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 I'm editor in chief of Hyphen, a magazine about Asian America for the culturally and politically savvy. Check out Disgrasian.com bloggers Diana Nguyen and Jen Wang and more in The Trailblazing Issue.
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 Diana Nguyen and Jen Wang of Disgrasian.com in an outtake from the cover shoot for Hyphen magazine's Trailblazing Issue. (Photo by Derek Liu) Hyphen just published its Trailblazing Issue, with Disgrasian bloggers Diana Nguyen and Jen Wang on the cover. Read all about it on the Hyphen blog and my editor’s note from the magazine. Here’s a package of stories my colleagues and I produced about how University of California campuses are researching issues related to water and drought. I wrote about water policy and environmental problems. I’ve been in my new job in the communications department at the University of California Office of the President for about two months now, and I’ve been doing a lot of writing, which I enjoy. I’ve had a few articles published already. On my Writing page, see my articles on UC Santa Cruz’s Predatory Bird Research Group, the new UC student regents and the urban initiatives of 4-H, which I never knew before was a UC-run program. Interesting tidbit from a New York Times story about a study of interracial college roommates: Those who roomed with Asian Americans became more prejudiced. The Times article focused mostly on black-white relationships but this paragraph caught my eye:
Read the full post and join the discussion on Hyphen magazine’s blog. In his latest piece at SFGate, Asian Pop columnist Jeff Yang wonders if the term Asian American has relevance in today’s world. Activists began using “Asian American” during 1960s civil rights movement as a way to forge their own identity in a society that considered them orientals and outsiders. What does Asian American mean now? It’s a question we grapple with at Hyphen all the time. We’ve made a conscious decision to avoid topics such as anime and other pop culture from Asia, to keep the American provenance clear. But is the line between Asian and Asian American less crucial or meaningful to watch, now? See my full post at Hyphen magazine’s blog. Very sad news about the passing of Ronald Takaki and Him Mark Lai. Both were great scholars, historians and human beings. Hyphen’s own Lisa Lee was honored by our old friend Angry Asian Man on his 30 Under 30 list of influential Asian Americans. Angry Asian Man picked Lisa, Hyphen’s publisher, “Because she’s making sure Asian Americans have a voice in print.” See the full post at Hyphen magazine’s blog.
We brought back a couple of “Star Trek” related articles on Hyphenmagazine.com to mark the movie’s opening. One is a Q&A with John Cho, who plays Sulu in the movie, and the other is one I wrote that examines racial stereotypes in the “Star Trek” universe. I’ve got the site up and working and have posted the San Francisco Giants tickets I have for sale. The site still needs some tinkering, but all the parts are working. Site is back up with WordPress files moved to /blog again. |
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