Mika Ellison

She is such a phenomenon.

Or, as Chapel Roan puts it, a feminine-omenon.

Oh my God, yes, absolutely.

I feel like she's really ushering in this new, more joyful era in figure skating.

And she's also just kind of the people's princess, you know?

100%.

But one thing about her sudden establishment is this like household name that was really interesting to me was that after she won the gold medal, I kept seeing all this discourse about her that didn't really have anything to do with her skating.

Like I kept seeing all these posts that are like, it's Waysian winter or it's the Waysian century.

And that feels like a continuation of something I've been picking up on social media for a while.

Like this Waysian wave or Waysian fixation.

Can you explain what it is for people who don't know?

Okay, yes.

So for those who haven't heard, Waysians are people who are mixed white and Asian.

And not everyone loves or uses that term.

Some people say mixed Asian or part Asian, but I identify as Waysian.

So, Alyssa Liu is not the first person I've seen to be part of this, like, narrative of Weijian excellence.

I feel like I've seen these, like, TikTok videos that have this royal tree of Weijia.

Like, it's a real place.

There's a whole hierarchy, you know what I'm saying?

Yeah, it's kind of a meme.