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It started when I was in kindergarten, and I was so proud I did not have to go to Bingo class, unlike my friends, because I could speak good English -

although I had no idea what a yellow dog that could spell had anything to do with Chinese. 

(I figure out now that it was probably called Bilingual class)

I am lucky. I speak the fluent, accentless English of newscasters, the dialect spoken by the children of immigrants, that we learned not from our parents but rather from watching Sesame Street and other things on tv.

Last year, a white facebook friend of mine posted, “In order to celebrate Chinese New Year, me talk rike chinese man arr day.” 

And then told me that she was “sorry I was offended” and “she didn’t mean anything by it” when I (nicely, sweetly) told her that that shit was not okay. She said that she saw it the same as doing an accent, like Irish. Or British. Or Italian. (for bonus points, she even said that she has lots of Asian co-workers and friends, and LOVES Asian people, and so is not a racist.)

And when one of my white friends gets drunk, he thinks his “Asian accent” is hilarious.

And I was told by a coworker about the time my Asian coworker mispronounced “Barroway” as “Bwawwoway” and how hilarious it was.

Here’s the thing - can you guess how many Asian people I know who actually say

me rikey

me from _____

me so solly

(or, if you like, the fetishized versions: me so horny, me love you long time)

if you said ZERO, then ding ding ding! Congratulations, you have working brain cells.

No, my misguided fb friend, the “Asian accent” is not an actual imitation of an accent, comparable to your bad British/Irish/Italian - but rather a mockery of Asian people and their supposed inability to speak English. It is the perpetuation of the image of Asian people as perpetual foreigners in America.

Like that time when my family was at an Italian restaurant, and we were speaking to my father in Cantonese, and a drunken white lady said very loudly, “GOD when you come to this country at least learn the language!”

Or when my father was pulled over for speeding, and although he said “what’s the problem, officer?” the first thing the state trooper said was, “Do you speak English?”

Your fake “Asian accents” are not harmless and silly, because at the root of the joke, it says - you, you are stupid. You cannot speak English. You are Other. You do not belong.

my parents have been in this country for 30 years. They have been American citizens for 30 years.

And they are very self-conscious of their imperfect English, afraid that it makes them look ignorant, knowing that it marks them as immigrants. That, after 30 years, you can still be told (in not so many words) that you do not belong.

The Cultural Revolution started in China when my father was 13. He was pulled out of school and, later, sent to work in the fields. (He escaped to Hong Kong when he was 18, but that is another story for another time.)

When my father came to this country, he had a middle school education and did not speak a lick of English. He worked as a busboy at a Chinese restaurant, the evening shift that ran until 3 or 4 in the morning, and went to school during the day.

It took my father ten years to earn his bachelor’s degree. He is now an engineer.

Is this not your “American Dream?”

When my mother came to this country, she spoke very little English. She got a job as an entry level clerk. Over the years she earned one promotion after another. She is now management at a large federal agency, and manages funds for the whole state.

Is this not your “American Dream?”

And my father didn’t understand why his coworkers said, “flied lice, flied lice!” to him over and over and laughed.

And my father is still afraid to speak in a professional setting, even when he has ideas. 

And my mother still checks and double checks her professional e-mails with me, for fear of mockery from the same people she manages.

And people don’t understand why I can’t take a harmless joke. Why I don’t think that shit is funny.

No, I don’t “rikey.” 

No, I won’t “love you long time.”

And no, I’m not sorry.

“Her fantasy novel Children of Blood and Bone, the first of a trilogy about a young girl’s battle with a prince over bringing magic back to West Africa,  is going to be released some time next year. But it’s already got a seven-figure publishing deal with Macmillan, and a massive deal with Fox Studios too, with the latter acquiring the movie rights pretty early on in the day for a book that hasn’t even been published yet.”

Women who are beyond done with all of this shit.

Want to see Agents of SHIELD renewed for a 5th season? Here’s how you can help.

If you have a Twitter account, tweet @ABC_Publicity & @ABCNetwork with the hashtag #RenewAgentsofSHIELD as much as you can. Bonus points if you add a reason why you want it renewed. You can also add in the @AgentsofSHIELD twitter, and the @Marvel twitter if you have room.

This one is really important: you can actually send ABC feedback specifically about Agents of SHIELD using the feedback form on their website. This can be found here. Select “ABC programming feedback” from the dropdown menu, fill out the details, and then make sure to select “Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD” in the show/category option, and then “I like this show because…” from the subject option. Explain why you want to see the show get renewed for a fifth season. (Note: for people outside of the US, you can select “international” from the state menu.)

You can also call ABC and leave feedback (full credit to @panicatcivilwar​ for this one - original post here) Dial 818-460-7477 (add +1 at the beginning if you’re dialling via an international phone) to get to the Audience Information Department. Press 1 for ABC Television Network, press 2 for leave a comment, press 2 again for prime time shows, and then enter 744 for Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD. Leave your message (up to 30 seconds recorded), and then simply hang up. 

Rewatch Agents of SHIELD episodes via the ABC website or ABC app. Not only does this show continued interest in the show, but these type of ratings do count for something in the modern day television landscape. Two types of ratings are measured after a new episode premieres: the Live+3 ratings measure live viewing plus DVR viewing up to three days later, and the Live+7 ratings measure live viewing plus DVR viewing up to seven days later. So if you can rewatch a new episode during this timeframe, it helps. Browsing the internet? Writing a paper? Doing some chores? Stick on the newest Agents of SHIELD episode via the ABC app/website and leave it on in the background. Mute if needed. 

If any of the Agents of SHIELD official social media accounts post anything: like it, retweet it, reblog it, comment on it, respond to it. Every little helps.

If you’re a US resident, watch the show live! Everyone knows live ratings help with renewals, but thought I’d pop this on the end of the list anyway.

I was actually talking to a female client once about cannon-fannon and how much I love listening to her talk comics, and had a male client interupt us to tell me he has never met a chick that is into comics before, he’s never even heard of a girl being into comics before,  and he has always wanted a nerdy girlfriend and that i absolutely MUST give him her number.

I actually had to explain to him that I wasn’t joking when I said she was out of his league. Yes, she is incredible, she is beautiful, she is intelligent, successful, highly knowledgeable and enthusiastic about comics, and she’s also not even going to look twice at you because literally all you got is that she fulfills a fantasy of yours.

Yes bro i get it, she’s your ideal girl. Trust me, she’s a lot of people’s ideal girl. And you’re not even on her radar. You’re not special because you’re into comics. She has a very wide range of potential partners to choose from and ‘never having met a nerdy girl before’ isn’t a good character trait, because it means you know zero women. Or zero women have trusted your creepy ass with the knowledge that they are into comics.

The most concerning part of that entire conversation was his complete inability to grasp the concept that she wouldn’t date him and his insistence that she would.

He insisted that I give her name/number/fb/actually call her and ask her to come to the studio (wtffff???) because he needed to meet her. And then just could not fathom that I refused. He seemed to be running on this idea that if she met him, she would like him. For no other reason than that he was into comics and he wanted a nerd girlfriend.

And I was somehow out of line for refusing to give my best freinds deets to this creepy nerdbro because I couldn’t possibly know that she wouldn’t be into him.

He got really upset. 

He was in my studio for 45 mins arguing with me on and off about this and trying to push me into giving her number.

Out. Of. Your. League. Not on your level. Too fucking good for you. Not a possibility. You’ve got nothing she wants. You’re one of literally thousands who would want her. You have nothing to offer her. You tick zero of her boxes. You do not even meet the minimum requirements for me to even ask her.  

NOT 

HAPPENING 

MATE.

This is why women don’t say they’re women in WoW, this is why women don’t say they’re into games irl. This is why women don’t hang out in comics stores. This is why nerd women hide one of these two aspects of themselves when interacting with nerd men.

That’s when politics were introduced, via Milo Yiannopoulos. He helped further organise what was basically a mob of people who leveled targeted harassment on people who criticised video games in a certain way or who allegedly unfairly benefited from bad journalism in the industry press, and turned them into a mob of people who leveled targeted harassment on targets who share the above people’s ideology and to seek institutional change to strip power and influence from people who hold that ideology. The alt-right.

Photos and final product for Mq. & Mrs.’s amazing lgbtq coloring book for kids.

queer:

bi:

transgender:

gay/lesbian: