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Taking The "Man" Out Of "Man-Briefs"
Y’all, listen. I have a very serious question to ask you.
Would you fuck a man who was wearing these drawers?
Just checkin’.
Filed under: Crotch, Fetishes, Hello Kitty, Hello Kitty For Men, Pussy
Asian Women Aren’t Just Fetish Objects, We’re Brain-Dead, Too
What can I say about Ying Chu’s recent Marie Claire piece “The New Trophy Wives: Asian Women” that hasn’t already been said?
Our pals Joz at 8 Asians and Latoya Peterson, editor of Racialicious who’s guest-blogging at Jezebel for the next two weeks, have both written terrific posts on Chu’s story already, pointing out how, in an effort to dispel certain stereotypes, it only further reinforces them. (Click here for Joz’s post and here for Latoya’s.)
Not to mention the fact that “The New Trophy Wives: Asian Women” is just a hot mess of half-baked, garbled ideas: Asian women of different ages with incredibly diverse backgrounds and experiences are all lumped together as alike fetish objects; Chu quotes Richard Bernstein, author of the recent book, The East, the West, and Sex, as an authority on the subject–”author Richard Bernstein found that the Orientalist illusion continues to influence”–even though Bernstein’s book has been taken to task in multiple publications (here at Salon and here in the NY Times and here at Slate) for perpetuating that very “Orientalist illusion”; “globalization” is cited as an influencing factor in the fetishization of Asian women, but only some random collection of mumbo-jumbo about the popularity of Mandarin classes, Malcolm Gladwell’s theory on why Asian kids are good at math, and China’s dominance in world trade is provided to support that argument; oh, and how about the fact that this whole phenomenon is being presented as something that’s “new”?!
But, for me, the idea put forth in the Marie Claire piece that really chaps my ass is in its closing line:
“Asian women dating white men may never really know if it’s a fetish thing.”
Um, excuse me? Really? So Asian women are not only submissive Suzie Wongs and geishas, we’re also fucking brain-dead, too?
The complications of sexual politics notwithstanding, fetishists are easy to spot. They come at you with their prayer-bead bracelets and their suspiciously in-depth knowledge of your “culture.” They come with transparent dating histories, and many of them are more than happy to offer up that their last eight girlfriends have been Asian and unabashedly expound–based on their dating experience alone–on the fundamental difference between, say, Korean women and Chinese women. Fetishists tend to talk about you like you’re only a member of a larger group; e.g. instead of saying, “I really like your shiny hair,” they’ll say, “I really like Asian girls’ hair.” And, frankly, they’re creepy, like noticeably-remarkably-right-off-the-bat-creepy, like konichiwa-ni hao ma-what are you?-as-an-opening-line creepy, and stalk-you-on-Facebook-where-they-have-381-friends-who-all-happen-to-be-Asian-women-creepy, and follow-you-to-your-car-in-a-parking-garage-after-you’ve-shared-two-minutes-riding-an-elevator-together-creepy. It’s not rocket science, people.
And if we’re going to traffic in stereotypes here, did Marie Claire forget that Asians are supposed to be smart, too?
[Marie Claire: The New Trophy Wives: Asian Women]
[8 Asians: Marie Claire article declares: Asian Women are The New Trophy Wives]
[Jezebel: Stereotypes Run Rampant In Marie Claire's Asian Trophy Wives Article]
Filed under: Asian Women Trophy Wives, Fetishes, Geishas Are Tired, Interracial Dating, Marie Claire Asian Women Trophy Wives, Stereotypes, Submissive Asian Women, Trophy Wives, Ying Chu
Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting, Those Taxidermied Cats Were Fast as Lightning
Is this Best of Craigslist ad creepy? Adorable? Creepily adorable?
What we can say for sure is that this Craigslister is serious. Once again, we repeat, serious. And if you can show this guy a portfolio of your work, “it will probably give you an edge in the competition.”
Presuming, uh, there is competition for this kinda work.
[Best of Craiglist]
[photo via Sugar Bush Squirrel: The World's Most Photographed Squirrel]
Thanks, Dave!
Filed under: Best of Craigslist, Childhood Obsessions, Craigslist, Creepy Stuff, Fetishes, Hobbies, Kung Fu Fighting, Kung Fu Taxidermy, Squirrels, Stuffed Animals
Two Thigh Thighs, Hush Hush, Squoosh Your Eyes
When I first saw Danny Choo’s photo of this new Japanese web book on Boing Boing, I got all tense, cuz I thought I was about to start talking about a new fetish of fast-mounting popularity: love of really creepy, long, jerky-like labia.
First Glance: Attack of the killer curtains!?!
But who am I to judge? At least I can relax.
Filed under: Angry Labia, Bizarre Photographs, Dodging the Bullet, Faces Between Thighs, Faces Squished By Thighs, Fetishes, Phew, Thighs, Web Books, Weird Japanese Behavior
Lifestyle Asiaphilia Kills
lifestyle Asiaphile
n.
A person who fetishizes Asian dress, food, religion, and/or culture, often to the detriment of his/her own health and that of others.
Yoga and hair weave-enthusiast Jeremy Piven was forced to drop out of a Broadway production of Mamet’s Speed-the-Plow this week after “shocking levels” of mercury–attributed to eating too much sushi and Chinese herbs–were found in his system. His doctor told People magazine that Piven’s decision to leave the play was purely medical and had nothing to do with the Entourage actor’s widely-perceived douchery.
Since Entourage is on hiatus, fans of the Pivert will have to settle for watching reruns of the Discovery Channel’s “Journey of a Lifetime with Jeremy Piven,” a 2006 series documenting Piven’s spiritual passage to India. Namaste!
Filed under: Asiaphilia, Cultural Appropriasian, David Mamet, Entourage is Overrated, Fetishes, HBO Entourage, Jeremy Piven, Lifestyle Asiaphile, Loving Us Long Time, Namaste, The Pivert, Yoga
