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See Y’all at V3 Con!

Posted in Awesomeness, For Your Consideration with tags , , , , , , on June 14, 2013 by Cbruhs

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Right now, CBRUHS is getting ready to hop on a plane to Japantown, Los Angeles, to stuff her facehole with Curry & Taco Man, squint at that weird bright ball in the sky, and attend the V3 Digital Media Conference (Vision. Visibility. Voice.).

V3 Con is an annual gathering of AAPI media makers, journalists, bloggers, and change makers. Tonight V3 will be honoring digital journalist Gil Asakawa, MSNBC’s Richard Lui, Kogi BBQ’s Roy Choi….and all-American badass and legend GRACE LEE BOGGS!!! BOOOM!

And be sure to check out the “Engaging the AAPI Community in Online Activism” workshop with folks from 18 Million Rising, APIAVote, APALC, Phil Yu and others — tomorrow at 3pm.

See you bitches there! xo

Happy Bitchin’ Momma’s Day

Posted in Awesomeness, For Your Consideration, wuv, Zen with tags , , , , , , , on May 12, 2013 by Cbruhs

Here at BCB, we’re well aware that we’d be nothing without our Mas and Grandmas and folks who’ve played a momma role in our lives. We are selfish, shiftless brats who waste too much money, drink too much, and don’t visit enough, but Ma loves us just the same.

Here’s a couple nice gestures you can do for your mom and the important wimmins in your life today (and every second of every hour of every other day of the year, fool!)

- AAPI online organizing group 18MillionRising.org created a #TYMom (Thank You Mom) site where you can create and send a custom message to your mom. Remind her of that specific time she did something really special for you, like making herb soup when you came down with chicken pox or bailing you out of jail.

- MomsRising.org & NAPAWF made a fun “Mom Dance” video that you can giggle at and then share with your mom.

But the Mom Dance to rule them all is obviously ‘Dub Step Mom’, featuring Mike Song and his mama Laura:

Stone. Cold. Mama Song.

Much love and gratitude to all the Bitchin’ Moms, Grandmoms, Godmoms, Sisters, Aunties, Cuzins, and strong women who give us a beautiful life, every day.

Happy New Year! (Courtesy of R. Kelly)

Posted in All Class, Awesomeness, Fo Yo Ears, Zen on February 10, 2013 by Cbruhs

BCB wishes all y’all readers a prosperous Year of the Snake — filled with happiness, good fortune, and ssssssmexinessss. And who better to embody this last quality than Sir R. Kelly himself:

A perfect New Year’s ditty to sing ’round the banquet table with your family and loved ones.

Gung Hay Faht Choy! 恭喜發財! Chúc Mừng Năm Mới!

Thanks MY and AZNHeartthrob!

A Treasured (Big Gay Chinese) Wedding

Posted in Awesomeness, Kawaii, SICKNING, This Will Make YOu Cry, wuv...true wuv, Zen with tags , , , , on February 4, 2013 by Cbruhs

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I don’t usually get super emotional at weddings (except over the bounty of booze and food), but these newlyweds are giving me life! Shove off, William and Kate, you’ve been upstaged for Wedding of the Millenium by Big Treasure and Little Treasure.

A retired history teacher and a water delivery man who met while the latter was bringing water to the former, the couple married in front of 12,000 online Weibo supporters — many of whom I’m guessing they garnered after a video of them singing a karaoke love song to each other went viral. The couple were moved by the Hong Kong gay rights organization Big Love Alliance to come out and shout their love from the rooftops and into karaoke mics.

If I was at this wedding I’d be ferociously banging my chopsticks on my plate, making countless Hennessy toasts, and blubbering like an hormonal pageant queen.

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And it wouldn’t be a gay old wedding without some shade: commenting on a son’s refusal to attend, “It’s disappointing that outsiders can bless us but not our own son. The heartless child is sabotaging our happiness.” BOOM, you thankless party poopin’ black-hearted assbrat!

While same-sex marriage is not recognized in China, the couple declared on Weibo: “We won’t part till we die. We will strive to be together no matter how hard and painful it is.”

From the groom’s adorable crooked bowtie, to the groom’s red roses bouquet quinceañera eleganza, to the arm-in-arm shots, the key word here is TREASURE.

Wishing Mr. & Mr. Treasure Deep Love, Long Life, and Double Happiness!

via Dlisted and Queerty

Croon, Jamie Woon!

Posted in Awesomeness, Fo Yo Ears, For Your Consideration, HAWTNESS, Zen with tags , , , on January 31, 2013 by Cbruhs

Ok, I’m probably hella tardy to the party on this guy, but I’m kinda officially an old person who has abandoned all hope for keeping up with the jams favored by youffs of today. But now and again I’ll pause my riot grrrl and Jodeci remix cassettes long enuf to hear some NEWNOWNEXT music that doesn’t make me scratch my chin and stamp my K-Swiss in confusion. Rather, it reminds me why I shouldn’t be one those annoying “I only listen to music from {random yesteryear decade}, back when music was GOOD. Pffft” type of people.

Case in point: Jamie Woon, a British Malaysian Chinese/Scottish singer/songwriter/producer, whose debut album Mirrorwriting is a striking blend of haunting, soulful, and groovy. Souvy? Graunting?? YES.

 

If you’re a fan of James Blake or just like purty boys who can croon til the cows come home, then Woon is your dood.

Conan O’Brien Gets Drunk at Holiday Party, Steven Ho Kicks His Ass

Posted in All Class, Awesomeness, DANGER!, Zen with tags , , , on December 19, 2012 by Cbruhs

BCB buddy the indomitable Steven Ho sent us this gem from last night’s Conan. As usual, it involves plenty o’ spin kicks to the gut, glass breaking o’er heads, and a jolly assortment of beat downs (courtesy of Steven, of course).

And since this is a Holiday Party, it also involves heartwarming festivities like candy cane jousting(!), ugly Xmas sweaters, and the requisite over-aggressive drunkenness. This video should set the bar for all office holiday parties to come.

 

Thanks Steven!

Support Rice and Beans!

Posted in Awesomeness with tags , , , , , , , on November 30, 2012 by aznheartthrob

Hands down the coolest Co-Op run childcare facility in the San Antonio neighborhood in Oakland is the Rice and Beans Cooperative. The center was created by organizers, artists, cultural & community workers and fosters creativity through art, music, movement and dance while also not letting kids forget about the maths and sciences. Oh so you wanna help them out but don’t know how? And you’re thinking “wouldn’t it be great to have an I HEART RICE AND BEANS t-shirt”? Today is your lucky day! Contact Rice and Beans here and order one of these in kids or adults size. Aren’t babies CUUUUTE!?

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PSY X MC Hammer = Swaggest AMAs of Ever

Posted in All Class, Awesomeness, SICKNING, Zen with tags , , , , , , , on November 19, 2012 by Cbruhs

Sometimes I worry whether PSY will inevitably fall from grace of the American pop echelons. How his popularity may in part reflect the way America regards Asian and Asian American masculinity. About the backlash that may rear its ugly head three, four months from now. About how the mighty can fall so fast and so low. Will PSY end up on Dancing With the Stars, Season 18? Christ, I hope not. Will he follow up ‘Gangnam Style’ with another hit and become firmly entrenched as a legit music star (in America) and not a one-hit wonder? One can hope.

But for now, I will cast aside my worrywart ways, and just BASK in the glory that was the finale to end all finales of the American Music Awards last night: PSY X MC muthaluvin’ Hammer!

LEGENDARY! Feel his power, Hammer’s still got it! And PSY is keepin’ right up! Bieber please, you could never rock the drop-crotch like these two SWAGUs, on you it just looks like a droopy diaper in dire need of changing. Is it wrong to feel juiced that the biggest performance of the American Music Awards was in Korean? Look at all the celebrities trying to rap along to the lyrics. Geez, they’re going absolutely apeshit! Speaking of Bieber, were half of them even out of Pull-Ups when “2 Legit 2 Quit” was released? Why aren’t they incorporating the 2 Legit finger dance!? The look on Cameron Tucker’s face at 3:04 is giving me life. Is it weird that I broke out in a sweat while watching this?

2 Legit! 2 Legit to Quit Haay haaaaaayyy Sexy Laaayydee!

The TWO Greatest Animated Gifs of All-Time

Posted in Awesomeness on November 14, 2012 by aznheartthrob

 

AZNs Rocked this Election!

Posted in All Class, Awesomeness, For Us By Us, For Your Consideration, Zen with tags , , , , , , , on November 8, 2012 by Cbruhs

Happy post-Election, Bitchin readers! And my, what a doozy it was. Binders full o’ women, horses & bayonets, and whatever’s going down the shitter in this country…BLAME CHINA! But that’s a whole ‘nother post…

As the dust settles, what has become abundantly clear is that the pesky old stereotype that APIAs don’t care, don’t vote, and don’t matter when it comes to politics is just that — a played out stereotype that couldn’t be farther from reality:

  • APIAs are the fastest growing electorate. With 1 in 6 living in battleground states, they could well have been the decisive swing vote in Nevada and Virginia.
  • 72% of APIAs voted for Obama (2nd highest percentage after African Americans), and 73% backed Democratic Congressional candidates.
  • Of the 23 APIAs who ran for Congress, 10 of them won. This includes six new Congressional members who made history: Tammy Duckworth — the first Thai American and disabled female veteran elected to Congress and the first Asian American to represent Illinois; Grace Meng, the first Asian American to represent New York in Congress; Hawaii’s Tulsi Gabbard  the first Hindu American and the first Samoan American in US Congress; and California’s Mark Takano, the first openly gay person of color in Congress.

via 18millionrising.org

Like most other Americans, APIAs are most concerned about the economy, health care, education, and immigrant and civil rights. And (busting through more stereotypes), we lean progressive when it comes to issues on the environment, universal health care, and supporting a path to citizenship for undocumented individuals. Even Vietnamese American voters have trended Democratic; blue support is not mainly driven by South Asian Americans and Chinese Americans any more. Which means there’s even more opportunities to build multiracial alliances with African Americans and Latinos, as our voting and issue preferences have become pretty similar.

As APIAs are both the fastest growing racial group and electorate in the U.S., our elected officials, political parties, pollsters, and other powers that be are gonna hafta RECOGNIZE. Because we are America.

Thanks for the video Samala!

Sources:

18 Million Rising

Asian American Election Eve Poll (AALDEF/CAPACD/Latino Decisions)

New American Leaders Project Election Summary

CNN Exit Poll

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