This post will be updated pending additions to list of necessities.

1. Clothing up to size 10

2. Stuffed animals in good condition

3. ?

Firstly, where should we donate to?

One idea that has been put on the table is to continue donations to Japanese Reconstruction since they still need donations for that. Have any other ideas? Comment with them!

Secondly, who’s bringing what? Email me AND Ali what you want to bring. First come first serve basis. Although, we do need 2-3 people to make dumplings. If Katie can make summer rolls… :] I’ll email again in two days.

BUT COMMENT.

DO IT.

I think this is some good press at least for such a reputable network such as NPR to be covering this story…

Now let’s get some facts straight:

1.  Girls Generation (SNSD) did not sell out Madison Square Garden. Five other bands including SHINee, TVXQ, and Super Junior are all boy bands that were present at the concert and really, they were the selling points for the whole concert. The boy bands definitely get the most praise (hence fangirls).

2. SNSD is HUMONGOUS in terms of member count. Nine is definitely not the norm. Most groups tend to be 5 members large. The only other group larger is Super Junior which has 13 members (active and inactive).

3. In the article,Claudine lists as “21″ as not a k-pop group; first of all, the group name is 2NE1 (they originally had wanted 21 but it was already in use as a band name elsewhere in the world of entertainment). They aren’t a normal group in the k-pop scene because of their style of music and message but still widely popular. Other k-pop groups that aren’t the “norm” by being instrumental groups are FT Island, CNBLUE, TRAX, and LEDapple to name some of the more well-known.

4. Claudine botched the pronunciation of Hyuna… It’s like hyoonah. Not hyena.

Other issues:

1. Why use a song that is nearly 4 years old to demonstrate SNSD’s versatility as artists? She could have discussed the new single, “The Boys,” that has been released in both Korean and English versions and produced by Teddy Riley, of Michael Jackson fame.

2. Why were the girl groups only covered? Like I mentioned, the boy groups are actually the more popular. QED: Jessica Malasics (hauntedlullaby) wrote: ”TVXQ, for one, is way bigger than SNSD. They are even featured in the Guinness Book of World Records not once, but twice, as well as having been invited to appear on Ellen. JYJ (who were originally apart of TVXQ) have successfully held two concert tours here in the USA, as well as released a World Wide album, with their title track written and recorded with Kanye West. Three of the other tracks were also written by Rodney “Darkchild” Jenkins. They are currently working on another worldwide album right now and will release it next year, with another world tour. Also, the Wonder Girls will be releasing an album in the USA, as well as filming a Nickelodeon movie. Even still, there were two very successful large scaled concerts here in the US, featuring various idol groups. One was in New Jersey, for the New York City Korean festival and then the other was in Las Vegas, presented by Billboard.”

Here’s an excerpt:

A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 2,000 times in 2011. If it were a cable car, it would take about 33 trips to carry that many people.

Click here to see the complete report.

It’s been my belief that if Asian stars want to come into the American entertainment industry, they’re gonna have to alter some of their image to fit the audience and hopefully, even though the plot of the movie seems comparable to something like High School Musical…ahem, this movie will ignite some interest in who these people are!

And when I mean alter, I mean the Wonder Girls definitely know what they’re doing: y’know that Dubstep trend thing going around…yeah that. No big deal. It isn’t big at all whatsoever.

Check out this teaser off their American album which will be released on January 11th! TWO MORE DAYS.

Go WONDER GIRLS!

Makes sense that Will.i.am took notice of them. Watch out for their American debut!

All the topics listed in the title of this post are talked about in much better ways than I could think of in the videos below.

Ethnocentrism:

Asian pop = Anti-Westerners? Will MNET America hurt or help?

She starts out a little cheesy, but that’s only specific to her personality. She gets into the subject matter quickly though.

Gender Stereotypes and Perceived Homosexuality

SHINee HELLO Music Video Review, Gender Stereotypes and Perceived Gayness

Sexism

Music Video Concept – Depth, Sexism, and Korea – Hyori Lee, Big Bang, 2NE1

GUITAR HERO
BUBBLE TEA
POSING WITH PIKACHU
PANDA FACEPAINT
HENNA
KARAOKE
LOTS AND LOTS OF DUMPLINGS
…AND MORE!

ITS GONNA BE A PARTY
THROWN BY BREARS BIGGEST CLUB

Questions? Inbox co-heads Angela Wang, Nancy Chen, and Ellie Sohm

That’s what many women and even men in Asian countries are doing. It’s not something new. As shocking as it is, this “beauty trend” has been a mainstream desire for multitudes of people in Asia and it doesn’t look like there will be an end soon.

If you’re interested in exploring the striking differences between Eastern beauty and Western beauty and expanding your global perspective, please read these articles for more information or watch the ABC news report linked below. The articles will be available during Asian Culture Club’s meeting tomorrow in 306 at 9:40.

Stop by to grab an article, watch the video, grab a cookie, or even say hi to Ms. Kwak, Ms. Situ, Ali or me!
We’ll be having another meeting Thursday after school to discuss the subject with some first-hand accounts from Ms. Kwak.

As ALWAYS, anyone is welcome to join whether you have come to meetings for three years now or this is your first one. Faculty welcome! Expand your perspective! Learn something new! Explore!

Articles:

Western Beauty, Eastern Faces: Beauty Development in China
http://www.echinacities.com/expat-corner/western-beauty-eastern-faces-beauty-development-in-china.html

Ouch! Western Beauty Norms Head East
http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=84642&page=1

Video:

Western Beauty Invades Eastern Culture
http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video?id=4157180

Among all of the Korean idols I can think of right now, I don’t think I would have ever been able to say that Shindong of Super Junior is happy to have his new eyelids… But he is. Shindong has been brave and steadfast in the comments about his weight in the past years. And recently, he’s been losing a lot of his weight. Personally, I prefer the chubbier Shindong because I feel as if his body was directly related to his personality. I’m still proud of Shindong, among many others around the world, for taking the effort and time to lose that weight.

But the comments coming from him now are just typical ones from all Asian idols about the appeal of Western eyelids over their own.

Look at this Allkpop post:

On August 22nd, Super Junior’s Shindong admitted to his fans that he underwent a cosmetic procedure to get double eyelids.

Shindong tweeted, “Pwahaha. This hot reaction. Thank you. It’s a good thing I did it. It’s been a while, but seeing this reaction, thank you. On the stage, I’m hearing that I’m cool and in variety shows, I’m hearing that I’m funny, so it’s giving me strength in addition to this diet. Everyone, thank you“.

He later tweeted, “What — There’s word that there’s no difference. I did it on purpose, so what do you mean no difference! Should I have done it thicker? There’s also people saying that my eyes will explode. Sorry, it’s already done and I can’t go back”, and attached a selca of his new double eyelid eyes.

Netizens replied with, “Of course, it’s Shindong oppa and he’s cool“, “Shindong is admitting it coolly“, and “You look more masculine“.

“It’s a good thing I did it.” – Shindong

“Why,” I ask.