what is popular culture?
- cultures as multiraciality but not a melting pot
-> deliberate mixing of cultures to create what we know today as asian american culture - influence and power is key
- media standing in an (unspoken) hierarchy
choosing final essay topic:
home:
- food
- drawing/art
- the body
- warmth
- water
- comfort
- singing
- eyes
- plushies
- cats
- brown
pop culture:
- music
- tv
- art
- anime/manga
- video games
- kpop/kmusic
- jpop/jrock/jmusic
- lofi hip hop
- appropriation
APIA:
- being pilipinx and chicanx
- the diaspora
- east asian culture influences (japanese/chinese/korean)
- being in a relationship with someone more asian/more immersed in asian culture than me (both family + friends)