What it Feels Like to Be Fetishized with Kaila Yu

19/08/2025 50 min
What it Feels Like to Be Fetishized with Kaila Yu

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Episode Synopsis

Kaila Yu, author of the newly released book Fetishized, joins us to discuss the fetishization of Asian Women in the Western Media. We cover the 2000s as problematic,  Memoirs of a Geisha, how stereotypes affect mental health, dating, and building up your self-esteem after being fetishized, the nuance of sexualization, and more. We also nibble on being a foodie, LA restaurants, Emily Ratajkowski, Sabrina Carpenter, the empathy crisis, menopause, not being honest about plastic surgery, etc.