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@mooncake @nev@social.coop

Ohhh yeah that's super gross. The intersection of Imperialism and toxic masculinity is a hoot.

@mooncake

This is just a buzzfeed video, so it's not as scholarly as the article you linked (which, thank you, bookmarking that) but it discusses the inverse of the Asian girl fetish- why Asian men aren't considered attractive in the US.

youtu.be/-WZVerBzPXQ

These male white supremacists/alt-righters (heretofore referred to as scumbags) often have unchecked raging Asian fetishes, which, as we know, come from a long ass legacy of Western imperialism in East and Southeast Asia (we can talk about South Asia too but right now I'm focusing on E and SE Asia).

Check out "White Sexual Imperialism: A Theory of Asian Feminist Jurisprudence" for more concrete history behind fetishizing Asian women. bit.ly/1hWtVDF

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Let’s not forget how this connects to

- hypersexualization and therefore availability of Asian women
- stereotype that we’re nice and subservient and dateable and cute and sweet to everyone

And how these ideas specifically stem from histories of Western imperialism and colonialism.

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@mooncake

Yikes. At most, dating someone who's Asian will give you insight into one particular person's life, and maybe their family structure. Not insight into the amalgam of different cultures, generations, immigrant or nonimmigrant experiences, and personal histories that "Asian" describes.

And yeah, "dated" as in, it didn't work out. So this tiny insight is the absolute most they would have learned.

Agreed, fuck that.

@raccoon I want to join but apparently it's not compatible on my phone. Sad day.

@mooncake

That's... Really really gross. And like a pretty inane response, too. Like, who cares? Are you saying dating X person makes you an expert on what it feels like to be Asian?

I'm sorry you've had to deal with this and I'm sorry this has been your experience on Mastodon.

Can someone tell my why Animal Crossing isn't compatible with my AT&T Motorola MotoG3? It's got Android 5.1.1 on it. The google play store says it's not compatible.

@GinnyMcQueen@kitty.town

That's a good show :3

@squirrel

Now I want to reinstall the sims and make myself a cute starter house.

@squirrel

I'm ready to roleplay being able to afford my own home all by myself.

Y'ALL MASTODON IS REAL LIFE ANIMAL CROSSING PASS IT FORWARD

@mawr @starkatt

(Delayed response lol)

Are any of those materials available for free, or do you have to pay for the whole program to assess them? I'm doing my CPR training thru a different organization, but that sounds like a fun way to reinforce what I'm learning.

@shellysoneja@mastodon.art

I think it's always been a little awkward, but now that texting is the preferred form of casual communication, it feels even worse. At least when I was a kid, I talked on the phone frequently enough that I got somewhat used to it.

A friend just called me up on the phone wanting to... just chat? I'm so not used to people using phones the way we did in the 1990s. Totally threw me off.

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