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AMAZIAN OF THE WEEK! Diana Keng
Name: Diana Keng
Age: 18
Hails from: Silicon Valley
Occupation: High school senior, CEO
Known for: Doing business. WSJ just profiled Keng, a high school senior that presented her company, MyWeboo.com (a social networking management site that launched in March), to venture capitalists at last week’s Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco. Keng shares MyWeboo with her 25-year-old brother, but it’s her third start-up company. Yeah, that’s right muthafuckaz! THIRD START-UP.
Did we forget to mention that Keng started her first company at age 15, but bailed because it wasn’t making enough money? And that despite her busy business schedule, she still does well in school and plays badminton? AND for goodness sake, her name is DIANA? By golly, Keng is my a Hardass Asian Parent’s WET DREAM. Perhaps that’s why her dad gave her $100k in business seed money and my dad still regrets paying for my English degree. *sigh*
[MyWeboo.com]
[via 8 Asians]
[WSJ: Report Card? How About That Annual Report]
Filed under: Amazians, Amazing Teens, Businesswomen, CEOs, Cupertino, Diana is Quite a Name, Diana Keng, English Degrees Are Useless, Hardass Asian Parents' Wet Dreams, High School, My Weboo, San Francisco, Seed Money, Silicon Valley, Social Network Integrasian, Social Networking, Startups, Teen Wonders, Websites, WSJ
BABEWATCH: Jane Kim
Name: Jane Kim
Occupation: President of the San Francisco Board of Education, civil rights attorney
Hails from: Ess Eff (via Enn Why)
Why She’s A Babe: Jane Kim is one of those people who has apparently spent their lives entirely devoted to doing cool shit for other people. She’s a community organizer, tenant advocate, civil rights attorney, and elected official with a CV that seems to go on for days. Her colorful career choices alone give us due cause to crush on her (Oh man, nothing says, “I’ll show YOU law school, Mom and Dad” better than becoming a civil rights attorney that supports the art community in her spare time), but let’s be real here. Chica is sa-mokin’ hot.
Kim has the flawless skin, dancing eyes, prominent cheekbones, shiny hair and pretty lips of a person that could get by despite the fact that they, y’know, kick small children and don’t recycle. But we’re pretty sure she doesn’t do that. In fact, she seems quite fond of all kinds of children. We found this description of her work with the Board of Education on her site:
Jane Kim has advocated for expanded access for immigrant families, more equitable distribution of district resources, and greater accountability by the administration to the community whom they serve. Jane has provided leadership on a number of important educational reforms including closing the achievement/opportunity gap, redesigning the student assignment process, and promoting policies that have decreased the suspension and expulsion rates at SFUSD.
Though she was just elected by her colleagues to President of the Board in January of this year, it appears she now has her eyes on another prize in November: The SF Board of Supervisors. Oh good. Yet another thing to add to that CV!
Alrighty. So she’s practically perfect. But does she RECYCLE?
[Fog City Journal: Jane Kim Announces D6 Candidacy]
[Jane Kim - Official Site]
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Thanks, Cate!
Filed under: Bay Area Hotties, Beautiful Ladies, Civil Rights, Civil Rights Attorneys, Community Organizers, Crushes, CVs That Sparkle, Elected Officials, Hardass Asian Parents, Immigrant Rights, Immigrants, Impressing My Parents, Jane Kim, Law School, Presidents, Really Smart People, Recycling, San Francisco, San Francisco Board of Education, San Francisco Board of Supervisors, Tenant Rights
BABEWATCH: Cathy Chow And Corina Nurimba, Co-Founders Of Tobi
Names: Cathy Chow And Corina Nurimba
Hail from: Bay Area
Occupation: Boutique owners, co-founders of Tobi.com, a “1-1 online shopping experience”
Why They’re Babes: We love ladies with good taste. And Cathy and Corina, who own SF’s Azalea (selling our favorite kinds of jeans, blazers, smocks, socks), and founded the innovative online store Tobi, happen to have exquisite taste. And sometimes they save you a buck or two, which never hurts in these shit economic times.
And for fashionistas, they’re more sweet than sassy, and more savvy than street. Check the vibe on their web series, Tobi TV:
Adorbz!
[Tobi.com]
Filed under: Azalea Boutique, Bay Area, Boutiques, Cathy Chow, Co-Founders, Corina Nurimba, Friends are Nice, Online Shopping is Cool, Recessions, San Francisco, Tobi, Tobi.com
Feeling High About Evan Low
You probably agree: Evan Low was one of the true highlights of Angry Asian Man’s 30 under 30 list this year.
He is, after all, only 26. He’s also adorably handsome, with the kind of ready smile that somehow seems to denote a firm handshake and kind demeanor. And in 2006, months before the little bugger had even been elected to City Council in the city of Campbell, SF Mayor Newsom had officially declared June 5 “Evan Low Day” for San Fransiscans. The guy has his own day. Seriously.
Mayor Low
As a city council member, Low quickly racked up distinctions as the first openly gay, Chinese American and youngest person in the Campbell City Council. He was also noted as the State of California’s youngest, openly gay official.
So get this: on Tuesday, Low was promoted from vice-mayor to a one-year term as Mayor of Campbell, which now makes him the youngest gay, and one of the youngest Asian American mayors in the whole freakin’ country. Hot diggity, this country needs more Gayors!
We can barely contain our excitement about a young, hot, gaysian rocking such a prestigious city office–but we will because we’re also reallyreallyreallyreally jealous that he has achieved so frickin’ much with nary a wrinkle around his happy eyes.
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Filed under: Angry Asian Man's 30 Under 30, California, Celebrasian, City of Campbell, Congratulasians, Distinctions, Elected Officials, Evan Low, Evan Low Day, Gavin Newsom, Gayors, Gaysians, Jealousy, Mayors, Politicians, Politics, Resenting the Young, San Francisco, Young Dudes, Youngest-Ever
Lady Smackdown On SF Bus: Watch, Comment, Do Nothing
This passenger-documented video of two ladies getting hostile (like, downright violent) over an apparent seat-hogging situation on San Francisco’s MUNI bus in Chinatown is starting to make the Internet rounds. In response, YouTube commenters have quickly taken sides and naturally erupted into a hot, ignorant racial debate (One woman is black; One is Asian–prepare for the worst).
I know that in this era of absofuckinlutetrainwreck fascination it’s hard not to slip right into cage fighting voyeur mode–grab the popcorn, pick a favorite, start cheering–but frankly, this video’s chaos and its assaults just made me sad. Fine, we’re animals, and we physically duke it out–but what’s the natural order displayed here? What is achieved? What is the point?
I’m not taking sides on this one, and I don’t care who is “right” (That is assuming that someone can actually be considered “right” after fist-fighting near schoolchildren and innocents in tight quarters on a commuter bus).
Frankly, the only person really worth cheering for is the woman who appears at roughly 1:29 of the video, who adamantly and physically commands those involved to “STOP IT”–instead of simply standing idly by–horrified but fascinated–like everyone else.
[YouTube: Fight On SF Muni Bus In Chinatown]
Thanks, Chris!
Filed under: Bitch Fights, Cranky Ladies, Doing Nothing, Inevitable Smack-Downs, San Francisco, Stop It, Voyeurs, YouTube Is a Sordid Place
ROCK OF ASIAN: Maggie Kim
Paris-based Maggie Kim is absolutely stunning to look at, but don’t let that distract you from her many illustrious musical gifts. Kim’s voice drips with desire–a smoky, alluring blend of PJ Harvey, Chrissie Hynde, and something all her own–she adds a knowing, bluesy, quirky, New York-y tenor to lyrics like, “Baby please, come back to me” and “Why don’t you know… I could be yours?” All of this, of course, made the more interesting by an eclectic mix of punk riffs, gentle pop beats, r&b bass lines.
Kim’s newest, an album sweetly entitled, “Love Like Everyone” (which features the production genius of Chris Fudurich and Brent Arnold, as well as an instrumental cameo by Mike Watt) is due for a May release, and she’s in the States to spread the word. If you’re in SF, NYC, or LA for her mini-tour dates this month, and you don’t show your face, you’re a gigantic asshole and we promise you’ll regret it.
Find out more at her official site.
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Merci, Maggie!
Filed under: Beautiful Ladies, Brent Arnold, Chris Fudurich, Chrissie Hynde, Ladies Who Rock, Los Angeles, Maggie Kim, Mike Watt, NYC, Paris, PJ Harvey, San Francisco, Voices We'd Like To Hump
Pots ‘n’ Pan-Asian
Those of you in the Bay Area oughta hightail it over to the Asian Art Museum and check out Beijing artist Zhan Wang’s exhibition “On Gold Mountain.” It’s a sculptural representasian of the Chinese immigrant experience and includes a San Francisco cityscape constructed entirely out of pots, pans, and silverware. If you look closely, you can see that the Transamerica Pyramid is made out of a CHEESE GRATER. How cool is that?
“On Gold Mountain” runs until the 25th of May.
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Thanks, Jasmine!
Filed under: Asian Art Museum, Cheese Graters, Chinese Artists, Cityscapes, Pots and Pans, San Francisco, Zhan Wang
