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Hashtag Activism and the #CancelColbert campaign
The recent #CancelColbert campaign on Twitter raises all kinds of issues about racism, but also about hashtag activism.
Jana Monji, made in San Diego, California, lost in Japan several times, has written about theater and movies for the LA Weekly, LA Times, Examiner.com and the Pasadena Weekly. She currently writes for AsAm News and publishes a Tomatometer-approved blog, AgeOfTheGeek.org. Her short fiction has been published in the Asian American Literary Review.
The recent #CancelColbert campaign on Twitter raises all kinds of issues about racism, but also about hashtag activism.
Jana Monji writes about our late friend and contributor Jeff Shannon, whose memorial service will be March 16, 2014.
Jana Monji chooses her favorite piece of Roger's writing.
Some of our contributors chat about horses on film.
Far Flunger Jana Monji looks at "47 Ronin" and sees a movie that fetishizes "Asian-ness" but muddles important details, from hairstyles to geography.
Strolling down Hollywood Boulevard on the last day of American Film Institute Festival on Thursday, it's hard not to think of that golden guy named Oscar. Faux statues are sold in the shops you pass and you can't help but…
A beautiful animated Japanese film about a spirit given a chance at redemption finally gets a release in the United States, if only on VoD.
Jana Monji reports in from the American Film Institute's Film Festival in Hollywood, CA.
Since 1996 Yoko Ono has incorporated a wish tree into her work. Four years ago, my husband, who was only my dance partner at the time, and I went to her Wish Tree for Pasadena and filled out wishes on…
Jana Monji reports on the costume event at Disney's D23 Expo.
