23 June 06 in Roundup
Yes, this is just a flimsy excuse to post Zadie Smith’s photo. Wanna fight about it?
- According to former Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss, Asian chicks are hot right now—as hot as threesomes, even—because they’re clean and presentable and submissive. Thanks for setting us back 30 years Heidi. [Maxim Online]
- And white people are hot in Bollywood, at least in part because they do things on camera that Indians won’t do. This should come as no surprise to anyone who’s viewed hardcore porn in the last ten years. [MeFi]
- Fearing internet sex predators, Canada plans to raise its age of consent to 16. Right now a million pederasts are frantically clicking through MySpace profiles looking for one last fling. [Yahoo News]
- Talented Brit author Zadie Smith says she isn’t a spokesperson for multiculturalism. Frankly, I like it that way. [Mixed Media Watch]
More: Stereotypes,
Asian,
Indian,
Canadian,
Mixed,
Multiculturalism,
Bollywood
16 May 06 in Commentary
Desi babes are the new “it” girls on the American dating scene, at least according to The Telegraph:
Amisha Upadhyaya’s fine-featured dusky face and cascading waist-length black hair would turn any man’s head. But Upadhyaya, a young New York-based writer-director, admits it helps that Americans consider Indian women to be beautiful and strong. This favourable reputation has certainly contributed to propelling Indian women’s success in the United States, she says.
Indian women are the saucy new dish on the American dating scene. Until recently, American men had a taste for east Asian women — Japanese, Chinese, Korean and so on. Now, their appetites whetted by Aishwarya Rai’s pout in popular fashion magazines and hip hop artist Maya Arulpragasam, aka MIA’s, gutteral crooning, Western men are craving desi babes.
What I find alternately frustrating and amusing about these articles is their continual focus on the mating preferences of white men, as if “exotic” women don’t exist until white men discover them. Much is made of the stereotype-driven appeal of the exotic flower, and then towards the end of the piece we get the reaction of the lust-object. Men of different races are of course invisible, unless we’re talking about the endlessly fascinating phenomenon of black men plucking innocent white flowers.
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More: Stereotypes,
Interracial,
Dating,
Indian,
White
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8 May 06 in Roundup
Today we’re starting on a high note and ending on a low note. At least I’m breaking the bad news gently.
- I found this stimulating collection of surrealist erotic photography via a photo gallery over on Nerve. And if you’ve been reading ethnorotica for a while you know how much the Laughing Man loves surreal shit. [MI-ZO]
- I’m working on adding some Indian content to my already impressive collection of smut sites. In the meantime you’ll have to get your Indian porn somewhere else. [Debonair Blog]
- Three out of four MeFites agree: Playboy was better in the 60’s and 70’s, before airbrushing and basketball-sized tits became the norm. If you ask me though, Playboy is still way too white. [MeFi]
- The New York Times offers a chilling look at American conservatives’ war on contraception. As usual, we can expect the poor and minorities to bear the brunt of the collateral damage. [New York Times]
More: Surrealism,
Asian,
Indian,
Playboy,
Reproductive Freedom
26 April 06 in Roundup
This week ethnorotica brings you a healthy serving of sloppy seconds in a trailer park. Or something like that.
- White trash is the new ghetto fabulous. I hear cross-burning is poised for a comeback too. [MSNBC]
- Say what you will about disgraced nineteen-year-old novelist Kaavya Viswanathan (and, predictably, the media are riding the overachieving Indian stereotype pretty hard), she’s actually kinda cute. [Harvard Independent]
- According to the New York Times’ puff piece on pervy fashion magnate Dov Charney, it’s “edgy” to use minorities in ad campaigns. [New York Times]
- Hard up for a date? Then lower your standards, or, y’know, do the unthinkable and cross color lines. [Miami Herald]
More: White,
Indian,
Black,
Stereotypes,
Interracial,
Kaavya Viswanathan
20 April 06 in Roundup
One day someone, somewhere will make a really hot celebrity sex tape. Until then we can only dream of what might have been.
- The internets just can’t get enough of those “wacky Japs.” Instructional video shows Japanese businessmen how to get it on with white American girls. [vSocial]
- Fleshbot posts screencaps from the Carolyn Murphy sex tape, gets spanked by the supermodel’s lawyers. The video, however, is still surprisingly easy to download—that is, if girls with no tits, no hips, no ass, and no dance moves are your bag. [Fleshbot]
- Indian outsourcing isn’t just for IT departments anymore. Westerners outsource their pregnancies too. [Mixed Media Watch]
- Let’s be real here: frat boy lit is really white boy lit. [New York Times]
More: Japanese,
Engrish,
White,
Scandal,
Carolyn Murphy,
Sex Tape,
Indian,
Exploitation,
Literature
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