Hi Tricia!

Hey you! Come with me! My Blog has Moved to www.triciawang.vox.com!

2007-01-01T20:08:00.001-08:00

tricia wang #2
Originally uploaded by triciawang 王圣㨗.

Tricia's new blog site! I'm moving the party over to Vox. After DavidJacobs and Adriana invited me - I've finally made the move. So change add this new VOX RSS or ATOM feed to your newsreaders.

This is my last post on Blogger - thanks for the hosting but I'm moving to a new home.

David keeps promising a script to move all my blogger.com posts over to Vox - and I am still holding him to it - but I'm gonna switch now. Vox is so much cooler than Blogger! Vox is the new thing. Vox is where I am at - Vox is where everyone is at. Vox is it. Vox Vox Vox Vox Vox Vox Vox VOX!

Darling Little Wretches

2006-11-30T10:18:00.001-08:00

brooklyn, nyc
There was something SOOo darling about the kids that I couldn't stop laughing and taking pictures. The little boy in the yellow shirt with glasses is a just darling little wretch - watch him play with the boy in the red rain jacket, as Master Shabu comes over and reprimands them in frame #3. AFter he leaves, our Darling Little Wretch starts creating trouble again, then the boy to his left is trying to intimidate the girl by taking her hat but she's not having any of it. I love kids - they are so darling and naughty at the same time.

Kenyatta in 55 Seconds

2006-11-30T10:09:00.001-08:00

Q Train- Man Reading and Man Resting

2006-11-30T10:08:00.001-08:00

Woman Walking Past Bus Stop (Brooklyn)

2006-11-30T10:07:00.001-08:00

Kelli with Peso and Lucy

2006-11-30T10:01:00.003-08:00

Pho PhoSure

2006-11-30T10:01:00.001-08:00

Last Day of Class: beers and crepes galore

2006-11-30T09:59:00.001-08:00

Ok I Truly Suck at Parallel Parking Now...but who's gonna care in Santa Monica LA

2006-11-30T09:58:00.000-08:00

Foggy SF as Usual - Crossing Bay Bridge

2006-11-30T09:57:00.001-08:00

Driving into SF to See Liane & take my AUnt to Taiwan

2006-11-30T09:56:00.000-08:00

Hoboken-New Jersey in San Diego-CA

2006-11-30T09:55:00.001-08:00

Amartya Sen Luncheon

2006-11-30T09:54:00.001-08:00

Kenyatta Bubbles - with Rueven

2006-11-30T09:51:00.001-08:00

Google Search Algorithms as Revealing of Collective Social Stereotypes: The Hyper-Sexualized Asian American Woman

2006-11-22T13:18:00.000-08:00

I performed a Google Image Search just on "Asian women," "American women," and "Asian American women" for a presentation that I made on stereotypes and identities of Asian American Youth. I wanted to demonstrate the pervasive stereotypes of Asian women as hyper-hyper sexualized bodies and that general cultural stereotype was also evident in a simple online image search where the rankings are based on algorithms.

The screenshot of the results are in the picture above. You can see a comparison of the results for Asian Women (on the left) in comparison to Caucasian Women (on the right). The Asian American Google Image Search revealed pictures of every Asian woman naked, legs spread open, and in a sexual positions. In contrast, the Caucasian Women search revealed a variety of images of women from wearing suits to profile shots. None of the Caucasian women were naked or in a sexual position.

When I presented my search during my talk, someone asked ted me to type in “Korean, Japanese, black, African America." Even after performing each of those searchers, “Asian women” still won as the most sexualized google image search. When you perform the search based on more specific cultures, like “Dominican” - it’s not as sexualized as “Latina.” Same for when you search “Japanese” - it’s not as sexualized as “Asian.” Sometimes sweeping stereotypes are easier for mass groupings of people.

From the search results, there are no other groups that are as sexualized as the generic “Asian woman.” Latina comes the closest. You can see for “Arab women” you can plenty of images of the stereotypes veiled woman.

SO for Google searches – it’s just based on algorithms on what users are clicking through and page ranking based on how many sites point to the webpage - which all determines the relevancy of the answers to the search query.

But just a simple Google search can show the type of social stereotypes that exist out there – based on the distribution of what internet users are clicking, pointing and linking to. And in this case I think it can even demonstrate the extent of a stereotype. In Google image search, there are no hierarchies of approval that the images have to go through as opposed to traditional media (newspapers, TV shows and etc), where images usually become racialized in the approval process. Try the google search yourself -make sure the "safe mode" it turned off.

click on the set to see the other see the other google searches I performed or try your own google image search - make sure the "safe mode" it turned off.

Joe is not a jaywalker

2006-11-17T15:31:00.000-08:00

Joe is not a jaywalker, originally uploaded by triciawang 王圣㨗.

Santa monica, ca

Long Weekend Cheers

2006-11-10T22:59:00.000-08:00

Long Weekend Cheers, originally uploaded by triciawang 王圣㨗.

Car Creatures

2006-11-08T10:41:00.000-08:00

Car Creatures, originally uploaded by triciawang 王圣㨗.

Thank you Ari - She created my beautiful website! Presenting the New YouMeiTI

2006-11-06T17:23:00.000-08:00

Thank you Ari - She created my beautiful website! Presenting the New YouMeiTI, originally uploaded by triciawang 王圣㨗.

Who's the best web designer in the world to work with - ARI MOORE! arimoore.com/
Thanks to her my blog on chinese youth/technology and media has been revived -
I stopped blogging for a while b.c of moving and life changes that didn't permit me to be my usual bloggy self - but I can confidently say that I can handle doing at least 2 posts a week to YouMeiTI. youmeiti.com/.
Of all the web designers I have ever worked with - Ari not only has the creative talent - but she's so COMFORTABLE and easy to work with! She's not one of those designers that who act all weird when you don't like something - she also communicates really well - so she doesn't hold up resentment for any changes you ask for - and what I love is that I really felt she was designing for my needs and tastes based on her creative eye. She also thinks about all those technical details that many designers overlook.
thank you ari for being so patient with me - you rock!

Another Shirt I love!

2006-11-05T00:20:00.000-08:00

IMG_3374, originally uploaded by eugevon.

taken by http://www.flickr.com/photos/eugevon/

My Dream Outfit

2006-11-05T00:18:00.000-08:00

IMG_3628, originally uploaded by eugevon.

taken by http://www.flickr.com/photos/eugevon/

Crossing the Busiest Border in the World: Tijuana

2006-11-05T00:15:00.000-08:00

Crossing the Busiest Border in the World: Tijuana, originally uploaded by triciawang 王圣㨗.

I always feel so weird when I leave the USA borders - whether I am going as far as China or as close as Mexico. It always reminds me of how much movement I have in this lifetime with a US passport and US citizenship. I can't help but think about all the people who risk their lives to get into the US. And here I am - I can just come and go with little worry, concern or planning. I don't have to be afraid of not being let back into the country. And it feels so weird to cross the Mexican-USA border - b.c it's literally right next to each other - separated by a grain of dirt with a tall fence demarcating entire lives and history.
thank you priya for driving!

Up

Sleeping in the sunshine

2006-11-03T11:12:00.000-08:00

Sleeping in the sunshine, originally uploaded by AllenHsu.

taken by http://www.flickr.com/photos/allenhsu

My new Solution for Feeling Lonely while I am driving:introducing Orange Blossom

2006-11-01T09:31:00.000-08:00

2.)My new Solution for Feeling Lonely while I am driving:introducing Orange Blossom, originally uploaded by triciawang 王圣㨗.

things I love about orange blossom:
1.) I have someone to take care - I buckle her in.
2.) she let's me hold her hand when I feel lonely
3.) she has really really short legs, her legs to upper body ratio is skewed to her upper body - so my purse still fits on the seat
4.) I have someone's head to pet
5.) It makes a big difference to have someone always waiting for you in the car!
6.) she always welcomes me with her bright eyes and smiles- I mean come on she's strawberry shortcake's best friend!

My Heritage Experiment Round Up

2006-10-31T20:55:00.000-08:00

My Heritage Experiment Round Up, originally uploaded by triciawang 王圣㨗.

This is the ultimate craziness of a society obsessed with their "genes" and "celebrities." This site allows you to upload a photos and scans it to see which celebrity you look like. Before I did this I already thought I am going to either be recognized as Lucy Liu or Zhang Zi yi. The one they said I looked like the most was ....guess ----Zhang Zi Yi! Surprise! Of course then in step 4 you create your celebrity look alike ciricle - and Lucy Liu resembled me 83%. The surprise was that Brittney Murphy resembles me 78% with Aretha Franklin falling behind at 75%. So does this mean I am the super Pangea Asian? I am trying this out for a fun test - and I am curious how many damn asians they actually have to chose from.
Can some others do this also -even if you are not asian - and can you tag yoru photo "my heritage" AND experiment? I mean how many asian celebrities are there to begin with - and how do they scan for likeness? And what value does a silly experiment have? What does it make someone feel if they look like a certain celebrity? And what's up with this site breaking it down to visual heritage? I need to think about this some more before I can write about it. Test it out and put those tags on! I am so curious to see what other celebrities are in their heritage bank.
1. 1.) Scanning My Face, 2. 2.) Recognizing my Face, 3. 3.) Oh GUess What - i look like Zhang Zi Yi - ( I totally don't!), 4. 4.) ALl the faces that looked like Mine -, 5. my Final Celebrity Heritage Palette

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