tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-343129359104175716Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:31:58 +0000buddhismcellphoneDIYcutenessshoppingright to free expressioneventsguest postSunrise VillageboatChbap SreiaudioBen SchaafsmataxesCambodian Association of Illinoissex tourismcrocodilesvideoKol Phengtravel itineraryVann Molyvannindependent mediaCheung EckTum TeavriceMeaLeasportpublic spacefeminismconsumerismHappy Merry Christmasweakerthansgovernmentbake salesteang meanchayemploymenthealth careKiriromPhnom Penhcamblogdiaadventurehuman rights abusecoldmotoHCMCSavadaPrincelovemenghunpovertythings that happen when you leaveThidaanimalscyclosAmerican culturetailorintellectual property rightschol mlopkhmer rougeKhmer languageadvertisingChenda SmeaddocumentarygenocidepoliceleadershipChbop SireiAlan Lightmangold tower 42pizza partyNew Girl LawObamaservicessexualityVanyacanadastreet gangsgirl educationbrandingMu Sochuasouplvea chumtuoul slenglandgrabbingWomen's Media Group of ChicagomusiclaborDey KrahormMo.DanydonationfashionEm SatyaCambodia DailyTouchcopyrightinfrastructureThreeWallsself-publishingInCUBATEadministrationPeou VannaMessenger Band Tour DiarydemonstrationThe Doug Ing / Kevin Dunn Elite Girl Motorcycle Force Defense FundCCDPMessenger BandwritingCLECBuild CambodiaHolle CambodiapicturesKhmer culturebeeryouth culturegraduationexhibitionsBright Future Kids HomerightsKandal ProvincefundingAngkor Watlandmineshuman rightsartHRTFeucationhairHarpswell FoundationevictionstragedySamouyweapons reductionratanakiricelebrationdancepol potkhmer foodboeung kakVannakpancakeoral historieslanguageKampotgirl employmentgarment industryGDRGeraldine CoxKilling FieldsUnmarketablePanhaqueersSavrynew dormkathryn lucatelliHun SencorruptionEducationjournalismgirls' rightsBernard Krishermediacomicsmarriageother dormssex workerszinespressbankingglobalizationAEMEAAlecture tourfood poisoningchicagoSiem ReapKalyananthologiesThe Advantage and Disadvantage of ZineAHRCdorm lifeinternshipsriversidemassageOlympicsagricultureLimHEangtuk-tukPsar Toul Tom Ponghorror filmsvietnamtourismboyfriend reductionking of Cambodiatelevision commercialbubble teaTexaseconomicsjobsTevyRaksmeyaccidental sponsorshipgamblingdeveloping nationKeptrafficdistributionhttp://camblogdia.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Anne Elizabeth Moore)Blogger332125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-343129359104175716.post-5077700268204616185Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:30:00 +00002012-01-23T23:30:46.685+07:00 Souciant was kind enough to publish a cleaned-up version of my Tour Diary with the Messenger Band, up now. An excerpt: DECEMBER 25, 5 PM Watching an entire village gather in a field in a southern province of Cambodia to celebrate, feed, and entertain trans women and an all-girl pro-labor and human rights musical group is so far beyond anything I have ever experienced in the American punk http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Camblogdia/~3/0SoVu3ZjYLo/messenger-band-tour-diary-on-souciant.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anne Elizabeth Moore)0http://camblogdia.blogspot.com/2012/01/messenger-band-tour-diary-on-souciant.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-343129359104175716.post-932882712447635057Tue, 27 Dec 2011 18:07:00 +00002011-12-28T01:07:32.808+07:00 Chicago-based comics artist Sara Drake's tenure with the IYDCPC in Phnom Penh is coming to a close, and we're busy documenting and reflecting on our accomplishments and creations as 2011 ends. We're currently strategizing a comics archive, to which international comics creators will be invited to submit, a publication (of course!), and future programming. Have ideas for us? That's why god http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Camblogdia/~3/u_8Dz3KZB7o/comics-in-cambodia.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anne Elizabeth Moore)0http://camblogdia.blogspot.com/2011/12/comics-in-cambodia.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-343129359104175716.post-2441238761647323526Mon, 26 Dec 2011 17:58:00 +00002011-12-27T00:58:04.124+07:00 My pals at PUC Radio Talk Show put together this amazing video slideshow. I'm honored to have been included with more than a few of my colleagues, particularly as I did, actually, choreograph a dance to this song when I was in my early teens. Perhaps I will offer to perform it next time I make an appearance on this radio program. Information about PUC Radio Talk Show is easy enough to find http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Camblogdia/~3/Bdjs-9xjIuE/puc-video-slide-show.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anne Elizabeth Moore)0http://camblogdia.blogspot.com/2011/12/puc-video-slide-show.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-343129359104175716.post-5697622338104277053Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:23:00 +00002011-12-14T01:23:59.299+07:00Hear it here. Glittering red blood which blankets the towns and countryside of the Kampuchean motherland!  Blood of our splendid workers and peasants! Blood of our revolutionary youth! Blood that was transmuted into fury, anger, and vigorous struggle! On 17 April, under the revolutionary flag! Blood that liberated us from slavery! Long life 17 April, the great victory! More wonderful and http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Camblogdia/~3/3PA8oQ4Fid8/democratic-kampucheas-national-anthem.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anne Elizabeth Moore)0http://camblogdia.blogspot.com/2011/12/democratic-kampucheas-national-anthem.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-343129359104175716.post-8397489090997104816Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:03:00 +00002011-12-08T22:35:31.773+07:00 My publisher, Cantankerous Titles, sent me an email a few weeks ago, up in arms about why the disastrous floods in Cambodia weren't receiving any media attention in comparison to tourist- (and media-) friendly locales like Thailand. Then he did what no big publisher would ever think to: He offered to donate a buck per book to Cambodian flood relief. Now through February 1, if you buy a bookhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Camblogdia/~3/qMsRLui0nb0/flood-relief-and-cambodian-grrrl.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anne Elizabeth Moore)0http://camblogdia.blogspot.com/2011/12/flood-relief-and-cambodian-grrrl.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-343129359104175716.post-3118683755771411736Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:45:00 +00002011-12-08T22:02:53.773+07:00 My Arts Network Asia-funded project, the IYDCPC (Independent Youth-Driven Cultural Production of Cambodia) has been gaining momentum over the last five weeks as Chicago-based comics artist Sara Drake gets up to speed on how things work in Phnom Penh. She's just posted some comics from one of her recent classes to our blog in the comics section, and they are (as you can see above) great. (You http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Camblogdia/~3/lCtdhxbQmTc/my-arts-network-asia-funded-project.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anne Elizabeth Moore)0http://camblogdia.blogspot.com/2011/12/my-arts-network-asia-funded-project.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-343129359104175716.post-4740820247209689584Thu, 20 Oct 2011 16:05:00 +00002011-10-20T23:05:19.992+07:00Reviews of the new book—and the events, which across the US often brought out a gratifying intergenerational mix of Cambodian-Americans and punk rockers—have been really great. If you haven't ordered a copy yet, pick one up here—and keep in mind, reviewing it on Amazon before the end of the month is all you need to get another Cantankerous Title mailed to you for free. "The best travel book I'vehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Camblogdia/~3/V6bvfH3Cx1k/cambodian-grrrl-reviews-and-interviews.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anne Elizabeth Moore)0http://camblogdia.blogspot.com/2011/10/cambodian-grrrl-reviews-and-interviews.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-343129359104175716.post-2706524452307679252Mon, 08 Aug 2011 13:59:00 +00002011-08-08T20:59:44.150+07:00fashiongarment industry"I think people will engage a little bit more in their unconscious fashion choices and start to think through the processes by which their clothing is made. I’m pretty lucky to have been able to meet some of the people that make your Gap or Old Navy or H&M jeans, your Puma or Adidas or Nike sports bra or whatever, and I can tell you first hand what their lives are like, and what you can do to http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Camblogdia/~3/k61lW5Bo9ls/cbs-chicago-on-garment-work.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anne Elizabeth Moore)0http://camblogdia.blogspot.com/2011/08/cbs-chicago-on-garment-work.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-343129359104175716.post-4405316186749318827Mon, 08 Aug 2011 13:56:00 +00002011-08-08T20:56:31.803+07:00garment industryfeminism My 12 x 12 exhibition at the MCA, Garment Work, opened Friday. People seemed to really enjoy themselves, and the labor. In fact, the 15-minute opening performance, which was supposed to be quick and painless, lasted for over two hours. Eventually, we had to ask people to put the jeans down and walk away from the art. It wasn't actually all that painless, either: these jeans have a little bithttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Camblogdia/~3/XLIWJfnTHf4/garment-work-at-mca.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anne Elizabeth Moore)0http://camblogdia.blogspot.com/2011/08/garment-work-at-mca.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-343129359104175716.post-1510082660450657889Fri, 17 Jun 2011 04:03:00 +00002011-06-17T11:03:25.595+07:00comicshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Camblogdia/~3/kv0LmnKcvUw/comics-in-cambodia.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anne Elizabeth Moore)0http://camblogdia.blogspot.com/2011/06/comics-in-cambodia.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-343129359104175716.post-3615193788689750584Fri, 15 Apr 2011 23:11:00 +00002011-04-16T06:11:37.064+07:00media Global Voices and Asia-focused blog The Rice Bowl both reported this week on the preponderance of Cambodian songs about social networking site Facebook, both apparently working from a post by Cambodian blogger Khmerbird (Santal Phin) in which he muses on the cultural impact of Facebook, both on and offline. [You can follow the links to the songs, which are awesome. Sadly, the Global Voices and http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Camblogdia/~3/pOY6WnK-jnU/popular-culture-of-facebook.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anne Elizabeth Moore)0http://camblogdia.blogspot.com/2011/04/popular-culture-of-facebook.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-343129359104175716.post-7120350359737651711Mon, 14 Feb 2011 15:09:00 +00002011-02-14T22:09:17.521+07:00youth cultureindependent mediamediaWith assistance from Arts Network Asia, I'm seeking an independent cultural producer based in the US to do a collaborative independent media/art project with me and a coalition of dedicated organizations and institutions focused on youth concerns in Cambodia. See here for details, and please forward the site along to interested parties.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Camblogdia/~3/8yGn3GOGuOY/independent-youth-driven-cultural.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anne Elizabeth Moore)0http://camblogdia.blogspot.com/2011/02/independent-youth-driven-cultural.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-343129359104175716.post-5019827369497138780Tue, 08 Feb 2011 20:14:00 +00002011-02-09T03:14:44.581+07:00services I just wanted you to know this was available.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Camblogdia/~3/PvhS3XEtEb4/princess-clinic.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anne Elizabeth Moore)0http://camblogdia.blogspot.com/2011/02/princess-clinic.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-343129359104175716.post-7610261377867319392Thu, 03 Feb 2011 12:44:00 +00002011-02-03T19:44:55.564+07:00khmer foodMy PUC Radio Talk Show experience was a doozy—the tuk tuk got lost, which wasn't so much a big deal for me (I've done hundreds of interviews, some of them even late-starting ones) but for my host just added to her pre-show jitters. (She's only been on the air a few weeks, she told me.) Add to this the alarm of her inability to get her hands on my CV (ummm, just google me, I told her. Really http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Camblogdia/~3/ao-oozn7Md8/best-burger-in-battambong.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anne Elizabeth Moore)0http://camblogdia.blogspot.com/2011/02/best-burger-in-battambong.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-343129359104175716.post-5389766832976411176Wed, 26 Jan 2011 06:34:00 +00002011-01-26T13:34:09.666+07:00journalismindependent mediaDie-hard journalism fans like myself (PROOF: I totally "like" journalism on Facebook) will want to track down The Post, a short Australian doc about the 1999 Phnom Penh Post, Cambodia's "Newspaper of Record" founded by Michael Hayes—and approved by Princely decree—in 1992. It covers a most fascinating time in Cambodian history—as well as an interesting point in Cambodian/International relations: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Camblogdia/~3/A_bcmNRymWA/post-1999.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anne Elizabeth Moore)0http://camblogdia.blogspot.com/2011/01/post-1999.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-343129359104175716.post-5318771170206320163Wed, 26 Jan 2011 06:08:00 +00002011-01-26T13:09:37.266+07:00sportmusiceventsSaturday evening saw the auspicious occasion of the 7th annual PUC Charity Event, which it may surprise you to hear is an event at which funds are raised to donate to charity, which is certainly a good thing, and also events are a good thing, especially the entertaining ones. And this was certainly entertaining. The event started with the unveiling of the PUC Charity Event banner, as well as http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Camblogdia/~3/k9jfB-q9kt0/puc-charity-event.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anne Elizabeth Moore)0http://camblogdia.blogspot.com/2011/01/puc-charity-event.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-343129359104175716.post-1714187931589449181Wed, 26 Jan 2011 05:01:00 +00002011-01-26T12:01:54.388+07:00sex tourismIn an argument against American men who take young Cambodian "wives" in addition to their families back home—and yes, this is something so frequent as to be commonly debated, which is preposterous to me on two levels and keep in mind I've been with my fair share of married men in my day so one of the levels is not me being a total prude—someone said: they always want the youngest girl. 15, 16, 17http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Camblogdia/~3/6En1krxM9Ts/analogy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anne Elizabeth Moore)0http://camblogdia.blogspot.com/2011/01/analogy.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-343129359104175716.post-5320210603487293927Tue, 25 Jan 2011 12:18:00 +00002011-01-25T19:18:39.899+07:00girl educationI had lunch with K—. today, who is fast becoming one of my favorite people in Cambodia. Arranged to be married to a young neighbor boy, she contracted Meningitis, which she survived through sheer force of will. Literally: one hospital attempted, and failed, to help her. The second she approached, the staff of which was mentored by the doctors in the first, decreed they were likely unable to help,http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Camblogdia/~3/SILMNgrZO_Y/conversation-with-k.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anne Elizabeth Moore)0http://camblogdia.blogspot.com/2011/01/conversation-with-k.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-343129359104175716.post-6168146060213844414Mon, 24 Jan 2011 04:26:00 +00002011-01-24T11:26:05.861+07:00girls' rightsgarment industryI had the pleasure to visit Better Factory Cambodia's new initiative yesterday, Garment Worker Open University, which brings factory workers in from all over the Phnom Penh area to learn about their rights and responsibilities under the law. Here are some women gathered under the awning used as a playhouse: a sewing machine, a bike, and packets of health-care products such as shampoo were givenhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Camblogdia/~3/B7wQ7CUPYSk/garment-worker-open-university.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anne Elizabeth Moore)0http://camblogdia.blogspot.com/2011/01/garment-worker-open-university.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-343129359104175716.post-5217144598439341275Mon, 24 Jan 2011 02:04:00 +00002011-01-24T09:04:13.364+07:00danceI'll post these, unretouched and without further comment for the moment, except to say that I'll be releasing a book of them with some sort of explanatory-but-not-really essay about ghosts, with Chicago-based art house Green Lantern Press, within the next year. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Camblogdia/~3/6Re9Vz8itFQ/more-hip-hop-apsara.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anne Elizabeth Moore)0http://camblogdia.blogspot.com/2011/01/more-hip-hop-apsara.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-343129359104175716.post-561899384085091867Sun, 23 Jan 2011 13:58:00 +00002011-01-23T20:58:04.492+07:00media Me, but on the radio, above. Below, me with Soma Norodom, hostess of PUC Radio Talk Show. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Camblogdia/~3/SI0YEEJRSHk/pictures-from-puc-radio-talk-show.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anne Elizabeth Moore)2http://camblogdia.blogspot.com/2011/01/pictures-from-puc-radio-talk-show.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-343129359104175716.post-3242044199867980859Sat, 22 Jan 2011 05:41:00 +00002011-01-22T12:41:20.392+07:00adventureadministration<!--StartFragment--> I say break, and it is a cliché. In fact what happens is a small incision is made—a tiny comment, an insignificance so slight you would not notice it if not already worn so thin. This papercut opens, though, and from it spills forth everything: a projectile gush, and you can feel it entering your throat and rushing out of your mouth. It is deeply emotional, like a http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Camblogdia/~3/IVM_-36LOYQ/and-then-there-are-days-that-break-your.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anne Elizabeth Moore)6http://camblogdia.blogspot.com/2011/01/and-then-there-are-days-that-break-your.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-343129359104175716.post-4029216999714289797Sat, 22 Jan 2011 02:41:00 +00002011-01-22T09:41:36.852+07:00demonstrationdance This is what I did last night, which is one of my favorite things in the world to do: sit around a public park watching people combine hip hop moves with traditional Apsara ones to the droning base lines of Cambodian pop music turned up way too high. More pix to come, I promise.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Camblogdia/~3/yDHm6DZ4HLI/me.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anne Elizabeth Moore)0http://camblogdia.blogspot.com/2011/01/me.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-343129359104175716.post-6306920595490063740Fri, 21 Jan 2011 04:39:00 +00002011-01-21T12:02:46.285+07:00menghunindependent mediaratanakirigirl education By Menghun Kaing Located in the northeastern part of Cambodia, the Ratanakiri province borders Laos to the north and Vietnam to the east. It is one of the least-developed provinces in the nation, with approximately 150,000 residents—or about 1% of the country’s total population. Ratanakiri landscape, by Menghun Kaing The province is home to several diverse ethnic groups including Charay, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Camblogdia/~3/nH4pue6-AYs/ratanakiri-life-of-difficulty-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anne Elizabeth Moore)0http://camblogdia.blogspot.com/2011/01/ratanakiri-life-of-difficulty-and.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-343129359104175716.post-8140900245536654780Fri, 21 Jan 2011 01:57:00 +00002011-01-21T08:57:53.632+07:00Khmer culturefashion http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Camblogdia/~3/yab7IYmzFcI/woman-buying-sunglasses.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anne Elizabeth Moore)0http://camblogdia.blogspot.com/2011/01/woman-buying-sunglasses.html