Beige Blum

Tiger/Mom

Illustration
2021
Digital
Re-framing the "Tiger Mom" stereotype as a caged tiger, playing on the idea of the "model minority" stereotypes in relation to Asian fetish. Asian women are seen as domestic, naturally fit for being housewives, mothers, etc. and are desired for that reason. Subsequently, it is a role Asian women are often forced into by fetishizers who latch onto such stereotypes, effectively caging them in misogynistic ideals.

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Tiger/Mom
Tiger/Mom

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Beige Blum aka. icedtaho

Illustration

“Not your Waifu questions the grounds of race fetishization, particularly the fetishization of Asian women, by comparing instances of fetishization to particular objects which exemplify and help...” [More]