mtevc (a returning MMW guest contributor!)
Missed this one when it was brand new. Caught a moldy copy on the supermarket shelves. But, last week’s issue of TV Guide (June 19) featured four different covers—all hyping the “HOT” man on TV.
Interestingly, not one of the men featured on the cover was white! One cover featured Daniel […]

mtevc (a returning MMW guest contributor!)
Tim Horton’s, famous for donuts, coffee, and decadent desserts, has a TV promo that is running in select areas. The ad can also be seen on the corporate website, and it features an Asian grandfather who comes to appreciate athleticism in his child and grandchild.
In the commercial, shifting cultural values […]

LL (a returning MMW guest contributor!)
(Note from CVK: This post originally appeared on Luke’s own blog, real men are not, which is all about how popular social constructions of masculinity reinforce patriarchy.)
On a recent episode of the critically acclaimed… Elimidate (I know, I know, but hey I got no cable and there was nothing to […]

JC & CVK
Final call! Join Mixed Media Watch and SwirlNYC at the premiere screening of The Motel in NYC tonight at 8pm! See our previous post to learn more about the film!
Be sure to get there early to buy your ticket. Hope to see many of you there!

CVK
(UPDATE: There are some contrasting accounts of what really happened on that stage. Please read our comments section for links to other blogs that may dispute this.)
Now I have a valid reason to dislike John Mayer (besides his nauseating “your body is a wonderland” song).
Apparently he and Sandra Bernhard are on the same “hipsters like […]

Usha (a returning MMW guest contributor!)
The practice of yoga in the West is nothing new. Recent ‘twists’ on Western yoga have involved spiritual ‘bending.’ Christian yoga incorporates “son” salutations, as in Jesus Christ, the Son. And a Kosher yoga instructor has developed a series of postures based on the Hebrew alphabet.
Driving home from work […]

JC & CVK
Just one more shout-out for the premiere screening of The Motel in NYC this Wednesday (tomorrow), June 28th at 8pm! Join MMW and SwirlNYC for this event. See our previous post to learn more about the film!
An update on ticket sales: You can buy tickets online here BUT online tickets for the 8pm show […]

CVK
I was catching up on some Tivo’d TV on Sunday night and yes folks, I do quite enjoy the show So You Think You Can Dance. (Those Sickstep Crew kids are bad-ass!)
Anyway, Travis Wall, pictured, was paired up with Martha Nichols to do a krump routine, choreographed by Lil C, who was featured in David […]

CVK
(Thanks to bell579 and Janice for this one!) Actress Sandra Bernhard appeared on daytime talk show The View last week, and Star Jones asked about a remark Bernhard had made about being singlehandedly responsible for “the emancipation of Mimi.” You can watch the whole debacle for yourself on YouTube, but here’s a summary of what […]

CVK
Here’s a round-up of movie-related news.
Nigel’s Fingerprint explores mixed race identity
“What colour am I Daddy?” That’s what 6-year old Nigel Jenkins asks his father after he is called a nigger in the schoolyard. It’s 1974 and Nigel’s mother Mona, is black while his father David is white. When David finds his son trying to […]

CVK
Connie Chung has been catching a lot of flack lately for her uh, kinda scary musical farewell on the last episode of “Weekends with Maury and Connie,” the recently-cancelled MSNBC show she co-hosted with her husband, Maury Povich. (Of course her performance was up on YouTube within minutes).
Tripmaster Monkey has some ideas about how […]

CVK
Really great stuff on Ally Work in the past couple weeks. As you may remember, we did a roundtable with two of the bloggers, vegankid and Rachel, on episode 26 of Addicted to Race. The goal of the Ally Work blog is to help white people fight white supremacy. Here’s a sampling of some of […]

JC & CVK
Hey MMW readers,
If you’re in the NYC area, join us for our very first Mixed Media Watch/SwirlNYC field trip! We’re going to watch the new film “The Motel” at the Film Forum this Wednesday, June 28th at 8:00 PM. The entire cast and crew will be there for a Q&A and discussion after […]

JC
The Peace River Record Gazette takes a look at one of the contestants that made the top 200 cut of singers for Canadian Idol. Sheldon Elter talks about how he charmed the judges and how being mixed/metis can be hard for an entertainer…
Elter, who is Métis, has a strong background in the performing arts….He also wrote […]

JC
The Washington Post listed That Fernhill Summer as one of their top summer reads for kids.
Publisher’s description:
Kiara Jones-Birkell knows a lot about the Birkell side of her family, and nothing about the Joneses. The one time she tried to ask about her mother’s relatives, her mom turned a spooky greenish-white color and refused to talk […]

CVK
I’m not quite sure how I missed this until today, but a couple of bloggers have written searing critiques of the recent Loving Day celebrations, helmed by Ken Tanabe. Jenn from Reappropriate writes:
What irritates me about something like Loving Day is the masturbatory congratulations some people in interracial relationships want to give themselves… Acting […]

CVK
(Spotted this over at Angry Asian Man.) Just in case you were worried that the geisha girl/dragon lady dichotomy that exists in popular perceptions of Asian women was fading away, along comes Maxim magazine, reassuring us that it’s stronger than ever. From an interview with ex-madam to the stars, Heidi Fleiss:
My buddy and I have […]

CVK
(Thanks to Me Kitty for this tip!) This new sitcom on Fox The War At Home sounds truly awful. Here’s part of the recap of the pilot episode:
Seemingly out of nowhere, Hillary has a change of heart. She concedes that her plan to date a college freshman was probably ill-conceived. Beside, there’s a boy in […]

CVK
Zoe Wicomb’s new novel Playing in the Light is set in Capetown and revolves around Marion, a woman of Afrikaner background, who hates traveling but nonetheless runs a travel agency, and her complex relationship with Brenda, the first black woman she has ever employed.
Scotsman.com has a really interesting interview with Wicomb, in which […]

CVK
(Thanks to Brad for the tips!) There’s been a lot of discussion lately in the media and blogosphere about the increasing diversity among comic book superheroes. The New York Times did a huge article about Marvel and DC Comics’ recent attempts at introducing more gay and lesbian characters, people of color, and interracial couples […]