Monday, May 21st 2012

Archive for the ‘Culture’ Category

Racism and attraction: yellow fever, pity fucks and he's just not that into you.

Racism and attraction: yellow fever, pity fucks and he’s just not that into you.

Apr 12, 12 • Culture, Featured2 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...
Racism and the many different Australias

Racism and the many different Australias

Mar 27, 12 • Culture, Featured3 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,...
Eating styles

Eating styles

Feb 9, 12 • Culture, Food1 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...
Not femme, just Asian: my nerd gender.

Not femme, just Asian: my nerd gender.

Feb 9, 12 • Culture, FeaturedNo 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...

5 Asian-related things I read in 2011 that you should too

Jan 16, 12 • Culture, ReviewsNo 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...

Comparing Asian-Australians and Asian-Americans

Nov 14, 11 • Culture, Headline8 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...

Your normal is weird

Nov 14, 11 • Culture, Headline1 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...