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ANTI-CILANTRO BLOG

[iamvictoriaanne]

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Jen's going to be on the "Yo, Is This Racist?" podcast ALL WEEK with host/founder Andrew Ti. Listen to day 1, wherein they talk about natural hair, and the Asian aversion to hugging.

[jasmined]

RIP Twinkies, RIP Name Asians Like To Call Other Asians Who Are Less Asian Than They Are | DISGRASIAN™

(personally, "banana" was my preferred term when shaming other Asians for being less Asian than me. ugh, not that I would ever do such a terrible thing. AZN POWA)

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The idea that you have to be racist to throw off sexual oppression or sexist to throw off racial oppression–but that you can’t fight both at the same time–is a very old and very stupid one propagated by–you guessed it!–racists and sexists. As a wise woman of multiple identities once said, “I simply do not believe that one aspect of myself can possibly profit from the oppression of my other part of my identity.”

What concerns me the most at the end of the day is that these discussions about race and gender–happening on a women’s site, no less–are discussions initiated by women that are, nevertheless, discussions being had on other people’s terms. And using the language of men, racists, and sexists is no way for Asian women, women of color, or any women for that matter, to define themselves.

[disgrasian]

Pop quiz - what's going on here?

DISGRASIAN™ editors Jen and Diana have finally gone into anonymous crime fighting?

Jen and Diana are protecting their delicate Asian complexions with newfangled "face-kinis"?

Jen and Diana are launching careers as the world's most colorful bank robbers?

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Denial is a helluva drug. And it’s a helluva drug when it’s the first tool you were ever given to deal with mental illness. Simply put: culturally, we just weren’t programmed to deal with this shit. Even though I witnessed it in various family members, I didn’t even know growing up that depression had its own name. Instead it was called “not trying hard enough,” “not working hard enough,” “not achieving enough,” “being lazy,” “lacking decorum,” “lacking pride,” “losing self-control,” “not caring enough about what other people think,” “embarrassing your family,” “selfish,” “rude,” “failure.” All of the language I heard to describe mental illness made it clear you could always “work” your way out of it–alone, naturally, because you didn’t want to bother other people with your problems–and if you couldn’t, well, you had no one but yourself to blame.

The End of July Is Only The Beginning Of Mental Health Awareness [DISGRASIAN™]

(A note from Intern Jasmine: the direct link to the directory we compiled is http://www.scribd.com/doc/101649108/Mental-Health-Resources-for-the-Asian-American-Community. Print it, share it, save it.)

[koreamjournal]

Meet The First Asian American Gold Medalist, 91 Year-Old Sammy Lee Disgrasian

The last time the Olympics were in London in 1948 was also the first time an Asian American won a gold medal in the Games. That distinction belongs to 91 year-old Dr. Samuel “Sammy” Lee, who was born in Fresno, CA and is of Korean descent.