"It’s not just gay people Gaga has offended. For some, lumping together ‘Orient’, ‘beige’ and ‘chola descent’ is not so much inclusive as condescending, verging on colonial. Why would it feel empowering for a Chinese person to be reminded by an American singer that they were ‘born this way’; (Chinese? Surely they knew that already), while also being implicitly told they’re the same as everyone else from the Far East?"

Andrew Eaton, The Scotsman (via kabinessence)

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