This article was originally written for the YOMYOMF blog which was closed approximately two years ago and is being re-posted here for archival purposes. 05/12/2017 For Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, Spotify! has teamed up with artists including Far East Movement, Run River North, Mike Shinoda and Joe Hahn, Year of the Ox, Dumbfounded, […]

  This article was originally written for the YOMYOMF blog which was closed approximately two years ago and is being re-posted here for archival purposes. 10/31/2017 I think you have to chalk up the experience that Marvin Xin Ku had with his mom at a porn convention to the fact that he grew up in Germany […]

This article was originally written for the YOMYOMF blog which was closed approximately two years ago and is being re-posted here for archival purposes. 04/25/2018 I know what you’re going to say, and I’m not saying all my FilAm brothers and sisters come out of the womb singing and playing instruments (because I can’t fathom […]

  This article was originally written for the YOMYOMF blog which was closed approximately two years ago and is being re-posted here for archival purposes. 04/25/2018 Dear ‘Atlanta’, First let me say that I’ve only watched 4-5 episodes of you, but I like what I’ve watched (and honestly that probably doesn’t mean much as you’re […]

New Jersey Congressman Andy Kim Helps Clean Up Capitol. Literally.Late at night, after a pro-Trump mob stormed and ransacked the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, New Jersey Rep. Andy Kim was photographed in the rotunda, crouching on his hands and knees over the debris the crowd had left behind. He was picking up the trash. “When […]

And Other Things to Know From Angry Asian America U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth Speaks Out Against Trump DemonstratorsU.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth spoke out against President Donald Trump and the demonstrators that forced their way into the U.S. Capitol building Wednesday: “What we saw today was not a protest, it was an attempted coup. I refuse […]

  This article was originally written for the YOMYOMF blog which was closed approximately two years ago and is being re-posted here for archival purposes. 05/10/2018 Dear B.S., I get it. You’re a movie star, a producer, a Hollywood elite. You won an Academy Award for Best Actress. You’re coming out with a new film Ocean’s […]

Spam, Eggs, and Rice. That was a familiar and comforting meal when I was a kid, and I still feel that way today. While Spam has been condemned as the epitomy of unhealthy processed food, I recently learned about an article, a play, and a poem singing its praises.  What has Spam done to earn […]