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Funniest Advice My Mother Has Ever Given Me: Joey Damiano of Fortune Wheel
Post by Ada • May 11, 2012 • Post a comment

Mothers — with all their earnest, loving intentions — can often be entertaining, and their advice can be an interesting mix of serious, silly, insightful and mind-boggling (sometimes all rolled up into one zinger you can’t wait to share with your friends). In honor of Mother’s Day, we’ve asked fellow Asian American writers and artists to share the funniest advice they’ve ever gotten from their mothers.


Damiano’s mother, Sue, late ’70′s.

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Funniest Advice My Mother Has Ever Given Me: Kevin Wu (aka KevJumba) of Hang Loose
Post by Ada • May 10, 2012 • Post a comment

Mothers — with all their earnest, loving intentions — can often be entertaining, and their advice can be an interesting mix of serious, silly, insightful and mind-boggling (sometimes all rolled up into one zinger you can’t wait to share with your friends). In honor of Mother’s Day, we’ve asked fellow Asian American writers and artists to share the funniest advice they’ve ever gotten from their mothers.


KevJumba (with Dante Basco) – in an embarrassing (?) situation. Photo courtesy of Kinetic Films

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Funniest Advice My Mother Has Ever Given Me: Shailja Patel of Migritude
Post by Ada • May 10, 2012 • Post a comment

Mothers — with all their earnest, loving intentions — can often be entertaining, and their advice can be an interesting mix of serious, silly, insightful and mind-boggling (sometimes all rolled up into one zinger you can’t wait to share with your friends). In honor of Mother’s Day, we’ve asked fellow Asian American writers and artists to share the funniest advice they’ve ever gotten from their mothers.


Credit: Bibi Slippers

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Funniest Advice My Mother Has Ever Given Me: Theresa Navarro of Yes, We’re Open
Post by Ada • May 10, 2012 • Post a comment

Mothers — with all their earnest, loving intentions — can often be entertaining, and their advice can be an interesting mix of serious, silly, insightful and mind-boggling (sometimes all rolled up into one zinger you can’t wait to share with your friends). In honor of Mother’s Day, we’ve asked fellow Asian American writers and artists to share the funniest advice they’ve ever gotten from their mothers.


Photo credit: Urvi Nagrani.

On the set of Yes, We’re Open: “I wanted her to be an extra in my on-set wedding,” says Navarro, “so that she could see me get married in case it’s the only time I ever get ‘married!’”

 

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Funniest Advice My Mother Has Ever Given Me: Dante Basco of Hang Loose and Paradise Broken
Post by Ada • May 08, 2012 • Post a comment

Mothers — with all their earnest, loving intentions — can often be entertaining, and their advice can be an interesting mix of serious, silly, insightful and mind-boggling (sometimes all rolled up into one zinger you can’t wait to share with your friends). In honor of Mother’s Day, we’ve asked fellow Asian American writers and artists to share the funniest advice they’ve ever gotten from their mothers.

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Funniest Advice My Mother Has Ever Given Me: Janice Jann of the Media Maid
Post by Ada • May 08, 2012 • Post a comment

Mothers — with all their earnest, loving intentions — can often be entertaining, and their advice can be an interesting mix of serious, silly, insightful and mind-boggling (sometimes all rolled up into one zinger you can’t wait to share with your friends). In honor of Mother’s Day, we’ve asked fellow Asian American writers and artists to share the funniest advice they’ve ever gotten from their mothers.


Janice and her mom adorably posing together for the camera.

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Funniest Advice My Mother Has Ever Given Me: Ada Tseng of Asia Pacific Arts
Post by Ada • May 08, 2012 • Post a comment

Mothers — with all their earnest, loving intentions — can often be entertaining, and their advice can be an interesting mix of serious, silly, insightful and mind-boggling (sometimes all rolled up into one zinger you can’t wait to share with your friends). In honor of Mother’s Day, we’ve asked fellow Asian American writers and artists to share the funniest advice they’ve ever gotten from their mothers.


Photo by Henry Tseng.

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Funniest Advice My Mother Has Ever Given Me: Sheetal Sheth of Yes, We’re Open and Nice Girls Crew
Post by Ada • May 08, 2012 • Post a comment

Mothers — with all their earnest, loving intentions — can often be entertaining, and their advice can be an interesting mix of serious, silly, insightful and mind-boggling (sometimes all rolled up into one zinger you can’t wait to share with your friends). In honor of Mother’s Day, we’ve asked fellow Asian American writers and artists to share the funniest advice they’ve ever gotten from their mothers.


Like mother, like daughter: Sheetal Sheth and mom.

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Funniest Advice My Mother Has Ever Given Me: Kimberly-Rose Wolter of Knots
Post by Ada • May 08, 2012 • Post a comment

Mothers — with all their earnest, loving intentions — can often be entertaining, and their advice can be an interesting mix of serious, silly, insightful and mind-boggling (sometimes all rolled up into one zinger you can’t wait to share with your friends). In honor of Mother’s Day, we’ve asked fellow Asian American writers and artists to share the funniest advice they’ve ever gotten from their mothers.

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Funniest Advice My Mother Has Ever Given Me: Jen Wang of Disgrasian
Post by Ada • May 08, 2012 • Post a comment

Mothers — with all their earnest, loving intentions — can often be entertaining, and their advice can be an interesting mix of serious, silly, insightful and mind-boggling (sometimes all rolled up into one zinger you can’t wait to share with your friends). In honor of Mother’s Day, we’ve asked fellow Asian American writers and artists to share the funniest advice they’ve ever gotten from their mothers.


Jen and mom. Those matching outfits are money.

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