Last week, we saw how Marie Claire’s article on “Asian trophy wives” incited reactions among the blogosphere, and it led us to wonder how the younger generation of Asian American teens and young adults reacted to this article’s spotlight on interracial couples. We turned to Mochi staffers and friends to get insight on this article from the viewpoints of young Asian American girls and guys.
“There are dangers we risk in running with this article: putting too much emphasis on the importance of race in relationships, fostering ill-will toward our own …

In a recent Marie Claire article, beauty director Ying Chu poses the provocative question, ”why are the West’s most powerful men coupling up with younger Asian women?”
Chu cites many Hollywood couples as examples, such as Nicolas Cage and Alice Kim, Zhang Ziyi and venture capitalist Vivi Nevo; and most famously, Woody Allen and his once-adopted daughter, Soon-Yi Previn. And while these couplings aren’t exactly breaking news (nor is the concept of “yellow fever” for that matter), the article investigates the concept of an Asian trophy wife — are these older men dating …