This is an RF Kuang stan account. I feel like Babel, which is a completely different kind of read, is a book she wrote based on her area of study and expertise, while this book is about a brilliant author writing a book about her specific area of study and expertise only to be ripped off and exploited by someone envious of her skills. It feels very meta--even seeing some of the ways in which Kuang's works are picked apart on this website show up in parts of Yellowface.

This is the tale of racism, cultural appropriation and the ways in which whiteness will convince itself of what it feels entitled to: everything. Scathing, cringey, exceptional. Maybe not for everyone, but 5 stars for me.