We Need to Talk About Wasians…

PART 2 OUT NOW: Wasians, Interracial Dating and the Haunt of Orientalism https://youtu.be/bit7AjAabvo A deepish dive into popular representations of Wasians in American pop culture. This was a very special video for me and I'm so happy to share it with you all! If you'd like to support me and my channel, please consider subscribing, liking, commenting and sharing I have a patreon now!! patreon.com/EmmaKredl You can also follow my instagram @freakonaquiche where I regularly post updates on my upcoming content! Thank you so much to Ethan for this wonderful conversation. Please give him and his band a follow on instagram: Personal: @leech.craft Band: @sonica.band As a side note, I'd like to point out the fact that I pretty much exclusively discuss East and South East Asian experiences in this video. This is partially due to the fact that mixed East/South East Asian people are definitely more represented in popular media, and partially due to the fact that I am drawing a lot from my experiences as an East Asian person. There are so many different ethnic groups within the larger Asian umbrella and this video by no means seeks to erase these experiences! We are all valid :D chapters: Defining the Wasian Experience: 2:22-3:59 History of Asian American Representation: 4:00-8:19 YA Wasians (2000s-2010s): 8:20-12:23 To All The Boys I Loved Before 12:23-24:01 The Summer I Turned Pretty: 24:01-27:59 Wasianness Beyond Metaphor: 28:02-29:45 The Sad Wasian Music Trope: 29:45- 34:30 Olivia Rodrigo "Controversy": 34:30-38-30 The Leading Wasian Man: 38:30-39:54 Henry Golding and Crazy Rich Asians: 39:54-46:15 May December/Wasian Joy: 46:15-53:11 Closing Thoughts ft Ethan: 53:11 The Mixed Metaphor by Andrea Long Chu (HIGHLY RECOMMENDED READ) https://www.vulture.com/2022/09/the-mixed-asian-metaphor.html Colorism in Crazy Rich Asians: https://sites.uab.edu/humanrights/2018/10/15/crazy-rich-asians-the-double-edged-sword/ Asian Nation article (good for basic stats/info): https://www.asian-nation.org/multiracial.shtml To All The Boys takedown by Chris Jesu Lee: https://planamag.com/to-all-the-boys-ive-loved-before-has-creepy-racial-things-going-on/ May December conversation from Represent Asian Project: https://representasianproject.com/features/the-group-chat-breaking-down-the-melton-moment-in-may-december/ Cooked ass podcast about Olivia Rodrigo's ethnicity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgpoBTGufyk TikTok about Black Biracial casting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgpoBTGufyk Interview with Elizabeth Yu: https://mixedmessages.substack.com/p/elizabeth-yu-mixed-race-interview If I missed any links or if you have any questions, I check my comments regularly and can hook you up