White Fever (ATOM Study Guide)

Jane Thomas is a woman who knows what she wants and delights in the simple things in life. Until now, Jane has never given her enthusiasm for hairy white men much thought. But when her buddy Charlie suggests she has a ‘white meat’ fetish, Jane begins to question what that might mean.

To add fuel to the fire, Jane’s best friend Edi inadvertently brands Jane as being ‘whiter than most white people’. To top it all off, Jane is taken to task by her latest conquest who accuses her of being a ‘fake Asian’.

Determined to prove that she is not a ‘racist dater’, Jane throws herself into an ill-fated mission to date only Asian men and to cure herself of ‘white fever’. During her quest, Jane attempts to reconnect with her childhood friend Yu Chang, reaches out to a Korean adoptee influencer, battles with her inner white woman, and even invests in an Asian male sex doll.

It seems Jane has opened a Pandora’s Box, and she soon learns that her ‘whitewashed libido’ is a symptom of a larger problem she’s been avoiding for years. Much like the letters she received from her birth father as a teenager, Jane has pushed her emotions in storage. But as Jane enters a new world, deeper feelings start to surface, and she can no longer run from them. Jane is forced to confront her past, and more importantly decide what her future looks like. What starts as a fun dating challenge ends in a life-changing decision she never thought she would be making.

Curriculum Links:

White Fever is suitable to students in Years 10 and above in the learning areas of:

• Health and Physical Education
• The Arts (Media Arts)
• English
• Society and Culture
• Community Services and Health

It is also relevant to the general capabilities of:

• Personal and Social Capability
• Ethical Understanding
• Intercultural Understanding
• Critical and Creative Thinking

in addition to the cross-curriculum priority of Asia and Australia's Engagement to Asia. 

Teachers should watch this series before deciding to show it to students. It contains adult themes, sexually graphic depictions and storylines portrayed in a humorous way without nudity.