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We’d Be Surprised on How Much More We Agree Than Disagree

I’m not sure if this is a new lesson, but [campaigning for the American presidency] reinforced my belief that we’re not as divided as our politics would indicate. You meet with the average person—I don’t care whether they’re Republican, Democrat, conservative, liberal—they don’t think in labels. They’re not particularly ideological. Everybody is [...]

Posted 19 July 2008 † Amber Ying § culture § links § media § politics § quotes ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

New Yorker, Take Notes

Left: Bad magazine cover. Right: Good magazine cover.

Posted 18 July 2008 † Amber Ying § culture § media ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Time For Some Campaignin’

Nine years later, JibJab still has it.
(via all that glitters)

Posted 17 July 2008 † Amber Ying § funnies § links § media § politics ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , ,

Friday Leftovers

TwitterSnooze temporarily snoozes your chatty Twitter friends. Ever want to ignore someone’s Tweets? Now you can.
Dramatisation in news. Straight from Media Studies 101.
Rejecting the “model” in model minority. Asian Americans are the classic model minority; we are, supposedly, amiable and submissive to Caucasian authority. Not only is this demeaning to Asian Americans, it [...]

Posted 09 May 2008 † Amber Ying § academia § culture § links § media § news § politics ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , ,

ScienceDebate 2008, or The Debate That Didn’t Happen

Today, citizens in Pennsylvania will go to the polls, the result of which will most likely decide the Democratic presidential candidate. Last week, the Hilary Clinton and Barack Obama could have changed the tone of the campaign had they participated in ScienceDebate 2008 but apparently they had better things to do. (Half this [...]

Posted 22 April 2008 † Amber Ying § activism § links § media § news § politics § science ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

I’m F*cking Obama

It’s reference ..

Posted 14 April 2008 † Amber Ying § funnies § links § media § news § politics ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , ,