I loved living in the United States, but ever since the bubble butt trend started taking hold in the '00s, after J.Lo's green, sheer, booty-hugging Versace gown went viral, I found myself wishing I lived in my family's home country of Taiwan. Urban Dictionary even calls it "Asian Booty Disease." But that didn't mean it still didn't bother me. Most Asians are born with flat butts-it's a genetics thing. Despite having other unrealistic body expectations for myself, such as having an hourglass-shaped body or bee-stung lips, my flat ass became the issue that I was most insecure about, even though it was the one I knew I would never be able to change. It was only after an ex-boyfriend drunkenly told me that he wanted to give me butt implants-"huge ones"-that I became acutely aware of the fact that my butt was not the ideal of the moment. In those years, I was blissfully unaware that my underside was lacking volume, and that some people might view that as an issue. Back then, Kim Kardashian hadn't yet broken the internet by balancing a wine bottle on her apple-shaped bottom and Nicki Minaj's hit song Anaconda dominated the charts. It was never an issue growing up in the '90s, as a woman's derriere wasn't talked about as a beauty standard as much as it is today and I wasn't impacted by pop culture-induced insecurities. I've lived my entire life with Asian Butt Syndrome (ABS).
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