Every single time I read something about Kurt or Courtney, my first thought is, "Poor Frances Bean. To have parents who are such trainwrecks and have to read about that shit every stinkin' day of your life on the internet. I do not envy her."

I know many white men who have those attitudes as well. I think this article does a great job of showing how the way Asian men are specifically oppressed plays into certain attitudes they may develop towards women, but most Asian men I know personally are progressive, thoughtful people. I know plenty of Asian women as…

I know several Asian women who do not like dating Asian men, not because they think of them as emasculated, but because a lot of them have archaic, sexist attitudes.

Isha, as an Indian-American woman, I remember my mother insisting I wear a bindi "for decoration" with my lengha or salwaar kameez for some Hindu function, temple, party, or what have you. Both my parents are well educated, but even they didn't think much about the cultural significance of the bindi, nor would they…

Um yeah. Being taken for the nanny of your own flesh and blood is a slight. I don't care how many Jamaican nannies you know Hun. No mother comes home and says "Honey, I've finally made it! They actually thought I was the nanny!!! Yay!" Because it sucks. What if one of those well meaning people take it further, and…

Ugh. We can't win.