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The 8Asians.com Writers Talk About… Boobs

By Ernie | Friday, June 6, 2008 | Comments


A photo of, well... Asian boobs.Our internal e-mail lists have us discussing all kinds of stuff: Asian American identity, representation in the media, the experiences of activism in an academia setting and its progression as we transition to the working, adult world.

And sometimes, we talk about boobies.

Seeing that it’s a Friday, I compiled a recent e-mail thread on Asian breast size to this blog post and… well… you can read for yourself, after the jump.

Joz: maybe someone wants to do a separate post about the “flat-chestedness” of Asian women and boob jobs?

Anonymous male: lol. Are asian women getting boob jobs these days? What ever happened to petite cuteness? Geez.

Efren: Heh… Most of the Filipinas I know don’t have to worry about boob jobs… ;)

Jen: My mom calls mine: “Two chewed up pieces of gum stuck on pavement.” I think it’s a Korean expression.

Xxxtine: there is a reason I have to shop at the Asian malls for brassieres … they might as well be sports bras with lace. I just remember the lady at the store helping me out – In her best Taiwanese English Accent, “You want your bust to be CONCENTRATED.” – proceeded by putting her hands at her bust area and pointing them towards me like a fembot.

John: In high school, there was this classmate named Chrissie Atkins. She was fairly flat-chested, and had the nickname in school as “Chrissie Flatkins.” High school students can be so cruel.

Bo: When I gained my freshman 15…all of a sudden I grew C/D cup boobs. It was the best thing about gaining weight. And then when I lost those 15 (errr…maybe 20) after college I lost the boobs. Sigh.They were really really fun while they lasted. My mom though they were amazing too.

Jen: Any man boob stories, guys?? Women aren’t the only ones with breasts…

Efren: Oh god…you just reminded me when I was hanging out with a couple lesbian friends who were a couple and who were raising a kid together. Said kid (who was maybe 1-2 at the time) had a habit of jumping onto the butch’s back and feeling her up.

It didn’t help that the butch’s haircut and my haircut were very similar but that she’s obviously more top heavy than I am. Anyway, in the midst of our conversation, my friends look at me in horror as their kid mistakes me for the butch, jumps on my back… and realizes there’s nothing to hold onto. “He’s on the wrong butch!” the girlfriend said, before bursting into laughter.

As America is a breast-obsessed society how does that effect the self-image of Asian American women? Or am I just taking this blog post too seriously and we should talk about that delightful image of Kelly Hu in a see-through dress?

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  • Bo
    I would just like to clarify that I still love my boobs...there is just less to love.
  • Yes, Ernie, DESTROY our reputation that we are a forward thinking, highfalutin Asian American blog.

    Oh wait--we never said that we were, did we?

    And let me state for the record that I'm not really into boobs. Sry.
  • Xxxtine
    I love my boobies ... they really fit in the palm of my hands!
  • Akrypti
    I wouldn't say I have "boobies" or boobs. They're more like...boobettes. Or boobellas. You know. Like novels and novellas? If novels are to boobs, which most girls have, then novellas are to boobellas, which would be my front. Pun unintended at first, but then on second thought, intended.

    People never remember the boobellas. The world is all about the boobs. Same crap in the publishing industry. No one has cared about a novella since The Stranger. And even that one nobody really cares about.
  • OMG, akrypti, i nearly sprayed my computer screen when i read about your boobellas. that word deserves widespread distribution.
  • I have been following many Asian conscience sites such as Fallout Central, Fighting 44's, 8 Asians and Angry Asian Man. There has been something special going on.. since the topic of 8 Asians came up on the podcast with Fighting 44's addressing 8 Asians negatively, I was thrilled when Fallout Central featured representatives from 8 Asians on this week's podcast. Sadly 8 Asians did not step up to clarify their sides on the issue.

    But I did like how 8 Asians distinguished themselves from from other popular Asian conscience sites. For example, 8 Asians men and women talking about tits. Something Fallout Central, Fighting 44's or Angry Asian Man will never do because they would sound sexist. Despressingly there weren't a straight guy addressing the topic of titties.

    As a straight guy that respects all titties ranging from the tone of light to dark, I perfer the Asian titties ranging from small to big. But I also perfer the titties attached to a body that respects my Asian dick that has gone through the torment of being straight and dating in America (even if I am comfortable with my size, "others" will say otherwise). From those Asian purists: we did come from 2 Asian parents, why not respect our forebearers dicks that made us?

    Since we addressed tittes on the site, let's address the Asian dick next.
  • "we did come from two Asian parents, why not respect our forebearers dicks that made us?"


    You realize that's my new MySpace quote forever now, right?
  • Was I the only one thinking that's like the beginning of a really bad Asian gay daddy/son porn story?

    Yes, my mind's in the gutter. Y'all should be used to it by now.
  • jun
    no has really addressed anything about boobs... people are just anecdotally talking about them... as this post says this started out as an internal discussion among the writers... and I brought up Grace Park's recent complex magazine pics... sayin she is out of this world sexy even with a lack of cleavage...

    and for the sake of anecdotes, about dicks, when I visited Korea a couple of years back and experienced my first public all male bath for the first time......... I really dont want to even think about dicks, especially asian ones.... EVER.... lol
  • Jun: I think that if someone's confident, it doesn't matter what he or she has. There is something really attractive about Grace Park from the few times that I've seen BG, and those pictures you forwarded just prove it. (hey, just because I'm not attracted to women doesn't mean I can't appreciate someone for his or her beauty).

    Now what's the address of that public all male bath? ;) lol
  • Jun: Sexy is in the eye of the beholder as someone doesn't think that particular photoshoot was sexy at all: http://smatterist.com/grace-park-needs-modeling... . Then again, the author isn't so bright because he completely misunderstands Chae Yeon and goes by poorly translated news pieces from the poorly covered news headlines from Korean Entertainment media.

    The thing with Grace is that she's really mischievous, jokes around a whole lot and really isn't afraid to call you a crackwhore the first 10 seconds of meeting you. She started off modeling in her early 20s (I think - I remember her telling me she started everything late: modelling/ acting). Here is the article I wrote on her WAAAYYY before BSG: http://www.bananaliving.ca/article.php?aid=82 - she's the same person now as she was back then.

    But if you want a boobella story (using Akrypti's newly defined word):
    I was moving books from my desk to bring upstairs and was piling them on my arm - one by one. I felt that since I didn't have a chest that could get in the way, I could leverage the weight with my back and lean all the books on my chest as I was piling them on. When I went to put one book on top of another, it clipped my nipple in between. I yelped suddenly and jerked back ... then started giggling - a lot. (My mom was in earshot and asked what happened. I told her and she started laughing.) Just because they're small, doesn't mean they don't have feelings.
  • jun
    damn i forgot to mention i was addressing what 'jeremy he' said in my first comment...
    anyway...

    Efren: not telling, haha

    Xxxtine: your story totally happened to me too, except i was moving boxes, LOL...
  • B (oYo) BS!

    That is all.
  • All guys love boobs. But c'mon, after a while it gets a bit old. I guess it just looks good covered up. Oh, the element of surprise. But on the other hand, there are plenty of guys that could care less about the size of tits. Specifically, asian tits. It's the personality behind it! Holla.
  • Cat_D
    I went through the same thing that Bo did, and while I do appreciate my commendable size (compared to many of my asian sapphic sisters), the twins are such a pain to bind when doing the drag king thing...
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