#8: Lessons from writing about the cultural insensitivities of Queer Eye Japan

Nov 26, 2019

This past week, I published an article addressing the cultural insensitivities of Queer Eye Japan. Lots of learnings and also four key lessons to share with you.

 

In this episode, we cover:

• Feedback from the show
• Following Western advice all of my life as a queer Asian man
• Why Western ideologies don’t work for Asians
• Embracing the edits
• Doubting myself before publishing the article
• Why all of our intersections and identities matter
• Why it’s important to focus on the good

 

Resources:

My Culture is Not Your Toy: A Gay Japanese Man’s Perspective on Queer Eye Japan

Netflix’s ‘Queer Eye: We’re in Japan!’ highlights a big problem with mainstream LGBTQ advocacy

 

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So much love for you and I’ll talk to you later. Bye! ♥️