Faculty of Design
Illustration
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.
Work by
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]