Asian-American Archive

Tet trung thu lanterns. Photo by pixiduc via Creative Commons Every year our family celebrates Têt Trung Thu. Also known as The Mid-Autumn Festival or the Moon Festival, Têt Trung Thu is the 15th day of the 8th month on the lunar calendar (the …

I’m not sure how well Once Upon A Time did in ratings last season, but it was one of the few shows that hubby and  I watched together. As someone who loves fantasy fiction, I found the real versus fairy tale parallel …

Last week during BlogHer, I had a chance to visit one of my favorite bookstores: the Scholastic flagship store. It’s colorful, full of classic and new children’s books, and it’s freaking huge. I actually tweeted that I wanted to live there. Thankfully …

If this was set in Africa, and it was an African king, would you have dared to cast an Caucasian male to play an African king? –actor Cindy Cheung As a former theatre professional and an Asian American, I’ve been following …

I tend to avoid Asian American coming of age novels because the story is usually the same. American girl denies her Asian heritage and embraces western culture. Something traumatic or life changing happens to girl. Girl realizes her Asian culture is important. …

Last week, I had the pleasure of speaking at the 2012 Annual Asian Marketing Summit organized by the Asian American Advertising Federation (3AF). Along with my fellow panelists, we spoke to a room full of marketing professionals about how mom bloggers wield a wide …