#bramptongirls
Posted by Anupa in Canada, Ethnic Aisle, Pop Culture, Race, Toronto, Twitter on 20. Sep, 2011 | 1 Comment
Did you see this in the top 10 trending topics for Toronto last week? It was there for THREE days, you guys. That’s on some London Riots or Egypt-type shit. As a member of the #bramptongirls tribe (shout out Springdale!) the hashtag fascinated me. “#BramptonGirls is trending. tears of joy,” I tweeted. That got me [...]
Spectacle: Accidental Chinese Hipsters
Posted by Avril in Pop Culture, spectacle on 25. Jul, 2011 | 0 Comments
Ok, so I’m overdue for a real post. But I came across this blog and kicked myself for not having thought up the concept earlier: Accidental Chinese Hipsters. I think the title pretty much explains itself. It’s an affectionate spotlighting of the best out-there style choices, as donned by a group of completely unintentional older [...]
Transformative memories: Why Optimus Prime died
Posted by Jef in Pop Culture on 29. Jun, 2011 | 3 Comments
Dark of the what now? John Swansburg over at Slate argues that the original Transformers movie — the 1986 animated classic that memorably killed off Optimus Prime — is the best Transformers movie to date. It’s not a hard argument to make, even though The Transformers: The Movie doesn’t make much sense when you re-watch [...]
IIFA coverage: we deserve better!
Posted by Anupa in Canada, Ethnic Aisle, media, Pop Culture, Race on 22. Jun, 2011 | 1 Comment
I’ve mostly been pleasantly surprised over the past week to see mainstream coverage of the International Indian Film Academy Awards (IIFA), taking place in Toronto this weekend. Rumour has it we beat out New York for the chance to host the star studded, nomadic, diaspora-chasing ceremony and we’ve all heard the stories about Bollywood being [...]
Top Ten assumption I make because I am from Hong Kong (or reversible stereotypes)
Posted by Simon in Pop Culture, Race on 02. Jun, 2011 | 7 Comments
Oh sure, everybody knows that people make generalisations about other people based on ethnicity. I’m supposed to be good at math, for example, or be able to run atop a cedar forest (which I totally can do). I’m not here to throw a pity party though. Let’s face it, we’re all human, we all make [...]
