Renkon

What are your thoughts on kaigai idols, and the whole blowup on the left that happened when tiktok and Hasan went after Sob3rt cuz he thought they were appropriators?

it's sort of incredible how little of this ask i understand. to answer your question, my thoughts on this matter are as follows:

kavita @yrgirlkv6/22/2024, 3:49 AM

oh god this is about orientalism isn't it. i did a brief search for "kaigai" which apparently is japanese for "overseas" and together with "appropriators" i have to assume this was sent to me because i've been posting about orientalism recently. anyway my answer remains exactly the same

Renkon @renkotsuban6/22/2024, 6:27 AM

Sorry! This post has been deleted by its original author.

kavita @yrgirlkv6/22/2024, 6:36 AM

lol no i mean it's the entitlement right? you know whoever this is came to my inbox "oh she's asian i bet she'll do the discourse dance for me." and like, sure i'm not deeply wounded by it or whatever but my patience with being a subject of eternal consumption is nevertheless growing quite thin!

#edward said was right

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in reply to @yrgirlkv's post:

Ruby Soleil-Raine @soleilraine6/22/2024, 3:35 AM

Folks, if we are to live in a functioning society, we can’t just presume everyone knows everything about everything

in reply to @yrgirlkv's post:

Sherliz Holmes @JhoiraArtificer6/22/2024, 3:58 AM

You are not the only person I've seen get this exact same ask too so. Yeah.

invertigo hayfever @the-doomed-posts-of-muteKi6/22/2024, 6:51 AM

you'd think at some point whoever sent it would at least look up sorb3t's name

in reply to @renkotsuban's post:

lani @spinning-valiant6/22/2024, 6:41 AM

death by 1000000 cuts is still a form of harassment, in my opinion

Renkon @renkotsuban6/22/2024, 6:45 AM

That's true 😭 I am very tired ahahaha

RANK OUT!@rin-mari6/22/2024, 7:50 AM

They are directly the reason I turned off anon asks

They sent me one last wordsoup of an ask and they were apparently feeling The White Guilt and you know what idgaf. I hope they stay self-loathing

Renkon @renkotsuban6/22/2024, 7:52 AM

LMAO 💀 💀 💀 It's like Tumblr up in here, except without Tumblr's decade+ of posts explaining why you shouldn't be sending asks like this

in reply to @yrgirlkv's post:

Renkon @renkotsuban6/22/2024, 6:41 AM

"Please tell me if it's okay to keep consuming XYZ media that depicts You People" is the most cursed ask and I am mad that this is making up such a large amount of the current Discourse lmao

invertigo hayfever @the-doomed-posts-of-muteKi6/22/2024, 6:52 AM

I'd be so tempted in your position to reply with "do you think I'm the fuckin pope of japan"

kavita @yrgirlkv6/22/2024, 6:54 AM

i also like this response

Renkon @renkotsuban6/22/2024, 6:58 AM

I really ought to 😭😭😭

kavita @yrgirlkv6/22/2024, 6:54 AM

honestly you'd be well within your right make a post that just gives a generic answer and delete them all. hell, don't bother with step 1 here; you don't owe people your time. i didn't tag my share with orientalism or racism because even now i'm wary of diluting those labels, but the entitlement people have to our opinions is still born of that same undercurrent imo

Renkon @renkotsuban6/22/2024, 6:57 AM

Oh yeah for sure, I've just been deleting them, but the psychic damage I receive is. lmao. god

RANK OUT!@rin-mari6/22/2024, 8:17 AM

Me: (offhandedly mentions I'm Filipino in certain US-centric discords)

Every white person in the server: "Hey, so what do you think about Bongbong Marcos or other hot-button Philippine eco/pol issue?"

Me: "bruh, I don't live there. I'm US-grown and only go visit the country every 2-3 years for 2-3 weeks at a time lmao"