Hello, Iām Angela and my url isĀ milktitty.tumblr.com. ^^
Just a year ago, I wouldnāt have been bothered if Ā someone were to refer to me as āexotic.ā In fact, I would have been flattered. I thought that it meant that I was somehow special or different. My mother felt the same way. Actually, she still feels that way. She was the one who had initially convinced me of the idea after all.
Iām Filipina. Filipina women, toĀ them, are supposed to be this extra exotic breedā¦ Not only are we Asian but weāre also tan, have big eyes (donāt worry theyāre still nice and almond-shaped!), and often have Spanish surnames. How cool! How unique! HowĀ exotic! Yeah, the Philippines was conquered by the Spanish for a while, so that kinda makes them like Mexicans right? Yeah, like the Mexicans of Asia! (I canāt believe I didnāt speak out against such bullshitā¦)
Little did I know that these people (mostly white menā¦) who āpreferredā Filipina girls for their āexoticnessā were actually gross fetishizers. The idea of appearing somehow different and mysterious to these dudes at first seemed appealing. But then you realize that those people donāt really see you for youā¦
They see how different you are from them. They see all the stereotypes that you are supposedly comprised of instead of your actual personality. They see the woman in that super freaky foreign porn that they watched just a few days ago. Their perspective of you is severely warped by a thick veil covering their eyes, and that veil is called fetishization.
And the very sad part is that a good amount of Filipin@s, woman and men and everyone in between, are proud of being seen this way! Filipin@ pride is a great thing. Iām very proud of being Filipina! But being thought of as this bizarre and unusual item from a faraway land should not be something weāre proud of. This should not be included in the celebration of being Filipin@. Weāre supposed to reject it, but sadly many of us either embrace it or just donāt care enough about it.
Hopefully those Filipin@s will someday open their eyes and see how fucking messed up it all is. Dear Filipin@s, please donāt support such a gross perception of yourselves.
Fuck fetishization. Fuck racism. Fuck whiteness. Fuck being āexotic.ā
I AM NOT EXOTIC.Ā Iām not a strange dish or some kind of imported rug.
And the same goes for you. Remember this and have a good life.
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