i wish my frustration wasnt invalidated with raised eyebrows and pointed eye contact, and my fate sealed with a silent agreement that i am no longer to be listened to.
Movies- 20th century women (2016), Frances Ha (2012), Little women (2019), Barbie (2023), Ladybird (2017), Mistress America (2015), Maggie's Plan (2015)
“Asian women having their own desires and expressing them in an open, free way makes people uncomfortable because we should be only the objects of raunchy jokes, the objects of desire. We cannot be the subjects of our own wants.”
—Nancy Wang Yuen on how ‘Joy Ride’ centers Asian women’s desire in a refreshing way