Comments on: Orientalism 2.0

By: Apple Stays Classy - The Pursuit of Harpyness

Apple Stays Classy - The Pursuit of Harpyness — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:01:42 +0000

[...] may recall that one of those complainers was SarahMC, who almost a year ago posted about the creepy, objectifying and racist “Cute Asian Girls” app. “At the end of the day, [...]

By: Quest

Quest — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:41:57 +0000

this is gross.
but i don’t think it’s just been limited to stuff like apps, even in past decades asian women have been subjected to various stereotypes, eg. Kamasutra, just take a look at some of the romanticized “orientalism” novels and look at how the women are portrayed. then apply it in the social context of that time and see how stupid it looks.
i have to agree, this reeks greatly of all the hentai manga crap that’s so freely available these days.

By: Shimon

Shimon — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 17:53:51 +0000

I would not even consider getting this app as it’s clearly meant for that bizzare kind of “people” who are into cartoon porn, etc. However, about the asian fetish thing, I can say that I’ve been to Japan, hope to move back there permanently, and honestly I wouldn’t even consider dating/marrying a non-Japanese woman. I know the “submissive geisha” thing is a stupid Western myth, but gotdangit, Japanese girls on average, to my eyes, look a lot prettier than women of other races. Does that make me a monstrous racist?

By: April feminist blogging #2 « Zero at the Bone

April feminist blogging #2 « Zero at the Bone — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 00:08:29 +0000

[...] The Narrative SarahMC: Orientalism 2.0 TR: Ally failitudes and [...]

By: rengeko

rengeko — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 10:10:49 +0000

oddly, my brother generally dated asian women-of course, he was living in japan at the time. he then married a british woman of japanese descent. the children are very pretty, of course. though, i don’t think that was the point. but who knows, i don’t actually know him very well.

By: Tiny Danza

Tiny Danza — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 16:14:02 +0000

@PhDork: Thanks for the reference. I’ll look into it.

By: Renee

Renee — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 20:40:58 +0000

@SarahMC exactly which is why you have the whole Asian women are delicate Lotus Flowers stereotype. It’s not that they prefer Asian women it is that they are looking to express white male privilege and these women quickly become more of a trophy than a life partner in their eyes.

By: SarahMC

SarahMC — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:59:01 +0000

Yeah Golublog, basically any nationality or race of women seen as submissive, or untouched by evil modern feminism, gets fetishized by skeezy men who want to be dominant in their sex lives/relationships.

By: PhDork

PhDork — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:55:38 +0000

Tiny D: It’s been at least a decade since I heard him talk about it, but you might do a JSTOR search for work by Prof. James Moy, who did a study on the intersection of race and sex by placing erotic personals written as women of different ethnic backgrounds and assessing the responses he got. Really gross. (I don’t actually know if it was published, but it would be pretty easy to find out.)

By: May

May — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 08:57:17 +0000

I know a guy who would love this app *barf*.