number of Western, English-speaking people play a game called “English literature”. They ignore artforms which utilise aspects of writing other than correct spelling & standard grammar constrained into accepted literary forms. Artforms such as...
Jun
2006 25
2006 25
Finding myself in fantasy
I was (I mean I am!) a big fan of fantasy fiction especially when I was younger. I wanted to escape from everyday reality, and fantasy provided the outlet. I also indulged in the odd game of Dungeons and Dragons, the latest game ran from when I was 30 to 32. This short essay will ...
Jun
2006 21
2006 21
Dinner with Auntie Wei and Uncle Wang
I am at my auntie and uncle’s house for dinner. I like visiting Auntie Wei and Uncle Wang. They both love hosting visitors. Auntie Wei is also an outstanding cook and her dinners typically showcase the best of northern Chinese cuisine. Although their house is small, it has a very large kitchen. This kitchen has ...
