Apr 9 2026

Fetishized: Book Talk with Kaila Yu

Sexual Assault Awareness Month

April 9, 2026

5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Location

1-470 Daley Library & Zoom

Address

801 S. Morgan St., Chicago, IL 60607

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The cover of _Fetishized_, which features a black and white photo of author Kaila Yu from the chest up, looking at the camera. Below that are two sets of hands holding open books. To the right of the images are details about the book talk event (same info on this page).
The cover of _Fetishized_, which features a black and white photo of author Kaila Yu from the chest up, looking at the camera. Below that are two sets of hands holding open books. To the right of the images are details about the book talk event (same info on this page).

Join us for a special event with debut author Kaila Yu as she discusses her book, Fetishized: A Reckoning with Yellow Fever, Feminism, and Beauty.

The event will be held in person and online via Zoom:

If you have any access needs or questions, please email lib-engage@uic.edu.

About the book:

Fetishized is a deeply personal memoir-in-essays, reckoning with being an object of Asian fetish and how media, pop culture, and colonialism contributed to the oversexualization of Asian women—from Kaila Yu, former pinup model and lead singer of Nylon Pink.

Co-sponsored by the UIC Library Undergraduate Engagement Program, UIC Asian American Resource and Cultural Center, UIC Global Asian Studies, UIC Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution Initiative, UIC Women's Leadership and Resource Center, Great Lakes Asian American Student Services, and Chinese American Museum of Chicago.

Contact

WLRC
(312) 413-1025
wlrc@uic.edu

Date posted

Apr 2, 2026

Date updated

Apr 2, 2026