Underneath my yellow skin

Category Archives: Gender Issues

Still thinking about gender, though I wish I weren’t

I want to talk about gender, age, honorifics, and Asian culture for one more post. In the last post, I ended up talking about labels, toxic love, and whatever else was on my mind. Today, I’m going to continue the trend of intending to talk about one topic and ending up talking about anything but.… Continue Reading

Wish I may, wish I might (never think about gender again)

I am so done with gender, but it’s not done with me. Or rather, this society isn’t done with it. Here is my post about it from yesterday and how I could deal with age-based honorifics (barely), but I just can’t with gender-based ones. I know that this happens in some European countries, too. In… Continue Reading

When being a weirdo is too much

In yesterday’s post, I was talking about how I found East Asian culture to be fascinating (if incomprehensible). I was mentioning thatĀ  I’ve been watching Korean content, and I’ve been mildly obsessed with the tradition of calling people honorifics based on age and gender. I was talking about it with my mother because it’s similar… Continue Reading

“You’re unique” is a polite way to say I’m weird

The last time I talked to my mother, I brought up that I was watching Korean content, which meant that I was thinking about how people address each other in Korea. I had to while watching the content because it’s so strong and present. It’s similar in Taiwan, which was why I brought up with… Continue Reading

Free to be me (maybe?)

In yesterday’s post, I was talking about bras. Why? Because they are symbolic of societal norms that I consider pointless. I mentioned that so many women on the blog I was reading (and commenting) were so vehementy pro-bra, it surprised me. Not that they wore them or felt compelled to wear them, but that they… Continue Reading