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This Week's Angriest Posts

Not necessarily the angriest, just the most viewed.

Son surprises mom with a house for Mother's Day

This Was Supposed To Be Funny: Fox's Dads

Sulu vs. Sulu

This couple survived the Aurora movie theater shooting. Exactly one year later, they're getting married.

"Is it me or do I look Asian?" It's just you.

Is the TMNT movie whitewashing The Shredder?

Ming-Na Wen kicks some ass in the Agents of SHIELD teaser

Casting Call: SNL seeks diaper-wearing chubby Asian male

Angry Reader of the Week: Joy Osmanski

Music Video: "In All the Wrong Places" by Kero One

Congratulations to all the graduates. Stay Angry.

#UndocuAsians Film/Theater Performance, May 20

Heads up, New York. On Monday, May 20, catch a performance of #UndocuAsians, a new film and theater performance by undocumented Asian youth. The night opens with a short film following the lives of three undocumented Asian American youth followed by an onstage performance by more than a dozen undocumented youth, all members of AALDEF's undocumented youth group). Poet Kelly Tsai will be a special presenter.

Angry Reader of the Week: Joy Osmanski

All right. It's that time again. Time to meet the Angry Reader of the Week, spotlighting you, the very special readers of this website. Over the years, I've been able to connect with a lot of cool folks, and this is a way of showing some appreciation and attention to the people who help make this blog what it is. This week's Angry Reader is Joy Osmanski.

"Is it me or do I look Asian?" It's just you.

Is this really a thing? CollegeHumor has compiled a "Twidiots" article featuring multiple Twitter users who posted a photo of themselves and asked, "Is it me or do I like Asian?" People, I don't know what you think makes you look Asian, but the answer is no: "Is It Just Me or Do I Look Asian?" No, You Do Not.

Casting Call: SNL seeks diaper-wearing chubby Asian male

Got this awful-looking casting call passed along to me...

Saturday Night Live is apparently looking for someone to play a character named "DJ Baby Bok Choy," described as a mid 20s-30s chubby Asian male, conversational/fluent in Mandarin... and comfortable wearing a giant diaper. They're also looking for male and female dwarves. Do I even want to know what kind of sketch SNL is planning? Here's the breakdown:

They said WHAT!? A Media Consumer Panel, May 17

If you're in Los Angeles, come out to Westwood on Friday evening for They Said WHAT?! - a media consumer panel featuring me, Jen Wang of Disgrasian, Marissa Lee of Racebending, Professor L.S. Kim and Professor Renee Tajima-Pena. It's a free event presented by the Asian Pacific Coalition, the Office of Residential Life, and the On Campus Housing Council as part of Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month. It's happening May 17 at Rieber Fireside Lounge. Here are some more details:

Recipes From My Home Kitchen by Christine Ha

If you tuned in to season three of the Fox cooking competition MasterChef, you were probably enthralled by the inspiring rise of contestant Christine Ha, a home cook who wowed the judges with her Vietnamese-inspired comfort dishes and some surprising skillz in the kitchen -- despite being legally blind.

As the winner of MasterChef, one of her prizes was a cookbook deal. Christine Ha's book, Recipes from My Home Kitchen: Asian and American Comfort Food, is out on shelves now.

Sulu vs. Sulu

Our friends Patrick and Stephen from National Film Society recently posed a difficult question to Asian American Star Trek fans -- which Sulu is better? George Takei or John Cho? You might have your favorite, but the folks in this video appear to have a hard time making up their minds. Both Sulus are quite charming in their own right. Check it out:

This Was Supposed To Be Funny: Fox's Dads

Oh no. Noooooo. So the networks have been unveiling previews of their fall series pickups... and here's one that looks like a stinker. In the Fox comedy Dads, Seth Green and Giovanni Ribisi star as childhood best friends whose lives are turned upside down when their nightmare dads unexpectedly move in with them. I don't know what that has to do with dressing up Brenda Song in a schoolgirl outfit, or any of the other awful Asian jokes that plague this painful preview, but here you go:

Is the TMNT movie whitewashing The Shredder?

If you haven't heard, they're making a new live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie. With Michael Bay producing, so far, it does not sound very promising. Last week, news broke that actor William Fichtner had been cast in a major role: 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adds William Fichtner.

Details are vague, but according to Deadline, Fichtner will play "a lead with iconic stature in the Turtles' mythology. With the roles of all four turtles and Master Splinter already cast, there's speculation that Fichtner could be taking on the role of the villainous Shredder. But yo, isn't he supposed to be an Asian guy?

Yellowface & YOMYOMF at UCLA, May 15

If you're in the Los Angeles area, YOMYOMF, the YouTube network started by filmmaker Justin Lin and friends, invites you to check out a free panel as part of UCLA's Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month events. The panel will feature David Henry Hwang, Lana McKissack, Chester See, Jeff Liu and Phil Chung. It's happening Wednesday, May 15 at De Neve Auditorium. Here are some more details:

Research Survey: APA LGBTQ Mental Health Outcomes

Hey, how about helping out some grad students? Patty Chung, Marissa Lee, and Joanna Tol are Master's of Social Welfare candidates at UCLA. They're currently conducting a research project on Asian Pacific American LGBTQ individuals' wellness outcomes, with a focus on parental relationships, and are asking eligible folks complete a research survey.

If you are at least 18 years old, identify as API LGBTQ, and reside in the United States, please consider participating in the "The QAPI Study." It should take you about 30-40 minutes to complete. Here are some more details about the study:

Music Video: "In All the Wrong Places" by Kero One

California producer/emcee Kero One recently dropped this awesome official music video "In All the Wrong Places" from his debut album Windmills of the Soul. Whoa, isn't that kind of an old track? It's one of my favorite Kero One songs, and after all these years, it finally gets the proper video treatment. Check it out:

SALDEF calls on community support for hate crime victim

A few months ago, I wrote about Florida hate crime victim Kanwaljit Singh, who was followed after closing up his convenience store and shot six times while driving over a bridge -- targeted for wearing a turban in accordance with his Sikh faith. Fortunately, he survived and is slowly on his way to a full recovery.

The person or people who attacked Mr. Singh have yet to be apprehended. The FBI and local law enforcement are still investigating the incident and have released information about the missing suspect truck: S-10 or GMC Sonoma-style truck, single-cab, dark blue or black truck with a license plate and Ford decal or emblem on the right rear bumper: Florida Sikh Shot While Driving Fears Loss of Business, Suspects Remain at Large

Fund This: Code Monkey Save World

Hey, fellow geeks! Just want to make sure you knew about Code Monkey Save World, winding down the final hours of its Kickstarter campaign. The project is a graphic novel collaboration based on the songs of popular internet singer-songwriter Jonathan Coulton, written by our friend Greg Pak, and drawn by Takeshi Miyazawa. It's already successfully met its fundraising goal many times over, so this is your chance to get in on this.

Code Monkey Save World got started when Greg sent a tweet to his old college friend Jonathan Coulton about writing a supervillain team-up comic based characters from his music. They crafted the tale of Code Monkey, the put-upon coding monkey from the eponymous Coulton song, as he teams up with the lovelorn supervillain from Coulton's song "Skullcrusher Mountain." They have adventures.

Here's the video with some more details:

Ming-Na Wen kicks some ass in the Agents of Shield teaser

Marvel fans, check it out... Over the weekend, ABC dropped this badass 30-second teaser for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., a new action TV series spinoff based on the international peacekeeping organization seen in last summer's The Avengers and, of course, Marvel Comics. The show, which was officially ordered to series last week, features Chloe Bennet and Ming-Na Wen, who you get a quick glimpse of in the teaser:

Son surprises mom with a house for Mother's Day

So... this guy wins Son of the Year. For years, Mike saw his mom toil through long hours, financial hardship and health problems. From battling cancer -- and beating it -- to losing her home in the economic downturn, she's been through the wringer, and after all that, she lives in a shared apartment and works seven days a week to provide for her family. So this Mother's Day, Mike surprised her with something special.

He bought her a house:

This couple survived the Aurora movie theater shooting. Exactly one year later, they're getting married.

Eugene Han and Kristin Davis were among the 58 victims who were wounded during the deadly movie theater gun attack in Aurora, Colorado last July. To commemorate their survival, the couple is getting married on the one-year anniversary of the shooting: Couple that survived Aurora movie theater shooting to marry exactly 1 year after the attack.

Eugene was shot in the knee and hip in the attack, when alleged shooter James Holmes opened fire during a crowded midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises. He still has bullet fragments inside his body. Kristine suffered scratches when Eugene pushed her to safety.

Rather than let July 20, 2012 be haunted by memories of the attack, the couple has purposely decided to associate the anniversary with a positive memory -- they're getting married:

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Mother's Day Is All About Families: "This Mother's Day, I urge Congress to think of their own families -- the multiple generations that will come together to honor their mothers, aunts, married daughters, and sisters -- and remember the responsibility we as a nation have to the rest of the mothers and families in our communities."

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