Why Fame of Worker at McDonald’s Makes Me Uncomfortable

A young teen at a McDonald’s in Taiwan is receiving international attention because of her doll-like looks, reports ABC.
Wei Han Xu has generated more than 53,000 followers on Instagram, but recently has received a massive amount of attention in the United States as well.

She’s received so much attention, she commented about it on her Instagram page.

“In these few days, I received a lot of message from people that had different backgrounds,” wrote Xu. “I was shocked because in my point of view it is just an old news In Taiwan. I would like to say thank you to all the attentions, thank you so much to concern about me.”

突然收到很多外國朋友的私訊，想說新聞已經過了，覺得受寵若驚，真的很謝謝大家的關注。??? 很努力的打了英文哪? In these few days, I received a lot of message from people that had different backgrounds. I was shocked because in my point of view it is just an old news In Taiwan. I would like to say thank you to all the attentions, thank you so much to concern about me.

A photo posted by 徐薇涵 (@pppig) on Aug 18, 2015 at 9:29am PDT

What immediately struck me is how this young girl is being turned into a fetish. Whether intentional or not, the fetishization of Wu is being encouraged by the McDonald’s she works at. The fast food outlet has held numerous costume parties among the crew in the restaurant since 2012.

An Asian American Studies professor apparently agrees with me. You can read her comments on ABC.