In response to Alix Olson's "That the protagonist is always a man" poem

That mothers are being sold
That Asian mothers are being sold
That Asian sisters are wanting to be sold
That everyone loves an Asian Girl

That exotic is the new black
That my computer spell-checks "exoticization"
That it's okay for outsourcing "her"

That Michelle Malkin may consider herself one of "us"
That she "feels ashamed of her parent's native homeland"
That she "fells ashamed of her people"
that she looks like "us"

That we justify our war in Iraq to save the women
That patriarchy is justified

That Maganda and Malakas still justify beauty and strength in genderized roles
That Maganda isn't lalake
That Malakas isn't babae

That white is gold, that pale is god, that dark is dirty

That the yahoo results for "asian bridge" still comes up with mail-order bride sites
That Asian sistas still believe that it's okay to sell yourselves
That sistas still sell themselves

That our government still allows our ovaries to be controlled by laws.
That our governor said, "girly man"
That our vagina's are being sown shut

That.

That is why I am a feminist.