Katie Fang's 'Get Ready With Me' TikTok videos normalize Asian women as relatable, ordinary people — not overly extraordinary, not fetishized, not dorky, not foreign. Just people.
, then a high school senior, was supposed to have the day off from work, but instead, was called into her part-time job at Cactus Club Cafe. Upset and in tears, Fang propped up her phone, hit record, and started doing her makeup. Between sniffles and sobs, she applied brow gel, dotted concealer under her eyes, and swirled bronzer, then blush, and then bronzer and blush again along her cheekbones.
The fact that Katie Fang, a Taiwanese Canadian, has garnered hundreds of millions of views for being a totally ordinary young woman interested in totally normal young people things actually makes me kind of emotional. Growing up, I could count on one hand the number of Asian girls and women I saw in magazines or on TV. We were always portrayed as either Olympic figure skaters or the glasses-clad, book-toting best friend. I saw no one I could really relate to.
Although Fang could pursue her lucrative beauty influencer career full-time, getting her college degree is a non-negotiable. “People have told me if I’m having such a bad experience to just drop out — it’s not like I need to go. But I do want to be in school. It’s a big part of me and something I really want to do.” So Fang tries to balance it all as best as she can.
Her easy-going, optimistic, and playful demeanor is what makes her so lovable and while it seems pretty unexceptional, on a platform where beauty content creators are a dime a dozen, it’s why she’s risen to the top. “She is just as sweet in real life as she is online. She truly is the relatable best friend and endearing little sister,” says, senior manager of communications and influencer at Caudalie. It’s what draws so many people to follow her and so many brands to work with her.
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