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March 11, 2022 An Amrikan Chimaera

Empathy in an Outrageous World

Or… I ain’t problematic, I have a [group name] friend!! I’ve been thinking a lot lately about in-person exposure to
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February 14, 2022 An Amrikan Chimaera

Here’s to the Maybes

Here’s to the Maybes, the Almosts, the Ones told “I can’t”, the Ones busied away. Do you ever think about where they must go Once you’ve relegated them to a footnote?
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February 13, 2022 An Amrikan Chimaera

A Single Guy’s (Positive) Take on Valentine’s Day

If you’re in a good relationship, celebrate that today. Don’t patronize your single friends. Don’t act like you forgot the day. Even a bog standard date on Valentine’s Day ain’t a horror show.
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December 20, 2021 An Amrikan Chimaera

My Empire of Hurt

I’ve been in bit of pain for the past few months. I’m starting to come out of it. And I hope everyone in the same boat can do the same too.
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November 20, 2021 An Amrikan Chimaera

India Sweets & Spices Review – Desi Representation & Colorism in Mainstream American Culture

India Sweets & Spices, about a girl named Alia who discovers family secrets during summer break, certainly does have imperfections. But I’m happy that it exists and that it adds to the growing (and never perfect) list of stories told about South Asians.
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November 11, 2021 An Amrikan Chimaera

The Inclusivity of Sport

There are few avenues in life where I have felt more welcome and included than as part of a sports fandom. For a few hours, I didn’t have to be The Muslim representative or wasn’t seen as The Brown Guy.
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October 23, 2021 An Amrikan Chimaera

The Model Minority Myth and Maher

The Model Minority Myth bolsters the idea that Asians experience less hate & prejudice because $$. And explains lack of empathy with our struggles.
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October 16, 2021 An Amrikan Chimaera

Where Are You REALLY From?

Where are you from? You can’t be American! There are people who are so gauche unintentionally. And then there are the ones who know better but purposefully go the other direction…
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December 30, 2014 Demosthenes

Ending the righty Hegemony of Smartphones

…or Soon the Southpaw Revolution Will Come! Lifehacker has a post about switching to a RTL (right-to-Left) orientation which should make using one’s smartphone

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December 24, 2014 Demosthenes

Iggy Azalea and the New Minstrels

Recently, Azealia Banks has gotten into a huge battle with the white Australian rapper Iggy Azalea over Iggy’s cultural appropriation of blackness, calling it

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October 20, 2014 Demosthenes

India’s Pragmatism – Staying the Frak Out of the Middle East

In a provocative essay in Foreign Affairs, Shashank Joshi lays out the reasons why India has, by and large, stayed out of Middle Eastern

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October 7, 2014 Locke

Tribal Solutions to Ben Affleck’s Dust-Up with Bill Maher over Islam

Or… Infidels Have No Place at the Table By now you’ve probably heard of or seen the clip of Ben Affleck angrily defending Islam

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September 23, 2014 Demosthenes

STOP Trying to Make Pluto a Planet Again!

… Or Pluto is a Ball of Rock & Ice, not a Cartoon Dog A few years ago, the International Astronomical Union standardized the

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September 16, 2014 Demosthenes

The USA, NATO, Russia, China, and the Monroe Doctrine

In his latest show, Common Sense podcaster Dan Carlin talked about how the actions of Russia are in large part an answer to NATO

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February 25, 2014 Demosthenes

Get Yer Head Outta Yer Arse, Arizona

The state legislature of Arizona recently passed a law allowing that would allow business owners, as long as they assert their religious beliefs, to

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February 24, 2014 Demosthenes

Karma’s Not a Bitch, Your Dogmas Are…

Every once in a while, I like to put on Chris Rock’s comedy special Bigger & Blacker. If you haven’t seen it, do so.

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February 23, 2014 Of cabbages and kings

My (hopefully) Futureproofed Tech Lineup

After my recent post about avoiding technology extinctions, I decided to check out my lineup to see how well I’m doing. By and large,

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February 20, 2014 Locke

Futureproofing Against Tech Extinctions

In a New York Times article yesterday, Farhad Manjoo wrote about how to survive the next tech extinction. VHS vs Betamax. HD DVD vs

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