Making the Dancing Lions for Lunar New York Celebrations

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/arts/design/lion-dancing-chinese-lunar-new-years-san-francisco.html

Stanford University: Newly digitized papers shed light on WWII internment. “Stanford University Libraries have digitized the Kazuyuki Takahashi papers, an ‘extraordinary collection’ of letters and photographs that expand the historical record of wartime incarceration in the United States.”

Democrats push for commission investigating anti-LGBTQ+ military policies

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/commission-investigate-anti-lgbtq-policies

#Movies #AAPI

Rewatched #RogersAndHammerstein's #TheFlowerDrumSong (1961) again yesterday.

Many #AsianAmericans, like me, have a love/hate relationship with this movie because of all of the #Asian & #Chinese stereotypes that it portrays & because most of the actors in the film weren't even Chinese.

The film is also pretty misogynistic & gender limiting too which is consistent with the times.

That said, I remember when how excited my mother & the Chinese community in #SFChinatown were when the movie was released because it was the 1st time that the Chinese were portrayed in the film with anything close to our reality & because it was the 1st & only film (until #TheJoyLuckClub (1993) in which the cast was almost entirely #Asian. . . .

It's nonetheless an important film to watch in terms of understanding how Asians are under represented in American media.

The Wiki synopsis of the film is pretty good & worth reading if you have any interest in the film & Asian American media.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flower_Drum_Song_(film)

These 5 Key Voting Groups Could Decide the Mayor’s Race

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/nyregion/nyc-mayoral-election-voting-blocs.html

Where Mamdani Found the Blueprints to Run for Mayor

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/nyregion/zohran-mamdani-howeowners.html

UC Berkeley: What counts as ‘Asian American literature,’ anyway?. “Long Le-Khac, an assistant professor of ethnic studies at UC Berkeley, just published a 1,900-entry dataset that he hopes will be used to investigate which works are discussed as ‘Asian American’ in scholarly circles — and who that leaves out.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/30/uc-berkeley-what-counts-as-asian-american-literature-anyway/

Meet the Filmmaker! Ramona S. Diaz is an award-winning Filipino American filmmaker and the director of our newest film And So It Begins.

She is best known for her compelling character-driven documentaries that combine a profound appreciation for cinematic aesthetics and potent storytelling. Diaz’s films have demonstrated her ability to gain intimate access to the people she films — be they rock stars, first ladies, dissidents, mothers, teachers, or journalists — resulting in keenly observed moments and unforgettable nuanced narratives. Her films have been screened and won awards at top-tier film festivals around the world. Diaz has been recognized by many as one of the most influential Asian American women working in film and television. 1/n

@film @education @asianamerican

#RomonaSDiaz #AsianAmericans #FilipinoAmericans #Filmmaking #IndieFilm #WomenInFilm

There are quite a few #AsianAmericans or #AsianCanadians in #Japan.

Sadly, but not entirely unexpectedly, they're, just like their brethren back home, actively disinterested in Asian migrant communities here (as compared to passive disinterest from most westerners).

Japan, as "cool" Asia, is acceptable to be into. The rest of Asia? Not so much.