Category Archives for Malaysia

WLR: Men in media

Photo by Tamara Abdul-Hadi.

UnVilifying the Arab Man: A Portrait Series
Via Schema Magazine:

Abdul-Hadi’s project aims to break these stereotypical images that often misrepresent Arab men in the media. She wants to redefine the dominant narrative to shift from hyper-masculine, angry, terrorist to more realistic images. Her formula to achieve this is simple—she’s literally taking images of real Arab men to juxtapose the erroneous characters in popular media that honestly, reflect no one.

Uploaded: The Asian American Movement

This documentary aims to uncover the extent to which Asian Americans have utilized new media such as YouTube to infiltrate American popular culture and where this momentum will lead. The documentary will focus on the current struggles and successes of important Asian Americans in entertainment, from both online celebrities and industry professionals.

Is it just me, or does this trailer foreground the experiences of Asian American men a little too much? I haven’t seen the film, but come on, where are the Asian American women YouTube stars in this?

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「新年快樂，莫忘傳統」(“Happy new year – don’t forget tradition!”)

Wishing everyone a happy and healthy year of the dragon! Cung chúc tân xuân, vạn sự như ý! 恭喜發財，利是逗來！:P

To start the day off, here’s a short Chinese New Year PSA from Malaysia, directed by Eu Yan Sang (余仁生). The video is in Cantonese with a smattering of Hokkien, but the message about elders, tradition, and upward mobility should be clear no matter what language you speak.