There are so many questions about being in our 20s. How do we find our purpose and direction at home, with our friends, and at work? Am I experiencing a Quarter-Life Crisis? Do we find our work meaningful? What am I looking for in my partner? Are my friendships serving my emotional needs? What can I do to better look after myself?Join me and let's talk about our thinking patterns, meaningful hobbies, and all the fun milestones of our 20s.
There are so many questions about being in our 20s. How do we find our purpose and direction at home, with our friends, and at work? Am I experiencing a Quarter-Life Crisis? Do we find our work meaningful? What am I looking for in my partner? Are my friendships serving my emotional needs? What can I do to better look after myself?Join me and let's talk about our thinking patterns, meaningful hobbies, and all the fun milestones of our 20s.
Join me for a conversation about "Oxford Study" comments, where the stereotypes against Asian men and women come from, the role of media in perpetuating these harmful stereotypes against women in relationships with white men, the role asian men in redirecting their hate towards asian women in these relationships, and the future moving forward :)
Articles I used in my research:
Dazed Digital (2024) ‘The Oxford study is bullshit: Asian women, white men’, Dazed Digital. Available at: https://www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture/article/66017/1/the-oxford-study-is-bullshit-asian-women-white-men (Accessed: 15 March 2025).
The Guardian (2024) ‘Asian women dating white men: Fake Oxford study’, The Guardian, 12 June. Available at: https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/12/asian-women-dating-white-men-fake-oxford-study (Accessed: 15 March 2025).
JoySauce (2024) ‘Enough with the Oxford study’, JoySauce. Available at: https://joysauce.com/enough-with-the-oxford-study/ (Accessed: 15 March 2025).
Murali Balaji, Tina Worawongs, The New Suzie Wong: Normative Assumptions of White Male and Asian Female Relationships, Communication, Culture and Critique, Volume 3, Issue 2, June 2010, Pages 224–241, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1753-9137.2010.01068.x
Pacific Ties (2024) ‘The assumptions, accusations, and animosity of the Oxford study’, Pacific Ties. Available at: https://pacificties.org/the-assumptions-accusations-and-animosity-of-the-oxford-study/ (Accessed: 15 March 2025).
Peng, R. 2024, Asian women are more than just the “Oxford study” | Identity Unveiled, Carlsbad (Accessed: 15 March 2025).