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Friday Film Review: The Wedding Banquet

Friday Film Review: The Wedding Banquet

The Wedding Banquet (1993) Genre: Romantic/GLBT/Comedy Grade: B This is one of Ang Lee’s earlier movies and he uses it to show a cross cultural match up of Taiwanese and American, GLBT and straight. It’s got humor, love of many kinds, a bit of pathos and a lot of understanding – even if not everybody(…)

REVIEW: Hello Kitty Must Die by Angela Choi

REVIEW: Hello Kitty Must Die by Angela Choi

Dear Ms. Choi: I had been wanting to read Hello Kitty Must Die for a while, and when I found out it was free at the Amazon Kindle store, I enthusiastically acquired and read it. In some ways, it was precisely what I expected: a dark, biting, satirical revenge fantasy. In other ways, though, it(…)

If You Like…Multicultural Books

In light of the very gracious post by Handyhunter about cultural appropriation, it seems that we should compile a list of books that feature multicultural characters. Please note whether the book is a young adult (YA) or romance as well as whether the multicultural characters are main or secondary.   Please also be respectful of other(…)

Friday Film Review: Saving Face

Friday Film Review: Saving Face

Saving Face (2004) Genre: GLBT, Asian Immigrant, Romance, Family Grade: B Yeah, you read the genre right. This one is truly a mixed bag but the magic is that first time director Alice Wu pulls it off so well. It’s got a great cast, wonderful location shots, a good score and best of all a(…)

Ford’s response to the racist Chevrolet ads

This is not at all book related but I will work hard to make it so. While football is my favorite sport, the one thing I’ll be grateful for at the end of the football season is the constant montage of white people in the Chevrolet “Our Country” ads. Apparently, in the midwest, “Our Country”(…)

REVIEW:  Nothing But the Truth (and a few white lies) by Justina Chen Headley

REVIEW: Nothing But the Truth (and a few white lies) by Justina Chen Headley

Dear Ms. Chen Headley: The thing I find in YA books is alot of painful honesty that makes us grin (or grimance) in remembrance of those “good old days.” Patty Ho explores the challenges of trying to fit in with her Asian and Caucasian heritages. She is too tall for an Asian girl and too(…)