Intern Jasmine’s Links Of The Daysian
So apparently John Cho (before he was famous) met Morrissey (who has been famous for a long time, and is still famous now) once in a pool hall frequented by Filipino gangsters. There is nothing about this story that is not awesome. [Vulture]
Twitter user (and friend of Jen) @joshbearman found Jen’s car! Those vanity plates give you away every time. [Twitter]
Telev-Asian? Here is a list of Asian actors featured on new fall shows on broadcast networks. [Hollywood Invasian]
Hari Kondabolu of “Totally Biased” considers the visibility and successes of Indians on television: “You can’t just make up random racist shit and pretend it’s true!” [YouTube]
“The Mindy Project” has only just debuted this week on Fox, and there is already a backlash from bloggers and TV writers against the show’s creator and star, Mindy Kaling. Nisha Chittal weighs in for Racialicious. [Racialicious]
Hong Kong billionaire Cecil Chao is offering $65 million to the man who can get his lesbian daughter (who is already married to a woman) to marry him. I think this guy is taking Hardass Asian Dad into Homophobic Asian Dad territory. [Huffington Post]
Gigi Chao, the lesbian daughter in question, finds herself moved and considers herself lucky to have “such a loving daddy.” WHAT. [Jezebel]
Hey would-be tourists to North Korea! Pyongyang’s Ryugyong Hotel is about to open, and only thirty years after it was supposed to! [NBC News]
Until last month, the San Francisco Police Department were classifying all Asian arrests as “Chinese.” WHAT. [The Bay Citizen]
When a picture of observant Sikh and OSU student Balpreet Kaur ended up on Reddit in a misguided attempt to shame her for her appearance, she responded so graciously that the original poster made a heartfelt apology. [Jezebel]
The National Asian American Survey has just released their report on the 2012 election, which reveal that 45% of Asian American citizens are likely voters, with Japanese and Filipino Americans the most likely while Hmong and Cambodian Americans are among the least likely. [NAAS]
If Alice Wong’s non-voter dad can register to vote, then so can you. [18 Million Rising]
New Yorker Juliana Koo turned 107 this past Sunday. Her secret to a long life? “No exercise, eat as much butter as you like and never look backwards.” [New York Times]
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