Intern Jasmine’s Links Of The Daysian
Baby pandas! Baby pandas! Baby pandas! On a slide! [YouTube via Jezebel]
July 2 was No Shame Day, which was started by The Siwe Project’s founder Bassey Ikpi to promote support of mental health care and encourage people to to seek treatment. Many folks (including Jen) took to social media to share stories and show support. [The Siwe Project]
This is critical for Asian Americans, as a recent study has shown that Asian Americans tend to shun treatment for mental health issues. That same study also revealed that Asian American teenage girls have the highest rate of depression across race and gender. [PsychCentral]
Much to my chagrin (and H-Town native Jen’s delight), Jeremy Lin may be on the verge of signing a 4-year, $31 million dollar deal with the Houston Rockets. As a limited free agent playing with the Knicks, Jeremy may yet see a matching offer from his team. [ESPN]
The average age of China’s women’s gymnastics team for the 2012 Olympics is 19.5, which seems positively ancient compared to the 2008 squad of supposed 16 year olds. [The Atlantic Wire]
Lia Neal became only the second African American woman to make a U.S. Olympic swim team last weekend. Her 4th place finish in the 100m final at the Olympic trials earned her a spot on the 400m relay team. A native of New York (holla!), Lia is of African-American and Chinese descent. [WP - thanks, Rome!]
China has lifted a ban preventing lesbians from donating blood. [CNN via BuzzFeed Shift]
The Asian American Writers’ Workshop last week celebrated the launch of three new magazines. Overachievers! [Velvet Roper]
So is Tiger Woods back? Last weekend he won the AT&T National Tournament, his first major win since that time in 2009 that his wife threw him out because it turned out he had been cheating on her with oodles of ladies for a real long time. [The Atlantic]
Call it Curry’s Revenge? Last Friday, the day after Ann Curry was fired from ”Today”, the show got beaten in the ratings by “Good Morning America.” [Deadline]
Paul Dang is a yo yo master, y’all. [Viral Viral Videos]
Chinese Canadian filmmaker’s Yung Chang’s latest film is China Heavyweight, a documentary which follows boxer He Zongli as he trains for the National Men’s Boxing Championship. [Nowness]
The first panda born at Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo in 24 years was born this week. Shin Shin and and Ri Ri, the new panda parents, are currently on loan from China. [Telegraph]
A casino raid in Manhattan’s Chinatown neighborhood shows reveals how the casino wasn’t a casino so much as “a home for run-of-the-mill businesses and social clubs catering to immigrant laborers and retirees.” [NYT]
More pandas! Only sort of. Panda Awareness Week in the UK got off to a rousing start when 108 people in panda costumes performed Tai Chi in London’s Trafalgar Square. [Telegraph]
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