a trope that i hate is an empowered westernized asian woman who is "not like other girls" shaming asian women and girls who are into lolita or high femme subcultures. i watched the trailer for kim's convenience and i knew i wouldn't touch that show with a ten-foot pole when the daughter figure side-eyed her korean cousin dressed in a lolita-adjacent outfit. it infuriates me because the outfit and cousin's behavior was framed as cringe - framed as "non-western", foreign, "girly", and weird - while the tomboy main character is the "normal" asian that everyone can relate to. just say you don't know the non-conformist, anti-patriarchy, punk roots of lolita and femme subcultures in east asia and leave 😭😭😭
















