Photo+Journalism
I had posted this back in March on my Facebook notes. Here’s a repost: Probably a good month, month-and-a-half ago, a handful of people asked what my thoughts on Gran Torino are. By a handful of people, I really mean (remember) John and Jon… Anyways, I finally got around to watching it today. A lot […]
I just listened to a pretty good NPR discussion on positive stereotypes. Are Positive Stereotypes Racist, Too? L’Heureux Lewis, assistant professor of sociology and black studies at the City College of New York, said, “…we have to recognize that [positive stereotypes] are gross generalizations. They may have a kernel of truth based on some social […]
http://www.hulu.com/watch/76183/yo-teach-miki-moves-up So…Yo Teach! apparently is a show that exists in the fictional world of the summer film, Funny People. I personally can’t wait to watch this; it’s a bit like Queen Latifah’s Last Holiday, where she discovers she has a terminal illness and wants to do all the things in life she’s missed out on. […]
Just last week, I took a walk through the muggy Los Angeles air. It was the kind of air that hangs thickly about you, and doesn’t quite suffocate more than it makes you forget to breathe. That’s how I realized, I forgot how it feels to be alive. Not that I am dead (“Are we […]
http://www.angryasianman.com/2008/04/farewell-azn.html It really seems like more people are angry about this station shutting down than people who actually watched AZN on a regular basis. Why is this? AZN, quite frankly, sucked. Perhaps it was doomed for failure from its conception. The programming was terrible, presentation bad, and for some reason, I recall that it looked […]
