Several days ago, a much-loved blogger died of leukemia.

Hank Johnson (D-GA) is my Congressional Representative.

The predominantly API territory of Guam will hold their primary vote tomorrow. To highlight their issues, which are often unknown or ignored in the continental US, here are some links from Guam media.

I'm a Japanese-American woman. I'm an outspoken, stubborn but mostly peaceful person. I overlook a lot of offensive statements on the internet, but every now and then, they sneak up on me and whack me on the head. While browsing The Onion's AVclub blog, I ran across one of those "I Went to Japan and it's Weird There and They Sell Weird Stuff in Vending Machines" posts.

Recently in the news, there's been a lot of primary political analysis about white working class voters. Rachel from Rachelstavern.com asks, "Why does “Working Class” mean white in our political discourse?" Once I thought about the question some more, I realized that she was right, and "white working class" is a symbolic redundancy.

I've been following this story at Angry Asian Man: Cornell Blog Thinks Asian Suicide is Funny. The Cornell blogger, D.

Earlier this year, I had the privilege of hearing a presentation by a Hiroshima survivor. Here's his story as I remember it. Mr. Teramoto was ten years old when the atom bomb hit Hiroshima. One second he was leaning over a desk to write a postcard to a friend; the next second he was on his back amid the rubble of his former house. An aunt pulled him out. His face was covered in blood.

I really identified with this part of Obama's speech:

I can no more disown him [Rev. Wright] than I can disown the black community.

(This post was inspired by the ongoing Chinese Laundry incident). I don't write that much about Asian-American feminism.  I really wish I wrote more in this area.  I've written a few "anti-geisha" pieces I feel very positively about, but in general, I find it a surprisingly difficult topic.  I can write about other difficult issues, so why not th

There's a great post just up at Racialicious called "Brown and Out of Town: a POC Traveler’s Guide to Racism".