Chasing perfect

About this book

With information gathered from female Asian-American students attending Barnard College and Columbia University, Barnard junior Jordan Alam outlines common themes that affect how that population of women avoids, interacts with, and is perceived during psychological counseling. These themes include family honor, ”model minority” status to uphold, the invisibility and condemnation of queer Asian Americans, and the feminist model of individual empowerment that undermines the Asian American belief of inter-connectedness. This zine also defines and provides examples of "microaggressions," or small acts of stereotypical hatred, that Asian American women ubiquitously confront. A page of resources about Asian American women and psychology is included.