Monthly Archives: August, 2012
Aimee Phan on ‘Reeducation’ — An Interview with Sunny Woan
This author interview with Aimee Phan, conducted by Sunny Woan, first appeared in Kartika Review's 13th issue, in Summer 2012. Woan observes, "After the critical...
Pham Kieu Phuc’s Philosophies on Furniture Design and Life
“The best way to predict the future is to design it,” wrote Buckminster Fuller. A self-taught designer in Hanoi definitely embodies this adage. Here Christina...
Can You Spare (at least) a Dollar to help diaCRITICS and DVAN?
Do you like reading diaCRITICS? Is it worth $1 to you? Then please read on about how to donate and help keep diaCRITICS and...
Jade Hidle: Olympic Silver Medalist Marcel Nguyen, and Me
Go Marcel Nguyen! diaCRITIC Jade Hidle gives us an Olympic take on Vietnamese identity using Marcel Nguyen, the Olympic silver medalist in gymnastics, as...
On Thích Quảng Đức, Bà Đặng Thị Kim Liêng, and Self-Immolation
diaCRITICS managing editor Julie Thi Underhill comments upon the practice of self-immolation and the political suicide of Tạ Phong Tần's mother, Bà Đặng Thị Kim Liêng, before...
A Coming-Out Party in Hanoi
We recently reported that Viet Nam's government is now considering whether to allow same-sex couples to marry or legally register and receive rights, positioning Viet Nam...
Same-Sex Marriage Rights in Viet Nam—The Conversation Begins
In recent years, diaCRITICS has seen the debates regarding gay marriage take center stage not only in the United States but also in Europe,...
diaCRITICIZE: this is my rifle, this is my gun…
Stanley Kubrick satirized the unconscious psychosexual energies behind wielding a gun in Full Metal Jacket, when Marine recruits parade with their weapons doing this chant of "This is my rifle, this is my gun, this is for fighting, this is for fun." They seize their crotches at "gun" and "fun."
On Anger, Rage, and Outrage
Poet Barbara Jane Reyes responds to diaCRITICS editor Viet Thanh Nguyen's diaCRITICIZE post on the use of rage and anger through the life and...