This site is a collection of essays on a variety of subjects--race, gender, computers, and Christianity, among other things. Please feel free to read these essays, and remember that they are all copyrighted. You may not reproduce these essays without permission and/or proper citation.

Christianity
Progress isn't Relative 04/11/05
The Power of Prayer 16/07/04
The Scary Charismatic Movement 03/07/04
The Pledge Under God 20/06/04
Missionary Dating 10/06/04
Why I'm a Pro-Choice Christian 04/06/04
Secular Music Edifies Me 03/06/04
"Subversive" Saved!? 31/05/04
A Christian Perspective on "Homosexuality"
Christian Living
Celibacy

Computers
Is KDE more Windows-like than Gnome?09/05/07
Gaining Perspective on PC Gaming03/11/06
The Linux Desktop Myth28/07/06
A detailed comparison between Gnome and KDE 23/09/05
Linux Doesn't Need a Unified Distro 15/09/05
Anatomy of a well-intentioned Linux Troll (or how I learned to stop worrying and love the penguin) 18/08/05
Software Installation: Windows or Linux? 06/08/05
Picking a Linux Distro 28/07/05
My Linux Switch Story 23/07/05
A Linux/Windows Comparison 13/07/05
Linux is ready for the desktop--but whose desktop? 10/07/05
Mac Zealots, Linux Zealots, and Windows Zealots 04/07/05
A Browser Comparison 29/06/05
The Linux Guide for Windows Users 21/06/05
Linux for Others 08/06/05
Linux Review: A Comparison of Ubuntu, Mandriva, and Mepis 25/05/05
A Windows User's Guide to Linux 08/05/05
Linux LiveCDs are Great! 19/04/05
Why Switch to Firefox? 26/03/05
The New Browser Wars27/01/05
Mac v. Windows: The Sequel16/01/05
Mac OS X v. Windows XP16/10/04
Linux v. Windows10/10/04
Gmail and Privacy24/05/04
My Life with MP3s14/05/04

Education
Single-sex? Co-ed? Who cares? 04/11/05
Only Temporary Band-aids: Affirmative Action and Extended Time Testing20/07/04
Why Teach English? 16/06/04
Reflections on Teaching
Myths about what schools need
Social Education

Race, Class, Gender, Sexuality
He wouldn't do it for you 29/07/06
Why I say she 29/07/06
What Good is Science in the Media? 14/04/05
Privilege and Freedom 23/03/05
How Hollywood is Racist02/03/05
Threshold of Pain19/12/04
The Whining Rich10/09/04
Double Standards03/08/04
The Slut/Stud Double Standard09/07/04
Are We All Oppressed?26/06/04
Fighting Gender Role Boundaries11/06/04
Individual Choice27/05/04
Distracting Dress Codes19/05/04
Antifeminism
An Attitude of Appeasement
Mother Nurture
People of Color should be more than just useful
Race Relations: Is Progress Impossible?
Letters from reputable publications by various authors

Other
Voting on TV v. in Politics 29/05/06
Musings on Making a Difference 03/07/06
The Context of Consumption 06/03/05
The Paradox of Nonconformity27/11/04
More likely to die how?24/10/04
How I Became a Comic Book Geek22/08/04
Ode to Low-Paying Jobs14/08/04
Fictional De-Sensitization towards Violence31/07/04
What I Remember from High School29/06/04
Bad Journalism26/05/04
Some Casual Critical Theory on Conventional Wisdom
Some Guidelines for Effective Change
Love & Marriage by Jennie Huang

Some Guidelines for Effective Change

Models focus on ideas, narrative testimonies, proposals, characterizations and recognize that having established or identified said model, scope then becomes the issue. Scope focuses on the prevalence of an idea, population or behavior. Recognizing the complexity and inter-relatedness of issues. As a basic collegiate scholar's example: the difficulty in separating racism and sexism.

Setting as a goal total societal change, not just the trickle-down economics of intellectual thought (i.e. the attitude: just because we in academia have discovered it, we can move on to the next thing, instead of making sure our ideas get implemented, understood and taught to "the masses").
Not being tied down by language/ expression. Consider part of the dialogue disenfranchised media, such as comic books, and colloquial expressions of intellectual thought outside of professional academia.
Either a non self-centered view of sociology or an acknowledgement of self-centeredness.
Leave assessment to the people on the front lines. (e.g. Don't have politicians decide what schools need without asking teachers!)

--A.Y. Siu