get to know me !
hiii <3 recently i've been gaining more attention on here so i thought i'd reintroduce myself <3
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abt me (camryn):
𝜗𝜚 being a girl blogger is in fact my only personality trait (blog started 01/04/24)
𝜗𝜚 march pisces
𝜗𝜚 canadian (ont)!!
𝜗𝜚 could talk abt lana del rey and lady gaga for hours on end
𝜗𝜚 i also love st vincent, stevie nicks, & beyoncé
𝜗𝜚 100% actually married to evan peters (#1 austin sommers stan)
𝜗𝜚 lover of all things vintage
𝜗𝜚 slavic/balkan
𝜗𝜚 doll collector! (hoarder)
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socials/other media:
my second account (dollblr)
spotify
** my playlist recs based on ur vibes
airbuds
discogs
goodreads
pinterest
vsco
instagram (not my main 🙏)
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just some basic info/ground rules:
𝜗𝜚 i don't have a dni; i probably won't block u if u act like a decent human being
𝜗𝜚 safe space for ppl with EDs as well as ppl in recovery
𝜗𝜚 if u want me to make u a moodboard send me an ask!! (open as of rn)
𝜗𝜚 mutuals feel free to tag me in posts that you think id like cuz ur all so talented and i wanna hype u all up 💗💗💗
𝜗𝜚 i make moodboards based off my favourite lyrics from songs; u can find them if u search 'lyric posting'
𝜗𝜚 all the moodboards i make for mutuals/from requests are tagged with #moodboard
𝜗𝜚 i also tend to shitpost every thought i have throughout the day so sorry in advance
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In 2022, Corinne Tan was announced as the American Girl Doll of the Year and heavily promoted as a way of raising awareness about anti-Asian racism during COVID. But what message did her story send?
When Corinne Tan debuted, AsAms were offended by the synopsis and how it centered a white man in what's supposed to be a COVID racism story. Once I heard the book had been fast tracked for two live-action specials on HBO Max and Cartoon Network, I knew more harm was coming. In the rare instances Western media talks about anti-Asian racism, it's downplayed. Instead, narratives are used to reinforce the 1) Model Minority Myth, 2) Asian gender divide, and 3) "correct" levels of assimilation. Unsurprisingly, Corinne Tan’s story does all of these.
There's a place for stories about divorce and blended families, but this story isn't it. COVID racism is specifically about the threat of AAPI being verbally or physically assaulted by non-AAPI. The author's choice to emphasize conflict within an Asian family is inappropriate.
Instead of empathizing with David Tan's inability to work during the pandemic—a real problem that has devastated many AAPI families and businesses—it's the reason Judy divorces him. The story not only erases racism as a reason for AAPI pandemic joblessness, but victim-blames. It implies her parents have an antagonistic relationship because her dad isn't white and rich, and that makes him an inferior romantic partner. Despite referencing a slur meant for Asian men, the story never acknowledges that her dad experiences racism too.
Another appalling aspect is how Corinne, an 11-year-old girl, is responsible for teaching a grown white man to empathize with her experiences of racism—because her mom won't. Not only does Judy never talk to Arne about racism, she lets him gaslight Corinne in front of her. Judy seems fixated on wealth and achievement over her daughters' emotional safety. When the family lived with David, the walls were decorated with the daughters' artwork. In Arne's house, Judy is concerned with protecting the aesthetic chosen by Arne's professional decorator.
This is why the Eileen Gu poster becomes such a sticking point. While David encourages his daughters to embrace Chinese culture in everything, Judy seems to apply it only to her restaurant. Is it because Arne tells her he hoped marrying a chef would mean never buying takeout?
Meanwhile, Arne, a rich white businessman—who calls himself Goldilocks and whose behavior the author describes as "clueless" racism—gets sympathetic treatment. His fear of heights and dogs is equated to Corinne's fear of racists, as if it's a phobia to overcome via willpower.
Recall that the purpose of Corinne Tan's story is to educate about AAPI experiences with racism during COVID. Mattel, owner of American Girl, hired a panel of AsAm academics and consultants to tell her story with "authenticity and accuracy." So how did it turn out so harmful?
It's because the AsAm consultants for this project and many similar projects—like Dr. Jennifer Ho—are out-of-touch with our community. Insulated by wealth and/or whiteness they've chosen, they think they've acknowledged their privilege, but their work shows they're still reinforcing it.
The broader problem is that racist and misogynist white men control media. Regardless of gender, sexuality, or marital status, AAPI are given media power only when they internalize and repeat white men’s messaging. This isn't limited to fiction—it affects real-life activism too.
A picture says a thousand words, and it speaks volumes that Stop AAPI Hate chose to literally center white men in the photo accompanying their hate crime data report summarizing the past two years. Of those "thousands of voices," it isn't hard to guess who's prioritized. Stop AAPI Hate pushes the same message as Corinne Tan's story: racist white men deserve more humanity and sympathy than actual AAPI male victims. Hating and erasing AAPI men is required to show that you're a "safe" Asian deserving of resources and support. (see my data thread about how hate crime data is manipulated to erase AAPI men as victims)
It's bad enough that an entire gender is being cut out from resources and empathy, but what Corinne Tan’s story reveals is another disturbing trend: AAPI youth are being groomed into normalizing having racist white men in their lives, specifically in their families and homes.
Corinne Tan is a middle grade story (ages 8-12). For its consulting, Mattel partnered with AAPI Youth Rising, a non-profit led by AAPI middle schoolers. At the time, Dr. Ho was president of the Association for Asian American Studies, which helps shape AsAm studies in schools. It's not a stretch to think Corinne's mom Judy, who puts Corinne in harm's way by refusing to address her white husband’s "clueless” racism, is reflective of the behavior of AAPI adults involved in Stop AAPI Hate and other AsAm orgs—they gave the story their stamp of approval.
Anti-Asian hate crimes against AAPI should've brought the community closer together. Instead, we've been segregated further, and the AAPI who hurt the community the most have hoarded the empathy, media attention, and resources for themselves. How can any of us heal like this?
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For those of you that don't know, American Girl and Harry Potter have collaborated to create a collection of doll outfits and accessories. Naturally, transgender, nonbinary, and Jewish fans, as well as fans of color are furious about this. Not only are JK Rowling's ideas offensive and dangerous, they directly contrast with American Girl's values.
Through the mail (there is an excellent template here)
American Girl
P.O. Box 620497
Middleton, WI 53562-0497
Or by commenting on this Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch-GK6PJP2w/
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