Kung Fu Vagina LEMON

Another month, another cultural appropriation!


This week we are switching things up. You might notice the show sounds a bit different and that's because we'll only be focusing on one topic per week to give us more time to really dig deeper into the topics we cover. Also, we're both expecting really a busy year for us personally so we wanted to make it manageable for ourselves.


BUT let's talk about the problematic sex and relationship coach Kim Anami's music video called 'Kung Fu Vagina'. Anami landed in hot waters last week after she culturally appropriated Asian culture to sell and promote her online courses.


There's a few problematic things about the video
- It samples Carl Douglas' catchy but problematic 70's song ' Kung Fu Fighting' which has the oriental riff
- The music video fetishizes Asian women
- Anami wears chopsticks in her hair
- Mismatch Chinese & Japanese culture: although the intention to appropriate Chinese culture, she wears a Kimino...
- It uses the WONTON FONT, which further perpetuates what Westerners think Chinese characters look like


Since recording, we have learnt that she's been deleting comments about those pointing out the cultural appropriation and Twitter users have found that she's publicly liked anti-BLM tweets. Do we see a pattern here?


This week, Phil recommends watching the Korean drama 'True Beauty' which is available on Viki.


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