Good Food
Addressing the issues of exoticizing Asian women and food
“In Hollywood, most of the time we don’t actually feel for Asian Americans. We see them in service of others,” writes Celine Parreñas Shimizu in a recent article for the Washington Post.
By Karen Tongson • • 13m Listen“In Hollywood, most of the time we don’t actually feel for Asian Americans. We see them in service of others,” writes Celine Parreñas Shimizu in a recent article for the Washington Post. Karen Tongson, Chef Minh Phan, and food writer Esther Tseng examine how the food landscape has stereotyped Asian women as often serving others, and being submissive and exotic.
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The full episode
2 of 5Representation, the value of labor, and activism in the AAPI community- 0:00Dr. Karen Tongson sits in as guest host for Good Food
- 5:57Addressing the issues of exoticizing Asian women and foodYou’re reading this
- 19:18‘That could have been my mom, my auntie’: Lien Ta after the Atlanta shootings
- 31:14Soon Mini: Using food as a catalyst for social activism
- 42:24When comfort television gets uncomfortable