This blog post contains spoilers. I finally got around to bing watching Disney+’s American Born Chinese recently, which was released back in May. When I watched the last episode where Amelia confessed her romantic interest in Jin and Jin kissed Amelia, I was reminded of my blog post ‘Dr. Ken’ & ‘FOTB’ – Watershed Moments […]

I saw a friend of mine post  this photo on Facebook after she went shopping at the same Costco in Silicon Valley where I shop. I’ve been aware of MìLà‘s (formerly known as Xiao Chi Jie) Xiao Long Bao (“XLB”) or also known as “soup dumpling,” having done my search for frozen ones. I’ve been […]

I was recently involved in this thing, and I won’t go into specifics about the org, names, people (because in some ways it’s not important and I also said I wouldn’t do it because there are still good things about it), but it was outside of my work routine and it pointed to how Asian […]

Jeff Yang and Phil Yu present an unfiltered conversation about what's happening in Asian America. What's up, podcast listeners? We've got another episode of our podcast They Call Us Bruce. (Almost) each week, my good friend, writer/columnist Jeff Yang and I host an unfiltered conversation about what's happening in Asian America, with a strong focus […]

This past week, actor, comedian, writer, director, and UCLA Alumnus Randall Park delivered the keynote speech at all three UCLA 2023 college commencements. In this speech, he walks through his career ups and downs and how they shaped himself to the person he is today – that the adversity you face may help pave the […]

  Really liked this Tiny Desk Concert by NIKI.

Jeff Yang and Phil Yu present an unfiltered conversation about what's happening in Asian America. What's up, podcast listeners? We've got another episode of our podcast They Call Us Bruce. (Almost) each week, my good friend, writer/columnist Jeff Yang and I host an unfiltered conversation about what's happening in Asian America, with a strong focus […]

I swear this just happened. pic.twitter.com/O2ankFxnAl — Parry Shen (@parryshen) June 13, 2023