Dr. Gina Masequesmay's Web Resources

Here are my growing lists of resources organized by topics. They are: CSUN administrative matters; UCLA administrative matters; my academic organizational links; queer matters; alternative news and politics; free web resources; spiritual matters; and my sources of entertainment.

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CSUN Administrative Matters & Resources

CSUN Homepage
CSUN Faculty & Staff Page
CSUN Library
CSUN Schedule of Classes
CSUN Travel Menu
CSUN Pool
CSUN Asian American Studies Department - Home page of CSUN AAS Department. http://www.csun.edu/aas/

UCLA Administrative Matters & Resources

UCLA Homepage - good start but you can get lost and not find what you want; hence, the following links.
UCLA Bruin OnLine - has technical information.
UCLA Courses Listed on the web - http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/classes/
My UCLA Login Page - my defaulted webpage that I hardly use.
URSA Online - I use a lot to avoid long lines in Murphy.
Office of Instructional Development - good resource for service learning.
UCLA Library - for me to keep renewing books without having to go to the library 8).
UCLA listserv - page with info on creating UCLA group email list. http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/newmail/
UCLA Performing Arts at http://www.sca.ucla.edu. We can buy students discounted tickets online now.

Academic Sites and Professional Associations/Organizations

American Sociological Association - something I must join for my academic career but a bit too big for my taste.
Society for the Studies of Social Problems - I like this org because people are nice and they give nice book bags.
UCLA Sociology - Homepage of UCLA Sociology Department. http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/soc/

Association of Asian American Studies - more informal and personal for a professional org.
UCLA Asian American Studies Center - Home page of UCLA AAS Center. http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/aasc/

SEASSI - Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute. http://seassi.wisc.edu
VASI - Vietnamese Advanced Summer Institute. http://www.public.asu.edu/%7Eickpl/vasi/
Center for Southeast Asian Studies, UCLA - Home page of UCLA Center for SEA Studies. http://www.isop.ucla.edu/cseas/
Center for Southeas Asian Studies, UC Berkeley - Home page of UCB Center for SEAS. http://ias.berkeley.edu/cseas/
Journal of Vietnamese Studies - I am on the Editorial Board for this academic journal on anything "Vietnamese" that is academic. http://www.ucpress.edu/journals/vs/edsub.htm

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Speak Out Homepage - place to network on speakers for different topics, http://www.vida.com/speakout/
The World of Lecture Hall - check out other course's syllabi.
Center for Asian American Media (formerly known as National Asian American Telecommunications Association) - good resource for teaching using API films. http://asianamericanmedia.org

Eastwind Books of Berkeley - Asian American bookstore in Berkeley. http://www.ewbb.com/
Firebrand Books - Publishers of feminist and lesbian works. Has Dykes to Watch Out For! http://www.firebrandbooks.com/
Moe's Bookstore - Cool bookstore in Berkeley. http://moesbooks.com.

Queer Matters

Queer Academics; Local Organizations; Ô-Môi; Queer Resources Out There

Queer Classes and Other Academic Matters

Contested Sexualities Course (UCLA Sociology M167, Winter 1999)
My Field Studies Course Component to Soc.M167
Peter Nardi's Sociology Course on LGBTs (Pitzer College Sociology 64, Fall 1998)
Queer Theory Resource Page from the UK - check this out if you want to know about Queer theories and theorists.

Organizations In My Area

UCLA LGBT Campus Resource Center - for our Queer Bruins.
UCLA Mahu - UCLA Asian/Pacific Islander LGBT Support Network - API specific queer Bruins.
UCLA Lamda Graduate Student Network - sounds like fun but I have not had time to participate much.

Ô-Môi -- this is now the official home site for Ô-Môi. http://www.o-moi.org/
Ô-Môi yahoogroups listserv - email the moderator to be added.omoi-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Ô-Môi Zine listserv - this is the webpage for Ô-Môi Zine contributors http://groups.yahoo.com/group/omoi_zine/
Lotus LA -- Chinese queer women and Friends network. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lotusla1999/
Los Angeles Asian Pacific Islander Sisters (LAAPIS) - queer API women's group. It's no longer active
LAAPIS Yahoo Club - LAAPIS is on a LONG hiatus and barely functions as a yahoo club now
AAQWA - Asian American Queer Women Activists is a new group, founded in 2003, is a network of local queer API women in LA metropolitan area. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aaqwa/
Asian/Pacific Crossroads - a great resource with all major API organizations in Los Angeles and Orange Counties
Asian Pacific AIDS Intervention Team (APAIT) in Los Angeles - my volunteered organization. They do preventive education outreaches, counseling, treatment education & advocacy, and, most fun of all, safer-sex workshops
Gay Vietnamese Alliance - Vietnamese gay men's group in Southern California.
The Gay and Lesbian Center in Los Angeles at http://www.gay-lesbian-center.org/
Outfest - queer films showing at the Village http://www.outfest.org
The Lesbian News at http://www.lesbiannews.com/

Queer Resources Out There

Song That - a queer Vietnamese radio program that broadcasts in Vietnamese on KSJX 1500 AM in San Jose, California every Sunday from 7 to 8 PM. It is also accessible on the web http://www.songthat.com/
Ban Gai Viet Nam - a queer Vietnamese women's forum where most of the conversation is in Vietnamese! http://www.bangaivn.net/forum/
Forbidden - page dedicated to Vietnamese women loving women by French Canadian woman in Paris.
Queer Asian Pacific Resources - has links to major issues concerning queer APIs.
Planet Out Popcorn Q - queer films guide.
Gay Chat House - popular queer chat site with diverse rooms.
Gay and Lesbian Politics: WWW and Internet Resources - has legislative, court and policy updates.
Human Rights Campaign - good updates on recent legislations and DC politics.
Queer Resources Directory - good start on queer resources out there.
Gaywire News Network - queer news directly from the source.
Uncommon Legacy Foundation, Inc. - provides fellowships for queer organizations and individuals.
Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice - Provides fundings for non-profit groups working on social justice issues. http://www.astraea.org
Information on Coming Out to Parents from outproud.org at http://www.outproud.org/brochure_coming_out.html.
Information on Lesbian Safer Sex from safersex.org. http://www.safersex.org/women/lesbianss.html.

Alternative News & Politics

KPFK Pacifica Radio - my updates on current events from a more left angle than some of the 'liberal' BS. 90.7 FM.
National Public Radio - NPR actually has been doing a good job of covering events since September 11th. 89.3 FM.
Working for Change - Great place to be updated on legislations and how to send letters to your reps.
Common Cause - Another great site for change.
Alternative News Resource Page of Daniel Tsang - Dan has an extensive list of news sources but it might take a while to download the information.
Nguoi Viet Daily News - Vietnamese American Newspaper in Little Saigon, CA, USA. I really like the founder, Mr. Do Ngoc Yen. He's a wise man and once a sociology major!
News of Viet Nam - Good to know this is available although I haven't had much time to browse through it. It's kinda cool to have the news in both English and Vietnamese.
Electronic Activist - Info on contacting your government representatives.
California Secretary of State Website - Info on voting registration and more.

Web Resources and Free Stuff

Free Softwares | Free Internet Resources | Important Internet Information |

Free Softwares

Netscape Home - for free Downloads of Netscape Communicator and more.
http://home.nbci.com/download/item/0,22,home-1572132-0-0,501000.html To download for free WS-FTP LE program that uploads and downloads multiple files faster than publishing via Netscape Composer. You need to register with the nbci site though in order to download free programs.
Free Vietnamese Font from TriChlor. I use this one for my own work.
Free Vietnamese Font from VPS. Has its own word processing program.
Free Vietnamese Font from Em Va Toi website.You write there and then cut and paste into your word file.
VNI-ANSI Vietnamese Font from VNISoft. Once you download this, you can view fonts from the Nguoi Viet website.

Free Internet Resources

Totally Free Stuff - list of free internet stuff.
The Free Site - more free internet stuff.
InsidetheWeb Message Board - this site seems like a decent discussion board although one may become distracted by all the ads.
Dream Book - I use for my guestbook below.
Important Internet Information
Urban Legends - good site to check out email hoaxes before mass emailing your friends.
Information about COOKIES - basic info about cookies for the paranoid me.

Spiritual Matters

My Sources of Entertainment

E-greetings Digital Postcards - it's for your virtual friends.

Visual Communications - Asian Pacific American Media Arts has updates on API films.
Margin Films Homepage - My friend Quentin is responsible for this page. Has information on some alternative films.
Vietnamese Food Recipes - one day, I will actually try out these recipes.
Fairy Tale Brownies - one of the best brownies I ever had.

Travelocity - checking out bargains for my travels.
Map Center of Yahoo - mapping out my destination.
Gay and Lesbian Sierrans - LA Sierra Chapter for Gays and Lesbians: http://angeles.sierraclub.org/gls/ Main Sierra Club Page: http://angeles.sierraclub.org/
Mariah Wilderness Expeditions - Women-owned adventure company including white-water rafting.

Club O'Noodle - my favorite performance troupe. See them if they are performing in your area. They make me proud to be Vietnamese. http://kicon.com/clubonoodles/CoN_archives.html

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