Penny Dreadful is Pretty Dreadful – Part 2
(It was after I started writing this that I realised just how long this post was, so I decided to break it up into two parts. Yesterday’s post focused on women in the show Penny Dreadful; today’s post...
View ArticleBook Discussion – Unnatural Selection: Choosing Boys Over Girls, and the...
Mara Hvistendhal’s book Unnatural Selection – Choosing Boys over Girls, and the Consequences of a World Full of Men was quite eye opening for me. Several months ago, American-based websites and blogs...
View ArticleWill Disney Whitewash Mulan?
The Internet erupted in cheers after the announcement that Disney is going to start production on a live-action version of Mulan. After the roaring success of Cinderella, Disney has a whole slate of...
View ArticleRachel Dolezal’s Appropriation of Adoption Language
Rachel Dolezal today (left) and Dolezal as a teenager (right). If you haven’t heard of Rachel Dolezal, then you are one lucky duck. Dolezal made international headlines last week when it was revealed...
View ArticleThe Racist Reason You Think MSG Is Bad For You
When you think of MSG, what are the first thoughts that come to mind? Probably that MSG is bad for you and that it is used in Chinese food. But have you ever wondered where this belief came from? Have...
View ArticleYes, That CCTV Gala Sketch Was Racist
Like most families in China, we always spend part of our Chinese New Year’s Eve watching the CCTV Gala, one of the most watched annual events in all of television with an annual viewership of about 400...
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