So I've already written without thinking..

In my last post (YouTube and Raging Asain Women, below)...I didn't mean to make it seem like there are absolutely no Asian or Hapa women in mainstream media/culture. They are disproportionately few in number, sure, and have some stereotypical roles, sure. But not acknowledging the Asian/Hapa American actressess that have found success discredits their hard work and in effect discounts their existence and perpetuates exactly what I was complaining about.

I can still remember how I felt when I saw Tia Carrerre rockin out as Cassandra in Wayne's World, Kristin Kruek as Lois on Smallville, and the first time watching Margaret Cho on Comedy Central made me almost pee my pants laughing. And I think that Sandra Oh's character in Sideways was badass and inspirational. Especially when she rips that guy a new one for being an asshole (in fact that's the only worthwhile scene in the whole movie). Sandra Oh is a natural, beautiful, strong Korean American woman, and those are the characters she plays. She does not allow herself to be exoticized or marginalized in any of her roles, unlike some other actresses, and that's something to celebrate.

But I'm also not saying at all that women can't be sexual, or can't pose nude or anything like that. There is a difference between owning your sexuality and exuding sexual confidence and deliberately being essentially naked in every single scene in a movie (as envisioned by a male director) who's target audiences are young, straight, men.

I just wanted to add this onto yesterdays rant.