A Collection of Poetry About the Fetishization of Asian Women and Culture: Be Yourself, Stronger Than I Seem
 
In this collection we are allowed to see behind the lens of the challenges of being a young Asian American woman in the present time. In Be Yourselfwe hear the heart of a young Asian American woman who remembers back to per school and the mean things that her Caucasian counter parts said to her, all things that make her look at herself as if she is as ugly as they say she is. But in the present, she is bombarded with articles, research and new reports that Asian women are being fetishized by other women. Trying to change their physical appearance to look like them, dressing like them, gluing their eyes to reflect their eyes. It then makes her realize that she is beautiful and the “trend” that is Asian American women and their culture is an insult that they just don’t understand and never will. In Stronger Than I Seem we address the stereotypes of Asian American women and the idea that none of it is true. She speaks of the strength and pride that she has in being who the strong people in her life raised her to be. This collection makes us look at ourselves and the things that we see online or hear in person and dismiss not realizing that it is unacceptable behavior that must be changed. She owns her heritage. She owns her strength. She owns exactly who she is.
***Performance is written for an Asian woman.