How Mitski and K Rizz are Debunking Asian Female Stereotypes in Music
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Recently, a long-overdue crop of Asian-American female musicians have been making tangible strides, giving Asian women much needed visibility in genres typically dominated by white men. At the forefront of this are K Rizz and Mitski, two women whose very presence combats this perception of the yielding Asian woman. As Asian women who are vocal about their needs and wants, they confront conventional Western stereotypes through both songs and performance; K Rizz defying the image of the sexually-meek Asian woman or Mitski’s lyrics illustrating us as fully-fleshed out human beings. That there are even a multiplicity of viewpoints is a vast improvement over the traditional media portrayal of Asian women as a breathing body pillow that fulfills your needs without all the hassle of actual communication, courtship, or consideration.
