“Always Be My Maybe” is a crazy great Asian American movie – thanks to “Fresh Off the Boat”
“Always Be My Maybe,” a new movie on Netflix that dropped this month, is a wonderful, entertaining rom-com that reflects the reality of Asian America. ...
“Always Be My Maybe,” a new movie on Netflix that dropped this month, is a wonderful, entertaining rom-com that reflects the reality of Asian America. ...
I love following the exciting young career of Naomi Osaka, the world’s first Japanese tennis star who has been ranked number-one by the Women’s Tennis Association, after her recent win in the Australian Open.
I love her passion and skill and determination to win. And most of all, I love that she is mixed-race, with a Japanese mom and Haitian dad. And, that she’s culturally as American as she is Japanese or Haitian.
I've been using Posterous and Tumblr as blogging outlets for posting about topics that don't fit Nikkei View, and I'm especially loving Posterous. I use my Posterous blog for pop culture stuff (Asian or non-Asian related) and Tumblr for new media and journalism stuff. Take a look: http://gilasakawa.posterous.com http://gilasakawa.tumblr.com The best thing about it is the ease of posting: I just send an...
This is from Slate: a re-imagining of the coverage of the Moon landing on July 20, 1969 if today's Internet- and cable-TV fueled media could have covered the event. I think it’s fabulous and funny, but I wonder if young people seeing this would go, “and your point is?†It’s wild to think most of what we accept as part...
I know I haven't been writing much on the blog -- I have a bunch of things stacked up, and I'm always babbling in small bits on Twitter and Facebook. But I needed to embed this video from the Rocky Mountain News, which is shutting down today. The Rocky's staff has been brave and unfliching in its coverage of the...