Archive for the ‘Culture’ Category
Apr 12, 12 • Culture, Featured • 2 Comments »
At the risk of mentioning Jet Li in two consecutive blog posts, I watched Romeo Must Die again the other day. I’d last watched it shortly after it was released in 2000 and remembered it fondly. Unsurprisingly, it turns out that it’s a...
Mar 27, 12 • Culture, Featured • 3 Comments »
Once in a while in the media or in conversation, you’ll hear someone ask this question: Is Australia a racist country? Dr Charlie Teo made news earlier this year in his Australia Day speech, declaring that racism was still very much alive,...
Feb 9, 12 • Culture, Food • 1 Comment »
Bringing food to one’s mouth is one of the most basic fundamental actions of human existence, but throughout history we have come up with various ways of doing it. KNIFE AND FORK While we tend to think of this as a traditional European way of...
Feb 9, 12 • Culture, Featured • No Comments »
I read a version of this last week for Queer Nerd, a Midsumma event curated by Lisa-Skye. There’s a lot more I could say about how East Asians are feminised (while other people of colour are masculinised) but maybe I’ll continue that...
Jan 16, 12 • Culture, Reviews • No Comments »
I confess, I haven’t been much of a book reader since high school. In my university days, I became obsessed with music and so song lyrics occupied the literary niche in my brain. And after that I discovered that you could pretty much read...
Nov 14, 11 • Culture, Headline • 8 Comments »
It’s only natural for those of us interested in Asian-Australian issues to keep abreast of what is happening with our cousins on the other side of the Pacific. Partly it is due to the American cultural juggernaut, meaning that we naturally tune in...
Nov 14, 11 • Culture, Headline • 1 Comment »
Grow up in any culture, and you will gain a set of values and assumptions about the world and the way things are. And while most people from your culture will hold similar values and assumptions, even within a monoculture you will always hear...
