#growing up asian

[surprisebitch]

i sent this tiktok to my dad and this was his response HAHA

#we're filipino or asian for context #my dad is really cool :) #growing up asian #asian problems #gaysian #lgbt #t

[itgetsbetterproject]

NEW on the guest blog for #AAPIHeritageMonth:

Joanna talks what it was like trying to live up to the standards of the "model minority" while also coming to terms with their queerness - and shares some amazing tips for helping you define your own community, find culturally-competent care, and be kind to yourself!

Amazing art is by their sister, IG: @hellohaupia.

"Growing up Asian, I had to keep secrets, including my queer identity and my emotional struggles. I had to keep these secrets from my family and my social circles because of the pressures enforced by the model minority myth and intergenerational trauma. The concept of the “model minority” defines Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) as groups that owe their socioeconomic and academic success to a stronger work ethic, as compared to other minority groups. This myth holds up systems of white supremacy by placing AAPI in a higher position than Black Americans based on microaggressions that one’s intelligence should be ascribed to race.

Model minority myth harms AAPI people. It is impossible to adhere to every standard that it sets. Model minority myth can bar individuals with emotional struggles from asking for support. If you have to uphold others’ unrealistic standards of you, it can impact how you view your own mental health.  When I was attending school..."

Read the rest here!

#it gets better #aapi #aapi heritage #aapi heritage month #model minority #aapi and queer #asian and queer #blog #growing up asian #aapi representation

[rinissse]

It’s funny how people who are not Asian will mock our eyes no matter what they look like, yet squint their eyes because they like how it looks and praise people their own race or other non-Asian races for having slanted/slim/almond/fox/siren eyes.

Asians are not the only race that can have a slimmer slanted eye shape, but y’all are only claiming it now because it’s now considered beautiful. Before you non-Asians would be making fun of your own people for having that eye shape and calling them “Asian eyes” or chinky. But, y’all can have that eye shape too. Y’all are just self haters. However, it’s still rooted in anti-asianness. I can understand why hate for certain features are rooted in anti-blackness. Why can’t y’all understand how this is rooted in anti-asianness.

#growing up asian #growing up asian american #asian #stop asian hate

[andannotations]

chang-hee’s monologue about never being appreciated by his father got me, an asian kid, crying in the club

#jtbc my liberation notes #yeom mi jeong #yeom chang hee #my liberation diary #my liberation notes #jtbc #mr gu #asian kid #growing up asian #asian household

[balsemicvinegar]

BUT I

BUT I DONT WANT

I DONT WANT RICE

#rice #asian memes #growing up asian #the real experience

[chopsticksandcheese]

Have your parents/grandparents ever tell you that if you don’t finish all your food you’ll have to eat maggots to replace it after you die? Effective AF because I still finish all my food to this day…or I shove it on someone else’s plate and pray that they eat those maggots for me.

#growing up asian #trauma bonding

[nostalgicfortomorrow]

Opinoin: Linkin Park Numb Asians

Numb by Linkin park should really be the asian parent anthem. My dad listened to it and died laughing because that's actually what happened to him and partly to me. Don't believe me? check these lyrics out.

"Don't know what you're expecting of me Put under the pressure of walking in your shoes"

"I've become so numb I can't feel you there"

"I'm tired of being what you want me to be"

"You were just like me with someone disappointed in you"

"Every step that I take is another mistake to you"

DO YOU SEE MY VISION?



#asian parent anthem #linkin park #numb #numb song #asians #growing up asian #grunge #punk #shitpost #realisation #rock #punk rock

[anotherfanaccount]

Do all parents showcase their children like trophies??

Or they really care about the happiness of the kids....do they even know what their kids want?

Growing up in an Asian household it always has baffled me how conservative the parents can be while claiming the freedom they've apparently kindly bestowed.

It scrambles a part of my brain so bad like what part of the issue are you not seeing.

#Asian household #growing up Asian #sometimes I just hate it #ranting here because just because #I should go watch a movie or something

[yupdasmeboi]

Growing Up Asian #8

When getting a 90% isn't met with a good job but instead a "why isn't it 100?" and "study more for next time"

#growing up asian

[lightstar789]

The Desi urge to say “chill bro” to my parents in the most Indian accent I can muster

#india #asia #growing up asian

[musings-n-museums]

for immigrant daughters + for my grandma

sa hindi pag-alala by munimuni || pinterest || biyaheng pier 1963 (pinterest) || the true meaning of nostaglia (the new yorker) drawn by eleni kalorkoti || part of your world by alan menken (the little mermaid) || godspeed by frank ocean || manila street scene (1954) taken by ed_mola / eduardo de leon || ruth 1:16 from the bible || white ferrari by frank ocean || everything everywhere all at once directed by daniel Kwan and daniel scheinert

#web weaving #filipino music #poem #spilled poetry #spilled thoughts #web weave #immigrant daughter #filipino #asian poetry #immigration #poetry #writing #writeblr #poetryblr #poetry blog #poetic #on love #on sorrow #on growing up #growing up #moving away #life #nostalgia #southeast asia #web weavings #webweaving

[xinyuehui]

Am I rich? When I cut a person's hair, I get 30% and the boss gets 70% of the cut!!

#oh no! here comes trouble #oh no here comes trouble #不良執念清除師 #不良执念清除师 #twdramaedit #asiandramasource #dailyasiandramas #cdramasource #dramasource #twdrama #taiwanese drama #caps #ye baosheng #Cheryl Yang #Yang Chin Hua #Tseng Jing Hua #pu yiyong #ep12 #this conversation!!!! made me cry so much i love baosheng ma 😭 this hit me hard #growing up in a asian family you will know that parents tend to have very different views to school and jobs and its hard to talk about #he was never scolded or pressured to do well in school despite being the bottom of the class #all the unconditional love he got from his family is what made him so compassionate and kind

[rinissse]

Dear white people, the pressure to be thin didn't come from my Asian culture. It was white people and their idea of an Asian body. It was white people who body shamed me for being a healthy weight, and it was also white people who body shamed me for being too thin at some points in my life that I had no control over. Who did I hear from that "Asians are naturally skinny"? Not my people.

Traditionally, thinness is not ideal in Hmong culture. I've always been skinny shamed for my body from my relatives. I surprisingly didn't receive many fat shaming comments from my relatives for being a normal weight. I received only one fat shaming comment on my thighs. Skinny shaming comments were more frequent though when my weight fluctuated lower. No one expressed a desire to be that thin.

Only white girls expressed that desire, either asking me how my body is so thin or insulting me by calling me an "anorexic bitch" while desiring to be that thin. When not as thin and at a normal healthy weight, I'd be called fat or "fat for an Asian". Who said those words? Not my people.

Who views fat Asians as more American? You. Who views fat Asians as less Asian? You again. Who spread the lie that Asians are naturally thin and don't need to watch what they eat because you equate thinness to health? You. Not my people.

#fuck your white narrative #asian american #hmong american #aapi #beauty standards #asian beauty standards #model minority myth #not your model minority #growing up asian #growing up in a white community #body shaming #skinny shaming #essay #me at a healthy weight vs me at a lower weight difference in body shaming

[adversarialaccountant]

Comic about realizing after you graduate that you maybe stunted your own creative growth by not realizing sooner that you probably should have just taken a creative writing minor 4 funsies

#aa art #comics #asian artist #studyblr #god i am not good at tagging ive completely forgotten how to do this #growing up #adulting #that one is for the lulz #rent #ill put that one in for the reference #every time i tag things i rub my little hands together and just do some free word association and its embarrassing every time #harrison ford #instagram #guy with an egg for a head

[alexithymia3008]

#desi #desi tag #desiblr #desi memes #pakistanimemes #mumbai indians #Indian cinema #just desi things #growing up brown #growing up desi #growing up south asian

[xhanisai]

every time i (a mixed race girl) come across a post that’s basically saying that Marinette, a mixed race girl, isn’t Chinese enough, my urge to set hellfire on this world increases by 100000000%.

#ml fandom salt #miraculous ladybug #miraculous ladybug and chat noir #this isn't just white people saying this shit i've seen non whites going around with this #and ofc it's always the americans #more like AMERICUNTS FUCKS SAKE #listen i don't mind if you're like 'ooo i like marinette with brown eyes or grey eyes' or if you're like #'hey i made this neat redesign of marinette and she looks a bit more chinese here' #BUT #i can't stand it when people go around saying SHE SHOULD LOOK/ACT more CHINESE #FUCK OFF #my family and I are decendents of east asia and guess what SOME OF US HAVE BLUE EYES #and miraculous is a FICTIONAL show #judging someone's race by eye colour or eye SHAPE is stereotypical #i am not chinese enough to fit in china and i'm not british enough to fit in england and i'm not south asian enough to fit there or south #east asian enough to fit there DESPITE being a mix of all of this shit #like it is bad enough growing up being mixed and being told by so many people i'm not X enough #and now seeing my fave characters go through this shit too??? fuck off #ugh i'm so tired #fuck this fandom sometimes