10-06-2013, 09:53 AM
The short version, before the long versions:
1. web.archive.org/web/20110916202141/http://www.thefighting44s.com/archives/2008/03/27/asian-american-feminism/:
2. web.archive.org/web/20100116125050/http://www.thefighting44s.com/archives/2008/05/21/pin-the-tail-on-the-asian-male-asian-american-feminism-pt-3-with-bi-bim-bap/
* Note that both are Asian American females.
(Although the word "feminism" - the various (alleged) variants of it - gets thrown about at these links a lot, it's not the purpose of my posting from them.)
1. web.archive.org/web/20110916202141/http://www.thefighting44s.com/archives/2008/03/27/asian-american-feminism/:
Quote:'Women who identify as ââ¬Åfeministsââ¬Â usually fight against a system of sexism, while women who identify themselves as ââ¬ÅAsian American feminists,ââ¬Â [color="#0000FF"]people such as Maxine Hong Kingston and Amy Tan, usually fight against Asian American men. Feminists attack a system, while Asian American feminists attack people. More specifically, they attack people based on race and gender. Maxine Hong Kingston, for example, shamed Asian people by making the false claim that the Chinese word for ââ¬Åslaveââ¬Â and ââ¬Åwomanââ¬Â was the same. She portrayed footbinding as some kind of ritual Chinese practice, despite the fact that it only took place among the upper classââ¬âwhich wasnââ¬â¢t all that large in pre-modern China. A crime? Yes. An epidemic? Not by a long shot. Amy Tan made up orientalist stories where women cut their flesh to make soup, stories that her white audience bought up and cried tears over. She depicted Asian men as rapists and spendthrifts, much in contrast to the white Jesus figures with whom her Asian female characters fall in love. Itââ¬â¢s incredibly ironic that despite their claims to stand up for us as Asian Americans, these so-called Asian American feminists seem to rehash the age-old orientalist notions of a feminine orient and a masculine occident. Indeed, it seems that the ultimate path that the Kingstonians seem to preach is that Asian women can *find themselves* by embracing white men and Eurocentric culture. Now itââ¬â¢s hard for many Asian Americans to accept these ââ¬ÅAsian American feministââ¬Â attacks.Itââ¬â¢s hard for us, both men and women, to sit back while people slander our ancestors in order to ingratiate themselves with the majority culture. The lies are so vicious...' [/color]
2. web.archive.org/web/20100116125050/http://www.thefighting44s.com/archives/2008/05/21/pin-the-tail-on-the-asian-male-asian-american-feminism-pt-3-with-bi-bim-bap/
Quote:"as maogirl and nightshade* said, [color="#0000FF"][Asian American feminism] is just a movement to make it socially acceptable for Asian women to f*ck non-Asian men[/color]ââ¬âwhich I guess is a fine and noble goal according to some peopleââ¬â¢s values, but itââ¬â¢s a piss poor version of feminism, and itââ¬â¢s an insult to real feminists."
* Note that both are Asian American females.
(Although the word "feminism" - the various (alleged) variants of it - gets thrown about at these links a lot, it's not the purpose of my posting from them.)