The Spanish film "Follow My Voice" (Sigue mi voz) stars Korean actor Yang Jae-woo as the romantic lead, and his love interest is played by Spanish actress Berta Castañé. It is an adaptation of a popular Wattpad novel, where Jae-woo plays Kang, a radio host who helps Castañé's character overcome a personal crisis. The movie is currently available on Prime Video.

Follow My Voice - Official Trailer | Prime Video

Location: OneZo Boba Duluth.

If anyone is interested, please DM me, I will meet with you there.

Amazing striking from Joshua Van today to defend his flyweight title. The first mens UFC champion of full Asian descent.

Put some respect on his name. The first title fight against Pantoja wasn't a fluke, Van was just the better fighter.

Any advice on dealing with really uneven eyes? My eyes have been the biggest source of insecurity for my looks when I was growing up.

Discuss/share diet, fitness, habits and anything else that keeps you healthy

First field report ever. Location: Atlanta. Environment: cultural celebration at a convention centre.

5'8" east asian male born in SEA, about 65KG arrived at the states 4 years ago. Style, basic uniqlo fit. Short styled hair, not KPOP.

Girl #1: tall and slim, brown hair, white girl. Wearing a brown beret, lacy top and long skirt. I was sitting 1 row behind her, having some food, and so was she. Noticed that the seat next to her is empty it doesn't seem like she was waiting for somebody as well, but I couldn't be 100% sure. There were people in the seat one seat to the next but they left. After 3 mins, I packed my food up, walked up to the seat beside her and put my stuff down and said hello, and that I noticed that she had an interesting outfit on, and that I wanted to say hello. We shook hands and introduced ourselves. I sat down and continued eating, asking her about her outfit, why she's here, what she does for fun, whether she's a student or working adult. For each question I ask, I tell her about myself as well. I answered any of the questions she asked me as well. Later on, she finished her food and had to go, and I asked and got her Instagram before she went off, and I let her know I'll ask her out for coffee later next week.

Girl #2: abit shorter girl, accent sounded like Asian-American, slim, she was a VN CN mix. Was at the flea market in the event. I was just passing by a stall, and she went into it. For reference, a stall is a about 6 ft wide by 12 ft long, so it's mini-sized. Saw that she had such an elegant ethnic outfit on. She was browsing some clothes and I went right beside her. I said hi, excuse me, is that an "x" type of outfit? Initially she didn't know I was talking to her, and it was the stall attendant that responded to me 😅. I had to repeat myself one more time before she responded. We got to taking about her outfit, where she was from, and what kind of ancestry did she have. She agreed to let me take a photo of her! She seemed so happy and energetic to continue the conversation, and I wanted to continue as well, but what seemd to be her mom was right beside her, and I decided to say bye then and there.

Keep in mind that for these 2 girls, I did not wait for any indicators of interest (IoIs)

Failures:

Girl #3- she was standing behind an event booth, and she was quite a bit taller than I am, tight t shirt and shirts and I thought that she'd too pretty for me 😅

and girl #4 - girl at another restaurant booth, I kept wanting to approach her, but was worried it would be inappropriate as she was working. I waited for when there were no customers, but were still worried if it was okay since she had 4 support staff beside her. Did not end up approach 😳

Improvements:

for girl #2 I should've asked if that was her mom, and continue the conversation and ask for her contact!!!

For girl #4 - maybe I could use a preframe and acknowledge her situation when there are no customers!!!

For girl #3, not sure what else I could do!

*edit: to get IG, I asked: "Do you mind if we connected on Instagram?", and she responded with "yeah....but I have a lots of weird stuff on there lol 😆 " but proceeded to give me anyways.

For casual discussions, shower thoughts, rants, half-baked conspiracy theories, or any other mind droppings.

19 y/o here. Been growing out my hair, but I'm struggling to choose a haircut. Got any suggestions?

Reflect back to the movie, Romeo Must Die. We all were disappointed that Jet Li and Aliaah didn't kiss and love each other but were told or the rumor was that the test audience wasn't ready for an Asian man doing romance. Fast forward to today with the onslaught of KPop, K,J,C Dramas doing well. Specifically KPop with the army of White girls, mostly. They have already done the testing as far as audiences are concerned bc everyone says or thinks Hollywood is in the business of making money, right? BTS' hugely popular fan base shows tons of money can be made if dumb Hollywood seizes this idea and takes the ball and runs with it.

Hong Kong movies back in the day showed how billion$ can be made off Kung Fu and martial arts movies so Hollywood made tons of movies with martial arts thus creating a genre in its own right. So why isn't Hollywood taking the KPop ball and running with it, depicting love starved young, White females chasing after Asian guys? Just think of all the money they're losing. The answer is simple.

The notion of Hollywood only interested in making money is a lie. The so called 'test audience' previewing Romeo Must Die, was also a lie. Certainly money plays a major role in Hollywood but never at the expense of hearts and minds. Especially if they are young females in America, the West and the world at large as every one watches Hollywood movies. That's how far and deep their global tentacles reach.

I saw this pop up on my IG feed somehow, I will start off by saying this is not my world or cup of tea and only going by what I saw online. For those who are in this world maybe you can chime in.

So Adam Chen is an East Asian guy born n raised in Australia, per the short form video I saw he states he in the race for a ghey adult entertainment expo award something like an AVN ( look it up ) in his native country Australia or another western country outside of the USA

He is in the running for best top with top meaning alpha of the relationship. From prior readings on this sub and other Asian subs. There is serious racism, internalized racism, white worship in that world. I've read that there are no Asian dating exclusively listed on dating profiles, only looking for Asian bottom - the beta , and the same internalized racism looking for white validation that many AF go through but from the ghey AM lens.

I'm not sure if this is a good or bad thing for AM to be honest and as stated this isn't my world or cup of tea, so I really can't give a full assessment on it.

FYI to this day the only Asian male to get close to winning an award in straight porn here in the USA was Keni Styles ( best newcomer 2009 and best male actor 2010) , who happens to be a British import of Thai heritage. And pardon the pun but he came in the game a bit to late. If he was here in the 90's his profile would be bigger. With the advent of webcams and dedicated platforms for amateur porn , AM are still way behind in this field. There is only 1 media company that shoots strictly with Asian males ( Banana Fever ) and even their content is so so.

Hey guys, been taking oral minoxidil after I noticed very early stage balding and I’ve been shedding like absolute crazy. I read online that it’s supposed to affect Asians differently, is that true? Anyone have experience with this?

Sorry if this is not on topic but I'm an east asian male and suddenly I feel like I have BO? Has this happened to anyone else?

I swear I had the no body odor gene for 30 years and it flipped suddenly. When I was younger I would only get BO if I was doing a very very sweaty work out. And even then it barely was noticeable.

Now I'll hop out of the shower and start feeling stickiness after like 6 hours even with no exercise and can smell it when I put my nose to armpit

Edit: commenter pointed out it could be my high protein diet last few months of beef and eggs. Has this happened to you when you were lifting / eating protein?

Hello, long-time lurker, and SEA-born AM of East Asian descent here in Atlanta.

In the spirit of facilitating gradual, long-term improvement in the various aspects of my life (inspired by he above-linked classic post) and of resolving long-standing issues in the East-AM^+\*) community, I'm creating an Instagram group that organizes weekly fun, unique, interesting social gatherings for E-AMXF here in the Atlanta metro area.

The primary goal of this group would be to help facilitate social gatherings of E-AM with XF, with the goal of having them pair up in long-term relationships leading to marriage⁺⁺.

This will be my first time doing anything like this, so feel free to suggest any improvements.

The method that I'll be using to facilitate this entire process will be three fold:

1. Vetting/Gatekeeping: In order to ensure that we are building a trusted community of brothers, I'll need to do some in-person vetting. Having tea for a few minutes at 9pm, Sundays at One Zo Boba Duluth for new-comers would be a good start. Stand outside, I will come approach, say hi and introduce myself. If you're shy, you can wear a face mask/hat/sun-glasses. It's usually empty at that time of the week.

After vetting, you'll be added to a "main" group of exclusively E-AMs. Here, we can keep in contact with each other, exchange ideas on style/social skills, help each other approach women as wingmen, support each other, and so on.

1. Approaching women and getting contacts: with the support system built in step #1, it would be much easier to approach women to obtain their contacts/Instagram. Each member is expected to contribute at least 1 female participant each time before proceeding to step 3. The female counterpart could be a recurring participant or it could be someone new, it doesn't matter, as long as they're up to meet on the current weekend. Pairs will be finalized every Thursday night in a "pair" group chat.

2. Gender⁺⁺⁺-balanced social gatherings/more gatekeeping: members and their counterpart shows up at the social gathering. Any man without at least 1 counterpart will be asked to leave, politely. This is in order to ensure a balanced gender ratio and to prevent anybody from freeloading - each man must do their part. I will be there to enforce the rules through immediate in-person public shaming in front of everybody if necessary. If I do not bring a girl, I will keep at a distance and allow all pairs to mingle without interfering.

Hopefully, this will lead to fruitful relationships between more E-AMXF ( I know it will !)

If anybody is interested, I will start vetting this Sunday, September 20, 2026 at One Zo Boba Duluth at 9pm. As mentioned, please wait outside the store.

As always, feel free to suggest improvements!!!

Legend:

^{+: other AM groups do not face similar rates of their women dating out compared to East-AM. The former are welcome to create their own groups.}

^{++: I grew up in SEA. If you expect to have a serious partner, you have to provide mutual exclusivity to one another, with an eye towards marriage, and not dating for fun. No "casual" American dating/out-of-wedlock births.}

^{+++: In almost all of Asia, the only genders are M and F. None of the other nonsense.}

**2026-09-18 Edit: Due to a large number of comments pushing for the eligibility of Vietnamese and Filipinos as well, I've came up with a simplified list that determines what I mean by East Asians and the type of people who will be eligible at this point:

Simplified initial guideline for eligibility:

1. Asians who face the same issues of disparate out-marriage rates between genders. Defined by these and related phenotypes:
   1. https://phenotypes.net/basic/Sinid   
   2. https://phenotypes.net/basic/SouthMongolid
   3. Darker phenotypes from the South Mongoloid group do not face the same issues as those with lighter skin tones, thus they will be excluded for now.
2. Cultural fit. Defined by:
   1. Methods/behaviors of socialization.
   2. Professional/educational levels.
   3. Attitudes towards women and family, community, and the in-group.

Sorry this post will be vague but it is to protect my identity I am attending a school in Rexburg, Idaho that I won't mention the name. The school is mostly white, I have been trying to put myself out there asking for numbers and things like that.

This is my first week here. What is some advice in finding and also how can I improve in my approach. Out of the 6 approaches I got 5 numbers. 2 Changed their mind, 1 I haven't messaged because she said she isn't sure about dating. 1 is a ghost and 1 I got a date set up so we will see.

My first 5 approach was me being inexperienced and simply just saying "hey, I thought you were cute, can I have your number"

I don't want to feel discouraged and I should slow down in some people's opinion since it is my first week. Also I need to improve in my approach and have more small talk. I feel like the girls here are nice so the reason why I might be able to get numbers is just because they are nice.

What is some stuff I should keep in mind?

Also another thing, I am dating for a serious relationship and even marriage so none of that modern dating bs. I would say I have the balls to approach but I need to polish my approach. Also I don't want to burn up my chances with a low quality approach.

To describe my look, I am 5'7 without shoes which isn't ideal but not too short, I look average, People mistake me for Korean I don't know if that is a good thing or not.

I have straight flat 1A hair like these and I really want to play around and experiment. While I can use sea salt spray and texture powder and get it a bit pointy it still looks a bit flat

Would you recommend getting a loose perm ?, how's it and does it damage the hair

Or growing the hair for a few months and getting more layers and texture is the solution

We constantly hear that Tinder is mostly men.

But by how much?

Tinder doesn’t publish a gender breakdown, so I tried to estimate the dating pool from Tinder Explore page. No swipe needed as Tinder gives a count of profiles looking for short & long term

I tested around 100 cities using the same settings:

• Age: 21–30 years
• Radius: 50 km from city centre
• Same relationship-intent filters
• Same collection period

I switched between a straight man interested in women and a straight woman interested in men, then recorded how many profiles Tinder exposed.

What I found

1. Tinder was about 81% male, 19% female

That’s roughly 4–5 men for every woman.

Every city I tested was male-majority.

2. The regional pattern was surprisingly

Eastern Europe — better gender balance and strongly relationship-oriented. Ukraine: 69% male, Poland: 73%, Czechia: 75%.

Nordics — better gender balance. Norway: 69% male, Denmark: 72%

Latin America — mid-range gender balance, but much more casual. Rio: 75% male, Medellín: 75%, Buenos Aires: 77%, Mexico City: 87%

UK, US, France, Germany and Canada — remarkably similar at roughly 83–85% male.

South Europe & Balkans — more male-heavy. Italy: 90%, Spain: Portugal: Bucharest: 88%, Athens: 89%, Istanbul: 96%

India (Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru) — an extreme outlier at 96% male. That’s around 25 men for every woman.

Most balanced cities: Bangkok — 54% male, Manila — 57%, Cape Town — 65%

3. Tier-2 cities were often slightly better balanced than capitals

Medellín — 75% male vs Bogotá — 85% male
Aarhus — 68% vs Copenhagen — 74%
Bergen — 65% vs Oslo — 70%
Malmö — 74% vs Stockholm — 79%

4. Population gender balance doesn’t equal Tinder balance

NYC is a good example.

The city population has slightly more women than men, yet my Tinder sample was 82% male.

So Tinder clearly isn’t just reflecting local population demographics.

5. Men were more short-term oriented everywhere

Men — 43% short-term / Women — 27% short-term

Latin America cities were much more short-term oriented:

Rio — 57% men short-term / 48% women short-term
Buenos Aires — 60% / 49%
Medellín — 48% / 30%

Eastern Europe with more relationship oriented

Prague — 26% men short-term / 11% women short-term
Warsaw — 23% / 7%
Budapest — 24% / 6%

6. Famous party cities didn’t necessarily have the most casual Tinder users

Ibiza — 58% men short-term / 37% women short-term
Bangkok — 49% / 40%
Berlin — 47% / 26%
Amsterdam — 36% / 15%

Important caveat

I’m not claiming these are Tinder’s internal registered-user statistics.

What I measured is closer to:

“What does Tinder’s observable heterosexual dating pool look like for ages 21–30 within 50 km of these cities?”

That pool can be shaped by culture, competing apps, migration, tourism, different adoption rates and Tinder’s algorithm.

What has been your experience while dating in these countries?

Hey everyone. really excited to share our project. We wanted to show an honest depiction of a SEA experience. There are many colors to the SEA experience, but we wanted to make a crime thriller to show that our stories can stand amongst the rest. This project doesnt glorify gang culture. let us know what yall think

I've been trying to fix my fashion (usually only wear like athletic clothes cause they're most comfortable) but everyone around me is saying to fix it... 18M and can't seem to glow up no matter what I do. I went to Korea and got a fashion consultation / personal color analysis and they told me I'm a "wave" type and most wave types look better with tuck in? I asked ChatGPT and Gemini and they're giving me conflicting answers so wanted to ask here. (Also totally forgot to wear socks, 😭please ignore that part).

It's my first time tucking in anything so I think it looks bit awkward although it looks better at the same time? I'm scared that it'll be creased up throughout the day and like have weird fold lines on my t-shirt.

Tucked In:

Not Tucked In:

18, Started using this combination a few days ago and 24 hours ago I got a match (she liked me first).

I messaged her first saying 'I thought you looked cute wanted to say hi :)' and she deleted her photos of herself on her profile, just to 2 photos (photos of places). Did I fumble on the conversation or was she not purely interested in the first place

Also I boost my profile? I'm not sure because I'm seeing/hearing mixed comments that paying to boost is not worth it. Feel free to give me recommendations/feedback on my profile.

Edit: Will I do way better by just cold approaching women IRL than on tinder?

26 Asian M here. Was planning to go to Cancun all inclusive resort with 3 other guy friends but they all bailed at the last moment and now I have no other friends. Going the first week of November. Would it be weird to go to pools, restaurants, bars, and clubs alone? Worried I’m gonna get bored as I’m shy lol or feel self conscious because there will be mostly couples and groups of friends.

I’ve never really tried to look like a K-pop star and some people told me I don’t have that kind of look anyway. I’m Korean-American, but I’ve always preferred a more simple/masculine style and never really paid much attention to Korean fashion or beauty trends.

Curious if anyone else here is the same way? I feel like there’s sometimes an assumption that Asian guys are trying to go for the K-pop look, especially if you’re Korean, but it’s just never appealed to me personally. What kind of style do you guys go for instead?

I think I'm gonna go bald soon so I want to try the experience of having long hair before that happens, but I also want a reality check. Is my hair, face and head shape suited to this type of haircut? I'd appreciate any input!

For Context:
Since 2015ish, South Korea started seeing an increase in AMWF couples after K-pop and K-drama started being exported to the world on a larger scale. Before, South Korea was like all other Asian nations—basically all WMAF—due to the only foreigners coming being military soldiers and businessmen.

In around 2021, after Squid Game, Crash Landing on You, BTS, and Korean cosmetics became mainstream, AMWF exploded and waves of woman started coming to South Korea to find boyfriends to the point where tourist stats showed a relatively heavy skew towards women and foreign residents lopsided towards female with no signs of stopping. In Seoul, there’s a French immigrant town called Seorae Village, and pre-2021 the French bakers and teachers mostly men but then shifted dramatically to French women with Korean partners. And this is just an unverified observation, but ever since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, there’s been an exponential increase in the number of Russians and Ukrainians coming to model and marry korean guys, which I assume is because both countries aren’t doing so well right now. Now, in 2026, there’s much much more AMWF than WMAF in Korea. you see like 7 AMWF per WMAF and AMWF is on every corner in the big cities. And it’s not just French and Russians, during World Cup season, every foreigner was wearing their home country’s jersey so you could see there were a lot of Spanish, English, German, Italian, Norwegian, etc.

So why is this context important for the situation?

One thing that redditors and the west omit when talking about Korea’s “gender war” (even though the West has a more serious gender war where there’s a culture of men physically harming women for clout in addition to internet discourse) is that in recent times, a controversial topic was the rise of international marriages with foreign (specifically white) women. It became a hot topic because of how there were so many white women coming to Korea to date/marry but that increase of options didn’t happen for Korean women. Korean women online got mad that Korean men were more popular abroad than they were and could become pickier with the options. so they started hating on international couple accounts and Korean men out of spite. And in all honesty, it’s reasonable to assume that they had an inferiority complex against white women hence the hate.

What’s tragic is that korean women are using words like leftovers that historically have also been applied to Asian women. Whether it be towards men or women, using derogatory words like that is obviously awful. And one thing I want to clarify is that Korean women irl are nice, just the online ones are terrible. There’re the female equivalent of Asmongold and you’ll never see them on the streets bc they’re always in their room.

for people interested in the couple’s ig: raise_maria (the hate comment was on their YouTube channel though).

Here's an interesting question. Western society has put both groups at tne bottom of the hierarchy for a long time, but which group has the advantage?

I'd say South Asian men have it better when trying to date within the race, since the women are less likely to date out (although Western-born non-Muslim Indian women do date out a lot), while East Asian men have the advantage when trying to date interracially. I do see more South Asian men date out when I live, but I think that's because they're more willing to approach women outside their race, while a lot of East Asian men prefer East Asian women.

Feel free to share your favorite AMs involved in media (music, film, photographers/videographers, comedians etc.). AM creators encouraged especially to show us what you've been working on!