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Modeling Champloo: Evolving Standards of Beauty?
When I lived in Japan for a year, I noticed that many advertisements and magazines featured mixed models. Does having mixed models mean that the overall standards of beauty in Japan is changing positively? Or is it negatively affecting the self-body images of non-mixed Japanese?
Ideally, I would like to think that younger generations [...]
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Racial Diversity with a Twist
An infuriating first-hand account of a casting call for M. Night Shyamalan’s white-washed interpretation of Avatar: The Last Airbender.
One middle-aged black woman, clad in a denim jacket and black slacks, raised her hand. “Are you at a disadvantage if you didn’t wear a costume?” she asked, evidently concerned about her “non-ethnic” outfit.
“Absolutely not!” Rickets reassured [...]
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FOXNews Show Talks About Offensive Picture, Makes Things More Offensive
If you’ve never had the misfortune to come across FOXNews show Red Eye, consider yourself lucky. This show attempts to be controversial and edgy but ends up spouting garbage that you’d hear from privileged white conservatives – because that’s who runs the show. Pictured above is the douche-y host whose name I won’t bother [...]
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Identity Champloo in Ru Paul’s Drag Race
I have been following Ru Paul’s Drag Race – a reality show in which several drag queens compete a la America’s Next Top Model – since it made its debut, and I have to say that the show is endlessly entertaining. The cast is quite racially diverse which is great to see, especially [...]
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Anthony Bourdain Visits the Philippines
Last night I watched Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations. If you’ve never seen the show, picture a sarcastic older fella who travels the world eating the most local foods. He is kind of like the uncle you don’t want to make eye contact with and you don’t know why. He just has that [...]
