July 2011

First, there was Amy Chua, a professor at Yale Law School, who was recently attacked in the media as “Tiger Lady” for her child-raising tactics in her memoir, “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother”. And then last week, Wendi Deng Murdoch, wife of Rupert Murdoch, was called a “Dragon Lady” when she stepped into the [...]

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Bento Burger and Asia Dog!

by Shiuan on July 22, 2011

I’ve also been ingesting a lot more beef lately than desired, though all delicious. I recently went to Bento Burger with a girlfriend and left completely stuffed. I ordered the Japanese Hambuugu burger (combination kobe beef and something) and it came with a whole tray of chips and cole slaw. The burger was probably 3.5″ [...]

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First, there was Amy Chua and America media’s attacks about how exactly she was raising her kids. And then yesterday, Wendi Deng Murdoch, wife of Rupert Murdoch, stepped into the limelight when she jumped up and slapped a guy trying to “pie” her husband. Certainly not all press is good press, it’s what you make [...]

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Progressive Women’s Voices

by Shiuan on July 18, 2011

I have been a little caught up lately even more than usual because of an absolutely amazing media training called Progressive Women’s Voices run by the Women’s Media Center. Not only did we get to all stay in a fabulous spaceship-themed hotel but the workshops and speakers were truly mind-blowing. We practiced on-camera training and [...]

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What is feminism?

by Shiuan on July 5, 2011

  This is in response to the Feminism 101 post from a couple weeks back. I answered the first three questions below. I didn’t answer them in my usual straight-up prose, but actually let my imagination roam free and wrote from my heart. Because feminism means that much to me! What does feminism mean to [...]

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