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Deflowered
The term "Lotus Blossom [Baby]" is an Asian fetishist term referring to "quiet, gentle, modest and obedient" Asian women, especially in a war or post-war context. The Lotus Blossoms are portrayed as being innocent and pitiful, in need of saving by... More
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For the "Aesthetic"
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... More
Illustration
Get That Coin
This piece touches on the term “dragon ladies” where Asian women are seen as gold diggers. I wanted to take the term and make it something more empowering, where Asian women can embody the dragon and get their coin without being ashamed. It also... More
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Not Your Waifu
A comic that touches on the aspect of Asian fetish where Asian women are seen as a means of fulfilling the fetishist's obsession and/or fascination with anime. In other words, Asian women as a substitution for some kind of anime fantasy.
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School Girl
Connecting the iconic schoolgirl sailor uniform to the infantilizing of Asian women, who have been stereotyped as “immature, childlike, small, infantile looking, needing guidance and not to be taken seriously.” The sexualization of this uniform... More
Illustration
Take What You Need
Paperchain dolls in connection to the idea that all Asians are seen as interchangeable by some fetishizers. In this case, we’re not viewed as individuals, we are seen as lacking any real identity to the fetishizers besides being Asian. They... More
Illustration
The Pinnacle
Monument imagery, in which the large sculptural monument represents East Asians being seen as the "default" Asian, and sometimes the only type of women that fetishizers see as being "Asian," completely disregarding other Asian women in favour of... More
Illustration
Wish You Weren't Here
This piece connects the imagery of postcards and sex tourism. It discusses how ideas of sex tourism affect Asian women ie. men thinking they have the right to touch Asian women when travelling abroad, seeing Asian women as being inherently linked... More
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]