Hyphen Sex Issue Release Party in SF: Get Your Yellow Perils in Person!

Yellow Peril is proud to be featured in the latest issue of hyphen and a co-sponsor of the pj soirée release party. Come cop our goodies this Friday in person! We will be tabling and selling both models of the Yellow Peril! Get it while it lasts…

Birds do it. Bees do it. Spend a special night with Hyphen in celebration of the new Hyphen Issue 27: The Sex Issue. Put on your best grown-and-sexy sleepwear for an evening of seduction. Enjoy a raffle with sexy goodies, a game of mingle-bingo, a drag show, a costume contest with prizes, live music to get you in the mood, sexy cocktails, dancing, and more! Sound enticing? Buy your tickets now:http://www.hyphenmagazine.com/event/2013/08/issue-27-release-party-hyphen-pj-soiree

Time & Date:
Friday, September 13 | 8:30pm – 1:30am

Where:
Fame l 435 Broadway St., San Francisco
21+

Tickets:
$20 General Admission
$30 VIP (Includes special reception at 7:45pm with cocktails and appetizers)

Hosted By:
Terry Park
Ryan Takemiya

Performers:
Largesse – https://www.facebook.com/pages/Largesse/133438053348419
Rice Rockettes – https://www.facebook.com/ricerockettes
Irene Tu – http://irenetu.com/

And…
Guest Speaker Kevin Leu, Creator of SiliconValleyBachelor.com and Author of ‘Berating Others on Your Way to a Lifetime of Happiness; That, and Dating around the World’ will be speaking at 8:15pm!

DJs:
DJ VNA
SAMALA – https://www.facebook.com/iheart90s, http://18mr.org/

Huge THANKS to Our In-Kind Donors:
ACCESS
Armory Studios
Atomic Allure
babsbabsbabs
Bi-Rite Creamery
Double Dutch Sweets
Good Vibrations
Hot Cookie San Francisco
Kearny Street Workshop
Le Petit Paquet – www.lepetitpaquet.com
Mash Production
Retrofit Republic
Rock Hard
The Stitch l The Mighty Cockblock
Trader Joe’s
Ukulenny
Yellow Peril by ChimCo

And to our community sponsors:

Angry Asian Man
API Equality Northern California
Asianweek
Chinese for Affirmative Action
Disoriented Comedy
Gay Asian Pacific Alliance (GAPA)
Nakayoshi Young Professional
RAMA
San Francisco Chronicle
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Preview Issue 27: The Sex Issue here: http://www.hyphenmagazine.com/magazine/issue-27-sex-summer-2013

And I Slowly Fall to My Knees: ABDC Canceled

Look what the evil MTV overlords hath wrought: the cancellation of the all-time most swagtastic reality show of ever (besides RuPaul’s Drag Race, duh): America’s Best Dance Crew! Nuhuhoooo!

It’s terrible, and it’s true. After 7 glorious seasons, BCB fave ABDC will light up our lives no longer. Along with mourning the loss of stereotype-busting, positively superfly Asian American representation on TV, I’m also shedding a nostalgic and grateful tear for the show that spotlighted so many of my future ex-husbands and fap fodder (notably Quest Crew’s Victor Kim and Ryan Feng, ya big smexy galoot).

We salute you, Jabbawockeez, Kaba Modern, Quest Crew, Poreotix, and all the other b-girls, b-boys, and APIA crazy leg shitkickers.

And I hate to admit it, but I’ll even miss Mario Lopez’s corny ass, with his singularly unique brand of teeth-grinding awkwardness combined with inappropriately tight jeans.

You will be missed but not forgotten, ABDC.

Thanks to Keith Chow!

Countdown (Asian Kid Snuggie Version)

Before I begin, let me just say this made my everything. I am LIVING for this kid Ton. Not only did he slay “Countdown”, he did it in a frickin’ Snuggie with the Charisma, Uniqueness, Nerve, and Talent that qualifies him to be all Bye, Girl, Bye to Queen Bey herself. Also, he obviously shot this in his parents’ den, which just adds to its “not-gonna-let-the-suburbs-dull-my-shine” realness:

This makes me nostalgic for the Basement Jaxx and Peaches lip syncs me and Princess Char Char used to make in our Chinatown apartment. Except we had a shitty laptop-generated green screen and about 18 inches of dancing space. And were well into our mid ’20s. Plus I was totally that white girl with glasses.

If you happen to be headless and need more proof that the choreo and editing is perfection, check out the comparison to the original “Countdown” vid:

Instead of that hot mess of a report ‘The Rise of Asian Americans“, Pew should have just linked to this.

Ton…YOU OWN EVERYTHING BOO.

via Crunk & Disorderly

Friday Fuckery: Yellow Peril L.A. Release Par-tay!

For those of you in the Los Angeles area: be sure to drop by the Banana 2 After-after-party and launch of the Yellow Peril by ChimCo.  What is the Yellow Peril you say? Well, you’ll have to come through to find out. Don’t yell at me! Sweet Jeebus, my nerves. Did I mention you can also partake in sake, shochu, & food specials starting at $5? There, better?

Plus it’s AzN’s 16th Bday (plus a million years)! Don’t tell the barkeep he ain’t sippin’ on no Shirley Temple.

See you there!

Saturday February 26th

9 pm to 2 am

The Far Bar (J-Town)

347 East 1st St, Los Angeles

FRIZEE (with giveaways & drink specials, fool!)

Kim Ja Moon Don’t Mess

This story about Kim Ja Moon — a no fear, show-downin’, robber-chasin’, life guidance-dishin’ Korean American shop owner — will make you want to punch your fist in the air like Kevin Bacon in Footloose. As originally published in the Chicago Sun-Times:

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July 17, 2010

BY BILL DWYER/ PIONEER PRESS

Kim Ja Moon wasn’t about to let two men rob her Oak Park dry cleaners in broad daylight, even if one had a gun.

When the men, twice her size, demanded money from Kim, 66, she refused.

When they ordered Kim — all 4-foot-10 and 100 pounds of her — and her husband to the rear of the business, she said she stood her ground.

Finally, when they ran off, she chased them — and the cops nabbed one of them.

The crime happened Monday night at the woman’s Austin Cleaners, when the men entered her store and told her they didn’t have a ticket for their clothes.

She looked at them skeptically.

“I said, ‘No,'” she recalled.

One of the men announced he had a gun, demanded money and pushed Kim backward, demanding she and her husband go to the back of the cleaners.

“No,” she said again. “No! I stay here.”

Somehow, Kim managed to push the man, grab on to the edge of the counter and brace herself, blocking his path.

Kim recalled what she had learned from watching the television show “Cops.”

“If I go back of store, maybe I die,” she said. “I stay here and fight.”

The gunman’s accomplice got nervous, and they ran off, she said.

Kim gave chase. Soon, the men split up, and Kim chose to go after the gunman.

He couldn’t shake her.

“I jog every day,” Kim said.

Plus, the gunman was “very heavy,” she said.

During the chase, Kim encountered two regular customers and asked them to call the police.

The chase continued, and minutes later, police arrested 215-pound Courtney Hadley, 26, of Chicago.

He was charged with armed robbery and is being held on $250,000 bond. Hadley had been on parole less than two months for a drug charge.

Asked if she was worried about any consequences from resisting two armed robbers, Kim shook her head.

“No, I’m not worried. He go to jail.”

Kim, who emigrated from Korea in 1973, is proud of the life she has created here.

She offered Hadley some advice, from the road map she followed for her own American dream.

“He [should] study,” she said. “Get out [of jail], he find a job.”

“Don’t go to school, no job,” she added.

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Madame Moon took crime fightin into her own hands and made a CITIZEN’S AY-RREST! She should get a Nobel Peace Prize for keeping the peace via kicking ass on behalf of Asian small business owners and ajummas everywhere.

Just one look at her DON’T PLAY expression above should’ve tipped off those punks they were waaaay out of their league. Kim deserves a spot on COPS or Walker, Texas Ranger — she could school them amateurs on how justice is really served.

Thanks Dennis!

“RapeLay” Video Game

Ya’ll may have heard via CNN about “Rapeplay”, a Japanese interactive video game featuring unwilling, busty young girls — which users can virtually stalk, grope, repeatedly rape, and even cajole to get an abortion. In another game, the object is to exact revenge for getting fired by finding and raping a female boss.

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This and similar games, as well as their ready availability on the internet, has had many individuals and women’s rights groups up in arms, including a campaign mounted by Equality Now in May 2009.

I don’t think I need to explain how fucked up this is. Themes of rape and assault in Japan are nothing new as far as porn and hentai go. But I also wonder — is there a way to measure the impact this may be having in real life, which is what many critics voice concern over?

According to rape statistics per capita by country, 53 countries rank higher than Japan, including the US, Australia, and Canada. Disturbing fantasies aside, maybe Japan just does a better job of teaching its men: “Hey guys, don’t rape! Not OK!”, while countries such as the US tend to put the onus for avoiding sexual assault — as well as the blame — squarely on the victim.

However, due to the stigma associated with being a rape victim, especially in Asian countries, I’m highly skeptical of stats since they only reflect reported cases. Even in the US, the Dept of Justice estimated that only 26% of rapes or attempted rapes are reported to law enforcement officials.

Another take on the controversy can be found at gaming blog Kotaku, which has been following the issue since last spring. To summarize today’s post from Kotaku’s Senior Contributing Editor Brian Ashcraft:  “RapeLay” came out in 2006,  but  has been out of print since Western audiences began to protest the game. In June 2009, Japan’s Ethics Organization of Computer Software held an emergency meeting, and decided to implement a self-policing policy that the manufacture and sale of rape-type games should stop.

However, there was no legislation passed (meaning they’re technically still legal), and to me it looks like implementation and effectiveness has been spotty (see CNN’s video in which these games are still easily obtained).  Some manufacturers simply found a way around the policy by re-naming games with titles like “Slave Maiden’s Rape Hell” to “Young Girl’s Prison”.

According to Kotaku and Ashcraft, the games featured in the CNN report are outdated, and the angle of the story sets up Japan as a morally-absent “punching bag”, casting an typically Western, overly critical (and hypocritical) eye on Japan’s gaming options.

I know these aren’t themes that appeal to people in Japan only. Perverts abound everywhere. But there is a difference between kinky fantasies practiced by two consenting adults, and a fantasy based upon another party’s unwillingness and victimization.  At the end of the day — whether these games really have an impact on people’s attitudes and behavior or not — I’m sickened and saddened that sexually assaulting someone is used as a form of entertainment or excitement. No amount of rationalizing or justification would make me feel OK with a boyfriend, a relative, or a friend plugging into this garbage.

Thanks AZN and Char Char!

The Price of Beauty: Jessica Simpson in Thailand

Jessica Simpson’s new show The Price of Beauty premiered last night on VH1, in which Jess and her BFFs hairstylist Ken Paves and ??? Caca Cobb travel the world to explore “how different cultures define beauty and the extraordinary lengths that women will go to in order to achieve it.” Sounds like an interesting storyline, however the “cultural ambassadors” — if you will — could make a big difference here, so…..Hoo Boy.

For the inaugural ep, Jess & Co. ventured to Thailand — where they marveled at the neck-stretching tradition of Kayan women and spoke with a former singer permanently disfigured by skin-whitening creams.

They also made sure to fit in some constructive time for giggling during meditation led by a Buddhist monk, and for fried bug eating and gross-out to the MAX!ing (it was accompanied by very dramatic and very public gagging). I’m not sure what the latter especially has to do with delving into beauty standards, but rather seems like your standard look-how-weird-these-people-are-and-the-nasty-stuff -they-eat easy laffs schtick. Oh well, keep in mind this is coming from a person who once turned down buffalo wings on the basis that she doesn’t eat buffalo meat.

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via Jezebel — which has more clips and good commentary here.

Google in China: No More Censorship!!!

This is big news folks. Apparently, someone tried hacking the gmail accounts of human rights activists in the US, China and Canada and Google is implying it may be the Chinese gov’ment. So they are reportedly no longer going to censor web searches on google.cn, China’s Google search site. BcB has written on the crippled Google searches that the People of China enjoy, so this is a complete 180 from previous Google and China agreements.

Google knows this means they may have to pull out of China completely, but apparently they don’t give an F and they’re doing it anyway! BAM! Take that Mao!

In a prepared statement, Google announced:

“We have taken the unusual step of sharing information about these attacks with a broad audience not just because of the security and human rights implications of what we have unearthed, but also because this information goes to the heart of a much bigger global debate about freedom of speech,” Drummond wrote Tuesday about the company’s reversal of its position in China. “The decision to review our business operations in China has been incredibly hard, and we know that it will have potentially far-reaching consequences.”

Although, no Google might not be better than crippled Google when it comes to getting information disseminated in China, I’m hoping China doesn’t call Google’s bluff and shut the site down…

Michael Cera on Jersey Shore

I think I’m the only one I know that doesn’t watch this show. But I’ve heard enough about Snooki and Co. through osmosis to see a great publicity stunt when I see one:

I’d like to see this clip on the Youth in Revolt Blu Ray in 10 years as an extra and see if people still remember Jersey Shore. And what’s up with Michael Cera in another awkward teen comedy? And why do we keep eating it up every year? I say we boycott him until the Arrested Development movie comes out!!!

Asian American Army Recruitment Up 80% in LA County

According to the L.A. Times, L.A. County has seen an overall increase in Asian Americans enlisting for the U.S. Army:

Overall, the Los Angeles Recruiting Battalion signed up 2,300 new recruits, a 34% increase over last fiscal year.

[Enlistees] helped drive the biggest Army recruitment boon for Los Angeles in two decades — led by an 80% increase in Asian enlistments in the last year. Asians have traditionally joined the military at the lowest rate among all races.

But lured by job security, enhanced tuition aid and, for some immigrants, the chance for U.S. citizenship, Asians this year made up 22% of all active-duty recruits, nearly twice their proportion in the Los Angeles County population.

Latino enlistments increased by 37%, while African Americans rose by about 14% and whites, 15%.

I can’t help but feel that these kids are being lured by the American Dream of getting a fully paid college education or US citizenship, rather than the American Dream of fighting for your country. Are they being tricked? Or is this simply a business deal… True, a lot of these folks will not see the battlefield and will probably be behind a computer monitor working on our “defenses”. But some of these kids WILL be in our wars, and blown to pieces in Afghanistan, all because s/he wanted to take engineering classes at UC Irvine and couldn’t afford it with the ridiculous UC fee hikes this year.

Thanks CB