February 2012
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“So while these novel’s characters are not my biological family, I still feel...”
– So is this about you? | Aimee Phan
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“They created two lives for themselves: the American one and the Vietnamese one -...”
– Stealing Buddha’s Dinner (via babotofu)
by Bich Minh Nguyen
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Komen breast cancer charity severs ties with... →
One Komen grant funded outreach to Vietnamese women in which Planned Parenthood workers would provide breast health education in hair and nail salons and other gathering places for Vietnamese women.
From Komen’s Facts for Life (Racial & Ethnic Differences):
When Asian women migrate to the U.S., their risk of developing breast cancer increases up to six-fold. Asian immigrant women...
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Picture Son: How to Love Yourself and Your Gay... →
knowthesaurus:
We don’t speak of it much but small actions have liberated me over the years. They no longer bother me about girlfriends. They invite my “friend” over for family celebrations. They leave out two plates for breakfast when my boyfriend stays for the night. In the process of letting go of fear and allowing myself to love without fear of losing my family, I have become an active member...
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January 2012
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Watchon2:
Sài Gòn đẹp lắm. Sài Gòn ơi! Sài Gòn ơi!
VNTWT teams up with Dumbo of Poreotics to put a modern day twist on an old Vietnamese standard ‘Sài Gòn Đẹp Lắm’, ‘Beautiful Sai Gon’.
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UNITED BAMBOO
aphilipn:
Thuy Pham is half of the design collective known as United Bamboo. He and his partner, Miho Aoki, formed United Bamboo in 1998 but did not make their runway debut until 2004. Since then they have garnered a strong following from the fashion crowd and have been praised for their twisted takes on classic architectural sportswear. Thuy Pham has found much success in his shared label with...
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EVENT: Wrestling with 'the Popular' and Writing... →
“The American Dream in Vietnamese examines how live music variety shows and videos, beauty pageants, and Web sites created by and for Vietnamese Americans contributed to the shaping of their cultural identity. Nhi T. Lieu shows how popular culture forms repositories for conflicting expectations of assimilation, cultural preservation, and invention, alongside gendered and classed...
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Free Vietnamese Family Law Workshops and Self-Help... →
The Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC), a member of Asian American Center for Advancing Justice, will continue this year to offer unique family law workshops in Vietnamese and self-help services in Orange County Superior Court.
“The workshops teach members of the Vietnamese community who do not have lawyers how the court system can help them,” said Ngoc Nguyen, a Vietnamese-speaking...
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“Food is the way to get into our story. It’s also the way my family can...”
– Valerie Luu of Rice Paper Scissors, a Vietnamese Pop-Up Restaurant
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My boobs are too big for my ao dai!! [╓_╖]
fuck sizeism.
Childhood memory
giaotran:
When my mom joked that the bitter melon soup was not “canh khổ qua, mà canh khổ quá” every time I complained about having to eat it.
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San Francisco International Asian American Film... →
veronica-vaughn:
My name is Veronica and I am an intern for San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival and we are currently looking for applications for the Student Delegate Program. If by any chance you are looking through the San Francisco tag please please please reblog this for everybody to see.
Some information for you all:
STUDENT DELEGATE PROGRAM INFORMATION &...
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Fkn’ Hotties – Levy Tran
Fkn' Famous: In fire what would you save makeup/shoes/purses (only choose one & why)?
Levy Tran: This question is degrading.
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A Divided Vietnamese Community in France and Its... →
The apparent political division among the Vietnamese in France also has made it difficult to progress as one cohesive ethnic community with political influence. The Vietnamese in France have excelled in economic and educational achievements as individuals. However, at the community level, they have been unable to achieve any notable successes.
The pro-communist vs. anti-communist division in...
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What is your advice?
Hello beautiful followers,
Please help us in sharing some advice and words of encouragement to one of our readers. We are interested in hearing what folks have to say.
cjkvprocessing asked:
I live in a small city in the middle of nowhere and there is not much in the way of Vietnamese or Asian culture at all. About half of my friends who are asian do not prize their culture or history, as they...
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Chúc mừng năm mới
love,
Little Saigon Do.
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f3minine:
Sometimes I wish all the Vietnamese people on Tumblr were my cousins or something.