We come together in coalition because McNally’s piece
calls on hurtful, stereotypical images of LGBT,
working class, and API people under the guise of
“humor.” From the lead-in that denigrates working
class Asians (“One orders take-out sushi, the other
delivers it”) to the use of suggestive phrases that
objectify and exoticize the Asian male body (“the
plumpest eel,” “sashimi-smooth chest,” and “bonsai
ass”), the racism, classism, and homophobia that
details unapologetically uses to sell its magazines
must be challenged and addressed. While this piece
has and continues to prompt responses from a broad
base of concerned individuals and groups across the
country, we believe it’s important to come together
now in a show of unity and collective power.

We DEMAND for details:
To implement diversity and sensitivity trainings for
all editors and writers.
To issue an apology that concedes its wrongdoing in
publishing a piece that leads to the further
stigmatization of API, LGBT, and API LGBT people.
To represent the full diversity of the API community
in a fair, accurate, and inclusive manner.

The co-sponsors of this protest — Asian Media
Watchdog, Gay Asian Pacific Islander Men of New York
(GAPIMNY), and a growing list of others — ask you to
stand with us side-by-side in support of these demands
in protest against a details’ feature that dehumanizes
people of color, hypersexualizes gay men, promotes an
ignorance of the API LGBT community, and caricatures
the working class and immigrants.

To view the feature, sign a petition, and find out
more information about the demonstration and a
Pre-Protest Postermaking Party on Wednesday 4/14 at
7pm (location TBA), visit http://www.asianmediawatchdog.com
and click on “Details Magazine.”

To volunteer or to get involved as a co-sponsoring or
endorsing organization, please email
contact@asianmediawatchdog.com.