When Something is Nearly ‘Everything’
There’s no fucking way they’re gonna be able to land this, I thought to myself. I’m in a movie theater
Author: Bao Phi
Why Asian Americans Feel Compelled to Defend ‘Shang-Chi’
Recently and on their own initiative, my 11-year old child became interested in Greek mythology. As a single co-parent father
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Number One Son: Tarantino’s Bruce Lee Disrespect is Not New in Hollywood
In a survey conducted by The Asian American Man Study that asked “Who is the Asian American man you most
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The NOC’s Watch: The Last of the Starks
Without spoilers, what I’ll say is: Despite its many problems, I had hope that Game of Thrones would finish strong.
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Power Rangers Brings Asian American Poverty Front and Center
By the time the Power Rangers craze first swept through in the early ’90s, I was just starting college, paying
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KidLit: Recommended Reading on Justice and Understanding
Originally posted at The Writer’s Block At a time of great unease and injustice, those of us who are parents
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Happy Nerd Fathers of Color Day
Some of us here at The Nerds of Color are also fathers, and we decided to put together a popcorn
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Now or Later: We’ll Need to Deal with That Death on The Walking Dead
This essay contains spoilers for both the television series and the comic book. I don’t have cable. So I usually
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A Ghost Among Zombies: The Curious Omission of Glenn of The Walking Dead
Years ago, before the TV show existed, a fellow Asian American comic nerd suggested I check out this series called
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Here I Am: Celebrating Diverse Experiences in Children’s Books
Originally posted on The Loft’s Writers’ Block One of the most serious jobs I have as a father is to
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An Open Letter to The New York Times’ Critic Manohla Dargis about Big Hero 6
It’s too bad that in making its first movie based on a Marvel comic Disney didn’t decide to take a
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Have Anarchy and Eat it Too — The Purge: Anarchy Doesn’t Quite Make It
Many of us nerds were bullied as kids, and subsequently we dreamed not of a world without violence, but some
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Why Did I Watch the New Transformers Movie?
I’m out of town, and there’s a movie theater a block from my hotel. As a father, I don’t get
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Ready for the World: The Magic of ‘Princess Mononoke’ & ‘Spirited Away’
Around 1987 or ’88, I was in junior high and in a funny stasis where my nerd creativity was beginning
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Missing Polygons: Asians, Race, and Video Games
I’ve been playing video games for as long as I can remember. From my dad giving me four quarters —
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Man of Tai Chi: Keanu and Tiger’s Unlikely Bromance
Many years ago, I watched a bonus feature on a Matrix DVD in which Keanu Reeves seemed to have a
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Grumpy Vietnamese Guy’s Favorite Video Games of 2013
Needing quarters to take the bus to work, my dad would take me along with him to Thompson’s Arcade to
Read MoreNot Gonna Make it: In Memoriam
My friend Kwame Phillips made this moving video tribute to the Not Gonna to Make It Characters of Color. *Sniff
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Not Gonna Make It: Characters of Color in Sci-Fi, Action, and Horror
Many years ago, I was part of a loose band of ne’er-do-wells from Minnesota. We all were women, men, Queer
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The Yellow Plague: Asian Americans in Zombie and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
I originally wrote this as a guest post for Angry Asian Man back in 2010. I rewrote it recently for
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Miss Zaigon 2: Zombie Revenge at Cần Thơ
Miss Saigon is a blockbuster musical in which a virginal underage prostitute falls in love with a white G.I., then
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N.O.C. Nerd of Color — Updated for 2013
Thanks Keith for creating this site and inviting me! I revised my 2010 Origin Story for 2013. Check it out:
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