Social Science - Sociology Assignment discussion week 14

Week 14 assignment

Reading

Part 1

· Keni Stylez

· Shimizu 2016 - Screening Shirtless AZN Men (File)

· “Mightier than the Sword” in SF Gate by Jeff Yang (2010)

· https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Mightier-than-the-sword-2481504.php#taboola-1

Part II

· Peter Fever

· “Peter Le: Asian American Gay Adult Content Producer Discusses his Heritage, Career, and Club Appearances in Bejing” by Margaux Schreurs in The Bejinger (2015)

· https://www.thebeijinger.com/blog/2015/08/16/peter-le-asian-american-gay-adult-content-producer-discusses-his-heritage-career-and

· “Peter Le (Peter Fever)” Interviewed by GoldenGAMcom (2012)

· https://youtu.be/La2UJE3xgbM

Part III

· Jeremy Long

· “UC Berkeley Student Moonlighting as a Porn Star” by KPIX CBS SF Bay Area (2015)

· https://youtu.be/XXrBfkpUECM

· “UC Berkeley Law Student, Porn Star, Talks Balancing School and Work” in The Californian by Rachel Garner (2015)

· https://www.dailycal.org/2015/02/13/uc-berkeley-law-student-porn-star-talks-balancing-school-work

· “Jeremy Long Became a Pornstar to Prove Against that 1 Asian Stereotype” in Amped Asia (2015)

· https://www.ampedasia.com/article/this-asian-guy-became-a-pornstar-to-prove-against-that-1-asian-stereotype/

Part IV

· Cody Silver, Niohuru X, and Sammy Kim

· Xintan Wang (2022) “These Queer Asian Performers Are Breaking Stereotypes By Embracing Sex Work” in Huffington Post.

· https://www.huffpost.com/entry/asian-queer-men-sex-work_n_6287f973e4b05cfc268c31a1

Question:

(1) Compare and contrast the types of power, aspects of oppression, and forms of resistance you identify in the texts and first person narratives between Keni Stylez, Peter Fever, Jeremy Long, Cody Silver, Niohuru X, or Sammy Kim. Use specific quotes from this week’s videos and texts to support your analysis.

(200 words)

(2) provide thoughtful repsonses to at least one (1) of your classmates.

(100 words)

(3) Think about the topics we’ve explored in the intimacies of Asian Americans since week 7, then reflect on the following questions: How have the Asian American men in this week's course content reconstructed images of themselves as intimate subjects? Have you ever felt like you needed to construct (or reconstruct) an image of yourself in your social media in response to racialization or sexualization based on your racial identity?

(300 words)