loved reading this—simultaneously so funny AND good commentary on our geopolitical/cultural times
also this was hilarious and I am now a SUBSCRIBER…looking forward to more of your posts!!
‘Ten years ago, this would’ve been the fodder for an essay about “cultural appropriation” from some second-generation Asian American who believed that congee was a sacred food or that white people needed permits to enter Asian supermarkets.’
the whole chinese trend/fad is one that i’m a little uncomfortable with as a taiwanese american lmao (even though it’s objectively hilarious). great read!
Ellison owns TikTok to push the pro-Zionist nnarrative.
US teens were becoming too well informed about "israel" and it's genocide of Palestine on TikTok, and so now all criticism of "israel" is increasingly quashed as on Facebook, Youtube and Instagram.
It's so wild to me that Asian Americans or white people would be aghast when I told them I was moving to China in 2013. Once you go there, you realize that the quality of life can be better and that we've been fed political BS. I remember taking a Marxist class during my exchange program in China and the textbooks critiqued gun violence, drug abuse, and poverty in America. It did radicalize me as a fresh 20 year old and I haven't looked back.
I don't know if we're actually considered cool yet. Remember when people used to take Chinese classes in the US until Trump shut down Confucius institutes?
I think there's a while to go and the tankie thing is an ironic pose.
Michael Winterbottom’s 2003 movie “Code 46” unleashed a certain Western fascination with futuristic China. A few years later Nick Land emigrated to Shanghai. Neo-China had arrived from the future and Sinofuturism was in full swing. I was there shooting commercials and was ultra-taken by Chinese cultural signifiers. At the time I figured they’d travel faster than they have, but it turns out accelerationism includes a lot of waiting around.
loved reading this—simultaneously so funny AND good commentary on our geopolitical/cultural times
also this was hilarious and I am now a SUBSCRIBER…looking forward to more of your posts!!
‘Ten years ago, this would’ve been the fodder for an essay about “cultural appropriation” from some second-generation Asian American who believed that congee was a sacred food or that white people needed permits to enter Asian supermarkets.’
thank u for writing this I've been waiting for someone to address it for ages
was guffawing by the final line. so funny and smart...a slay
the whole chinese trend/fad is one that i’m a little uncomfortable with as a taiwanese american lmao (even though it’s objectively hilarious). great read!
Ellison owns TikTok to push the pro-Zionist nnarrative.
US teens were becoming too well informed about "israel" and it's genocide of Palestine on TikTok, and so now all criticism of "israel" is increasingly quashed as on Facebook, Youtube and Instagram.
Now where did I put my 超市回乡证grocery store permit?
"Some time ago, I was hanging around a Fort Greene bar" oh you had me locked in from the start
Is it still ok to wear my Tang jacket?
It's so wild to me that Asian Americans or white people would be aghast when I told them I was moving to China in 2013. Once you go there, you realize that the quality of life can be better and that we've been fed political BS. I remember taking a Marxist class during my exchange program in China and the textbooks critiqued gun violence, drug abuse, and poverty in America. It did radicalize me as a fresh 20 year old and I haven't looked back.
This was so funny and wemby is the goat
Loved this!
Loved this essay. Any interest in recording a podcast about it w me and afra wang?
I don't know if we're actually considered cool yet. Remember when people used to take Chinese classes in the US until Trump shut down Confucius institutes?
I think there's a while to go and the tankie thing is an ironic pose.
Michael Winterbottom’s 2003 movie “Code 46” unleashed a certain Western fascination with futuristic China. A few years later Nick Land emigrated to Shanghai. Neo-China had arrived from the future and Sinofuturism was in full swing. I was there shooting commercials and was ultra-taken by Chinese cultural signifiers. At the time I figured they’d travel faster than they have, but it turns out accelerationism includes a lot of waiting around.