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From Bollywood to Hollywood..A good thing?
Thanks to the recent success of Danny Boyle’s epic–Slumdog Millionaire, one has seen an increase of ‘Bollywood-like’ stylings within the fashion world.
From rich jewel tones, to intricate beading, Hollywood just can’t seem to get enough of what has been dubbed as the “Slumdog” or “Frieda Pinto” look. It’s very nearly gratifying to see the fashions of Asia garnering [...]
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Chanel Iman as Althea Gibson
African American-Korean model Chanel Iman participated in a photoshoot for Glamour, which depicted young successful women as their favorite female American Icons. She is among four people of color in the slideshow of 12, where the rest of the models are Caucasian. She is also the only model that is of Asian heritage. [...]
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Dollhouse Champloo with Dichen Lachman
Has anyone been watching Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse? I have been trying to follow it since it’s free to watch on Hulu, but also because I’ve heard good things about Whedon’s female characters. Also, having never followed any of his other series I felt like I had to see what all the fuss is [...]
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Secrets of Kaiten Sushi Revealed
Have you ever been to a kaiten sushi (aka conveyor belt sushi) restaraunt ? This video was made when a few ex-pats (or students abroad?) placed a camera on the conveyor belt and let it go. The faces are simply priceless and the resounding sentiment is “Nanda kore?” (or “What the heck?”)
The camera [...]
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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 [...]
