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A Fun (and Kinda Deep) Convo with My Teen Daughters about “KPop Demon Hunters”

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This transcript of my conversation with my daughters has been edited for length, clarity, and many uses of the word “like” – of which there are still almost 50 occurrences. Here’s a key to the abbreviations:

FAD = me, Feminist Asian Dad. 

JJ = my older daughter, a college sophomore. I call her JJ here because in Mandarin Chinese, 姐姐 (Jiě Jie) means “big sister.” 

MM = my younger daughter, a high school junior. I call her MM here because 妹妹 (Mèi Mei) means “little sister.” 

WARNING: Major spoilers for the Netflix movie KPop Demon Hunters follow.

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My Daughter and I Review “The Marvels”

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My family enjoyed seeing The Marvels, and my 17-year-old daughter and I chatted about it quite a bit afterward. In the vein of our previous posts here, where we together reviewed the film She Said and then NBC correspondent Ali Vitali’s book Electable, here’s a transcripted rendition of our convo, edited for length and clarity. I’m FAD (Feminist Asian Dad) and my daughter is denoted by JJ for the Chinese term for big sister, 姐姐 (Pinyin: jiĕ jie). Be warned, major spoilers ahead.

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Feminist Asian Dad Reviews the New Mulan Movie

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Minor spoilers ahead.

Of course a dude with a blog called Feminist Asian Dad would just have to write a review of the live-action Mulan movie, right?

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