title: “Look At THESE! The Slants Reclaim Their Eyes” type: work source_id: taiwaneseamerican-org value_band: A license: all-rights verification_status: pending last_reviewed: 2026-08-20 verified-saturation: “2026-10-13 (work-entity-linker: registry scan found no new entity links; 2 subject links already present)” ---# Look At THESE! The Slants Reclaim Their Eyes
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- Era: 2010 - Geography: Taiwanese America - Core roles: historical work (story; band A) - Source org: taiwaneseamerican-org]]
Record
- Date: 2010-02-27 - Byline: Ho Chie - Original: https://www.taiwaneseamerican.org/2010/02/look-at-these-the-slants-reclaim-their-eyes/ - Value band: A (A=oral/interview/community history · B=essay/feature · C=creative bib · D=chrome/skip) - License: all-rights
Article
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TaiwaneseAmerican.org and Turtlistmedia.com present an interview with The Slants, started by their band leader hapa-Taiwanese American Simon Young!
This Oregon-based band combines the sounds of 80’s synth pop with fresh dance-punk melodies and style. Their name reclaims and celebrates the “slanted” eye as beautiful and something to be proud of and they are redefining the unlimited three-dimensionality of the Asian American body with each show they kill. While they are clearly about the music, they also hold social agendas that make this unique band a group to look up to.
Special thanks to special correspondent Vanessa Lee and videographer Randall Ajimine. Video editing by Jason Lee of TurtlistMedia.com.
Visit the Slants at: http://www.myspace.com/theslants
Timeline
- 2010-02-27 — published
Subjects
- Interviews
Related Pages
- |TAHS - taiwaneseamerican-org]] - |Source hub