OUR MANIFESTO

Utilising this website and social media platforms, we strive to demystify and investigate the issue of Asianfishing through our 3 key aims:

Raise awareness about Asianfishing as not a “new” phenomenon in the media but an increasingly persistent one, which incites damaging representations through the perpetuation and reinforcement of stereotypes in various communities worldwide.

Reveal how historically patriarchal views on Asian women as hyper-sexual commodities who exist to satisfy the male gaze are being relit by Western, often white, neoliberal women.

Explore Western understandings of Asian beauty culture and how this manifests in the media - it is important to know how certain representations tailor to appropriation and harmful ideas associated with Asian beauty culture. Theories surrounding Ways of Knowing will come into play to explore this further.

MEET THE CULTURE CRITICS

AMY

SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER

I’ve lived in Essex my whole life, and I’m in my second year of Media and Cultural Studies. For my degree, The topic of Asianfishing has appeared many times, and it is more prevalent than ever with the rise of Tiktok. I have also noticed the increase in popularity and fetishisation of 'Yellowface' across all social media platforms, so I’m glad we are addressing this issue.

YUYING

IMAGE MAKER

I was born and raised in Shanghai, China. It was only five months ago that I left China and came to the UK.

I'm pursuing a bachelor's degree in Media & Cultural studies. It’s my 2nd year of my Undergraduate studies.

Actually, I didn’t pay much attention to racial discrimination before. When scrolling through TikTok, I initially became aware of Asianfishing and noticed that racism is not an issue that can be ignored.

Traveling with friends in my spare time is a fascinated choice for me. Britain offers spectacular scenery, which has totally different style from that of my home country. I really enjoy living here.

ANOUK

WRITER

I'm half-English half-Spanish, and lived in South England all my life, I'm in my 2nd year doing BA Film, Media & Cultural Studies.

I find Asianfishing an important and very current topic which is greatly affecting Asian representations and manifesting itself in Gen-Z in particular.

I spend a lot of time on social media platforms, reading and watching films so this issue is nothing new but repeated ideas which have found themselves in modern media.

AIMEE

WEBSITE DESIGNER

I am from Bolton in Greater Manchester and I'm in my 2nd year doing BA Media and Cultural Studies.

I feel that Asianfishing is a highly topical issue that often goes unnoticed by many, but is an extremely harmful form of covert racism that reinforces unequal power structures through stereotypes, fetishisation and 'Othering' of Asian cultures. Therefore, I believe it is important to demystify and make clear these instances of racism in a way that is accessible and understandable to everyone, rather than being confined to those in academic spaces.

In my free time, I enjoy listening to music and reading a wide variety of books.