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So I did not realize how racist people got about Victoria because I only surround myself with people who love her. Seriously, how do you not love her? But apparently a lot of Korean kpop fans hate her, including stans of Soshi & other girl groups (mostly guys that I've heard, but that's pure anecdata). And, boy, I gotta tell you, Changtoria antis sure get really racist really fast. (At least Khuntoria antis can't pull that foreigner card.)
I'm just gonna say I ship Victoria/Nichkhun, Victoria/Changmin, Victoria/Minho, hell, Victoria/Yunho, Victoria/Kyuhyun, and anything else that might make you madder. I hope she steals the hearts of all your precious darling oppas. Maybe if I am annoyed enough, it will actually push me to write again and it would just be like 8000 words of glorious Victoria being adorable with f(x) and everyone in SME and the entire China line outside SM as well, AND ALSO FUCKING ALL YOUR OPPAS. Creatively and flexibly.
I believe in an inherent difference between the term racism as it's used in everyday vernacular and as an academic term, but jesus fucking christ, no one ever try to tell me racism doesn't exist between "minorities". But that's also a term that doesn't really apply in the context that Asians aren't exactly the minority population in Asia, are they?
Anyway. Mostly I just wanted to vent about OMG HOW CAN ANYONE NOT LOVE VICTORIA :(((( /biased forever
And yeah, there is absolutely a part of me taking misplaced pride in her being awesome and Chinese, as if somehow our shared ancestry makes some of her awesomeness reflect on me. You wish, Mei. But going back to identity issues, I always do end up taking that extra bit of pride in someone Chinese being particularly amazing. You'd think the identification would be even stronger with someone who's Chinese-American but more oftentimes there is a sense of, rather than pride, someone who's been in my situation and did so much more with it. (*coughPriscillaChancough*) So I end up feeling disappointed in and disgusted with myself rather than happy/proud. I guess it's easier to take pride in someone like Victoria when I know there could never be a comparison. I ought to explore that more.
Speaking of race issues, though from a different angle, I think this is really worth reading in addressing the way Western journalists have been "reporting" about kpop and their disrespect towards it as a topic and failure to do basic due diligence in their research.
( Meandering thoughts of a kpop fan. )
Unrelated: I'm really happy Rafa managed to pull out a five-set win over Djokovic (what a match!) to get to the French Open finals. Ilu Nole but let's make some more history, Rafa. :DDD EIGHTH ROLAND GARROS TITLE, LET'S GO.
I'm just gonna say I ship Victoria/Nichkhun, Victoria/Changmin, Victoria/Minho, hell, Victoria/Yunho, Victoria/Kyuhyun, and anything else that might make you madder. I hope she steals the hearts of all your precious darling oppas. Maybe if I am annoyed enough, it will actually push me to write again and it would just be like 8000 words of glorious Victoria being adorable with f(x) and everyone in SME and the entire China line outside SM as well, AND ALSO FUCKING ALL YOUR OPPAS. Creatively and flexibly.
I believe in an inherent difference between the term racism as it's used in everyday vernacular and as an academic term, but jesus fucking christ, no one ever try to tell me racism doesn't exist between "minorities". But that's also a term that doesn't really apply in the context that Asians aren't exactly the minority population in Asia, are they?
Anyway. Mostly I just wanted to vent about OMG HOW CAN ANYONE NOT LOVE VICTORIA :(((( /biased forever
And yeah, there is absolutely a part of me taking misplaced pride in her being awesome and Chinese, as if somehow our shared ancestry makes some of her awesomeness reflect on me. You wish, Mei. But going back to identity issues, I always do end up taking that extra bit of pride in someone Chinese being particularly amazing. You'd think the identification would be even stronger with someone who's Chinese-American but more oftentimes there is a sense of, rather than pride, someone who's been in my situation and did so much more with it. (*coughPriscillaChancough*) So I end up feeling disappointed in and disgusted with myself rather than happy/proud. I guess it's easier to take pride in someone like Victoria when I know there could never be a comparison. I ought to explore that more.
Speaking of race issues, though from a different angle, I think this is really worth reading in addressing the way Western journalists have been "reporting" about kpop and their disrespect towards it as a topic and failure to do basic due diligence in their research.
( Meandering thoughts of a kpop fan. )
Unrelated: I'm really happy Rafa managed to pull out a five-set win over Djokovic (what a match!) to get to the French Open finals. Ilu Nole but let's make some more history, Rafa. :DDD EIGHTH ROLAND GARROS TITLE, LET'S GO.
