In new memoir ‘Fetishized,’ former model Kaila Yu reckons with Asian misrepresentation, stereotypes

In new memoir ‘Fetishized,’ former model Kaila Yu reckons with Asian misrepresentation, stereotypes

As a young Taiwanese girl living in the Inland Empire, former singer and import model-turned-writer Kaila Yu said she often felt “uncomfortable” in her skin, growing up around Eurocentric beauty standards. “I felt like my features weren’t desirable,” Yu said of her childhood. “I felt very insecure about all of that.” The now 46-year-old  L.A.-based author explores themes of sexuality and race in her debut memoir, “Fetishized: A Reckoning with Ye…