All good things must come to an end, and so my guest stint on the Yo, Is This Racist? podcast with my new BFF Andrew Ti has reached its conclusion. Did we save the best for last? You be the judge:

The post I refer to in the podcast, the one where my Hardass Asian Mom and I (sorta) live-blogged The Karate Kid remake, can be found here. It’s probably one of the most popular posts I’ve ever written for the site–due entirely to the hilarity of the HAMeo (Hardass Asian Mom’s cameo)–so if you’re not familiar with it, check it out.

And if you want more Yo, Is This Racist?, subscribe to the podcast, read the site, read Andrew’s other equally hilarious site, Yo, Should I Dump This Asshole?, like Yo, Is This Racist? on Facebook, follow it on Twitter, but no matter how much you love his flow, please please do not hug Andrew on the street, yo.

[Yo, Is This Racist? podcast]
[DISGRASIAN OF THE WEAK! Liveblogging The Karate Kid Remake With Jen’s Hardass Asian Mama]

The cast of HBO’s ‘Girls’

In this one, host Andrew Ti and I talk about HBO’s GIRLS, which got a lot of attention in its first season for the show’s lack of diversity. Was it fair? Or were people just piling on because the show was created by a woman? Have a listen:

The post I wrote last year about people of color finally appearing on GIRLS can be found here, and the one about women critiquing women is here.

[Yo, Is This Racist? podcast]

From photographer Peter Beste’s book, True Norwegian Black Metal

Hey y’all. Happy Wednesday. I’m sick today so I hate everybody. Like, every time I cough, I actually think, I HATE EVERYBODY. My immune system right now is made up of 50% white blood cells, 50% fuck you rage. Grrrrr.

But I love you people through sickness and in health. And I thank you for coming back to listen to me blah blah blah again on the awesome and amazing Andrew Ti’s Yo, Is This Racist? podcast.

Today we talk about Black Metal–a subject you will soon learn I know tons about–and what to do about friends who like racist stuff.

PS Do you think when the caller said he had “a friend,” he was really talking about himself? Hmmm.

Oh, and here’s a New Yorker piece on Black Metal. No mention of the racism component though.

[Yo, Is This Racist? podcast]

7th grade was the year parents started dropping us kids off at the mall for hours at a time with some money and a “don’t get kidnapped” warning because they needed us to be loud, annoying, and hormonal somewhere out of the house. I remember being at the movies one time with my girl posse, and I was running it before the start of the movie, and in a fit of swagger I exclaimed, “I need a microphoooone!!!!!”

To which the older lady sitting behind me said–and by older, I mean from a 12 year-old’s perspective, so, like, 20 or so– “No, you don’t.”

Which shut me up right quick. Because I was taught to respect my elders.

But now I am an elder and I have the mic, bishes!!! All week long, courtesy of my pal Andrew Ti, of Yo, Is This Racist? and Yo, Should I Dump This Asshole? fame.

Today Andrew and I talk on his podcast about workplace segregation, with a little detour back through the 19th century. Have a listen!

This week, I’m joining the insanely smart/cute/funny/multi-talented/marriageable Andrew Ti of Yo, Is This Racist? and Yo, Should I Dump This Asshole? on his Yo, Is This Racist? podcast!

I was trying to give Andrew bunny ears, but I ended up throwing an Asian peace sign instead. WTF

Today’s topic? Natural hair. Inappropriate touching of strangers. Bad Asian drivers.

Oh, and…things that are racist.

Thanks for listening, I’ll be here all week long. Try the veal!

[Yo, Is This Racist? podcast]

Photo by Lee-Jin Man/AP

Story behind this photo here.

[via LA Times]

What Hollywood thinks a North Korean plot against the U.S. looks like:

Please Lord, if North Korea quote-unquote mercilessly strikes our mainland, let my “Olympus” fall to this guy:

In related news, since North Koreans are pop culture’s Bad Guys du Jour it’s, like, totally okay to hate on all Asians now.

[CNN: North Korea: Who's in the crosshairs?]
[Public Shaming: Olympus Has Fallen Tweets]

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It wasn’t totally clear to me what Malkin’s obsession was–other than being a right-wing dick–until Michelle Obama went on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and made the hugely viral video “Evolution of Mom Dancing” (12 million views at the time of this writing), in which she busts the Dougie, among other moves, in a deliberately dorky Mom-ish way, and Michelle Malkin quickly created her own parody of the video thereafter called “Evolution of Liberal Dance” (185,000 views at the time of this writing), in which Malkin wears sunglasses for no discernible reason, dances like a nerd, and seems in places to be doing some kind of impersonation of Charlyne Yi at her most awkward.

No wonder Malkin’s called her critiques of FLOTUS “Michelle vs. Michelle”–it’s the most basic kind of junior high-girl grudge-match. Only this one is entirely one-sided. One Michelle’s well-liked and popular, the other Michelle’s roundly-hated and desperate for attention. One is sitting with the cool kids in the cafeteria, the other’s alone by her locker, eating her jellus sandwich.

[Evolution of Mom Dancing with Jimmy Fallon and Michelle Obama]
[Evolution of Liberal Dance]

It was recently discovered on Facebook that the university’s Nu Gamma chapter of the Chi Omega sorority had a costume party a few months back where the sisters dressed up like “Mexicans.” Giant sombrero, serape-wearing, mustachioed “Mexicans”–see: Frito Bandito–who’d mow your lawn for “WEED + BEER.” Because apparently this is a “thing” with sororities. And because there’s really no way to get black-out drunk on tequila without dressing up like a jackass. And because nothing says “party” quite like “viva racism”!

And am I really seeing two(?) Asian chicks in this photo? They’re smiling here but they should be worried. An “Asian-themed” party–replete with geishas, rice-paddy hats, Fu Manchu-mustaches, ninjas, samurai, people in pajamas and slanty-eyed eyeliner, and dudes randomly shouting “Love You Long Time” and “Suckee Fuckee” at you all night long–could very well be next year’s “thing.”

[Complex: Penn State Sorority Holds Mexican-Themed Party, Regrets It]

At Samsung, a phone isn’t properly tested until a butt has been rubbed up all over it. [BuzzFeed]

Donald Trump thinks the GOP lost the presidential election because they didn’t appeal to enough Latinos and Asians. [Talking Points Memo]

Asian American consumers are projected to have over $1 trillion in buying power in the next five years. Marketers, get going already. [Los Angeles Times]

China’s People Daily Online was fooled by The Onion‘s selection of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un as their sexiest man alive for 2012. [The Daily Beast]

Some racists on Twitter are saying they hate Asians because of the recent remake of Red Dawn. [Racebending]

Some jerks vandalized the Vietnamese Student Union and a bathroom stall at UCLA with sexist and racist slogans this week. [Angry Asian Man]

Emily Joffe, who writes Slate’s “Dear Prudence” advice column, got a letter from a White dude who doesn’t want mixed race kids with his East Asian wife, and her reply was AWESOME: “How generous of you not to have a ‘problem’ with the fact that you married an Asian woman. And how grotesque that now that her eggs are out of the picture, you’ve decided this is a great opportunity to keep your kids from being mixed race.” [Slate]

Matthew Moy of “2 Broke Girls” defends Han, the character (that some would characterize as a stereotype) he plays on the hit show: “We’re a comedy, and we often go right to the edge. It doesn’t bother me. I’ve encountered this all my life. I’ve been made fun of all my life.” [Los Angeles Times]

Psy won’t be suing the restaurant in L.A.’s Koreatown that named itself “Gangnam Style” after his viral hit. [TMZ]

Oh look, you guys! They let the Asian girl on “Glee” sing, and I’m sure the fact that she is singing “Gangnam Style” has nothing to do with her race! [YouTube]

Asian moms are skilled with knives, y’all, and there’s a Tumblr blog that recognizes that. [Asian Moms with Knives]

Um, this Totoro snowflake is so cute. [Instagram]

A line of menswear designed by Yoko Ono and sold at New York’s Opening Ceremony is just as weird as you might hope. Two words: ass pants. [Flavorwire]

It’s official – Alexander Wang will be named the new creative director at Balenciaga. YAY. [Glamour]

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