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Steph | bookedinsaigon
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Love the decolonial/intersectional lens but wish she had more evidence and relied less on personal anecdotes to support her points.
— Apr 25, 2026 07:15AM
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Steph | bookedinsaigon
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“‘Discovery’ equals converting local knowledge into European discourse” daaaaamn
— Apr 25, 2026 08:47AM
Steph | bookedinsaigon
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AHA! Said’s Orientalism *does* get mentioned, mwahahah. Also like her point that regular ole tourism gets reframed as “travel” so that the mostly Western and white tourists can feel more wholesome about what they’re doing.
— Apr 25, 2026 08:45AM
Steph | bookedinsaigon
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Why are Europeans so obsessed with who was the first European to reach Asia? We never hear of the first Asian to reach Europe.
Oooh, it’s giving Orientalism vibes in this chapter.
— Apr 25, 2026 08:07AM
Oooh, it’s giving Orientalism vibes in this chapter.
Steph | bookedinsaigon
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“It’s not [the white female traveler]’s fault that I don’t feel entitled to the world.”
Daaaaaamn.
— Apr 24, 2026 10:38PM
Daaaaaamn.
