I’ve come to develop a fondness for the brutal honesty that greeted me in Bangladesh. Given its complete lack of exposure to tourists and foreigners, rickshaw drivers and touts charge surprisingly such low fares that there’s very little need to haggle. Furthermore, the prices of everything in Ba... Read more...
Those of you familiar with the film Argo may have already heard of the backstory: A CIA operative named Tony Mendez led the rescue of 6 American hostages from Iran during the 1979 hostage crisis. This amazing story was known as "The Canadian Caper," which was profiled prominently in ... Read more...
Are these satirical pieces? Repressed self-hatred? The lingering effects of colonialism (whoa, that escalated quickly)? In the past 3 weeks I've noticed 3 articles by 3 different Asian American female writers that have gone viral back to back to back: (more…) Read more...
Read synopsis and watch trailer. A nice Saturday morning tradition: 38-year-old bodybuilder Dennis would really like to find true love. He has never had a girlfriend and lives alone with his mother in a suburb of Copenhagen. When his uncle marries a girl from Thailand, Dennis decides to try his... Read more...
When he was 6 they called him chink. When he was 8 his parents enrolled him into SAT prep courses. When he was 10 he bartered for friendships by doing other people's math homework. It's tough growing up a stereotype. But when the rebelliousness of puberty hits and you take on some holy war to bre... Read more...
