Fasian-ista: I think this is why I need get my Ph.D.

Friday, March 6, 2009

I think this is why I need get my Ph.D.

Received this e-mail from a friend getting her Ph.D. ...

I just came across this article while browsing through po-co titles ;)

Chun, Allen. "Fuck Chineseness: On the Ambiguities of Ethnicity as Culture as Identity." Boundary 2 23.2 (1996): 111-38.

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what's all the fasian-ing about

Back in senior year of high school, my Asian-ness was challenged by my AP English Lit teacher. During our study of Kingston's Woman Warrior, he wrote the character for "woman/girl/female" on the chalkboard. In a rare moment of paying attention, I pointed out that it was written backwards. He said: "Are you sure? I asked a real Chinese person about it."

Thus, the fasian* was born, created, and perpetuated. For most of my life, I have actively avoided being a proper first-gen Asian-American. Am I having a quarter-life change of heart?

*Fasian = "Fake + Asian"
**Fasian-ista = "Fashion-ista - (hio +ia)"

Friday, March 6, 2009

I think this is why I need get my Ph.D.

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