Beige Blum
For the "Aesthetic"
Other
2021
Digital
Purikura photos in relation to “kawaii" culture & how many Asians feel forced to emulate this kind of aesthetic. It connects being Asian to a specific aesthetic & exemplifies the statement that Asians themselves are simply an aesthetic for fetishists. Perpetuated by weeaboos, koreaboos, &/or those who partake in "asianfishing” (ie. the attempt to convert your current facial features to more resemble facial features that are more prominent to Asians in general. In extreme examples, asianfishers will also lie about/pretend to be Asian or of Asian descent)
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]