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[neishroom]

how they look at you before they ask if you're gay

kiki by @simsadilla

[an-ambivalent]

Just my two cents on the whole gidle thing, yeahh, I see where you're coming from. That's p much what just turns me off a bit frm really stanning them and stuff, esp after an apparent incident where one of them did sumn really offensive to sea/malays idk, i can't rmb so I might be wrong. For Henna, I don't really have a problem w it, probably because I'm raised in a multinational country, and sometimes for school festivals, we have ppl (usually malays/indians) set up a henna booth. The ethnic +

cont./ hip thing is kinda racist tho. SK may have a booming economy, but you can’t ignore the fact that they still have underlying sexist and racist problems. That’s the thing for a lot of Asian countries anyways, sadly… Compared to western countries that are progressing socially, Asian countries collectively need to get rid of their sexist and racist ideals like the whole “men are more important” and “white skin is beautiful ” thing…

+ I wholly agree with the fact that these monoracial countries often have a lot of negative stereotypes on other cultures/races. SK beauty brands still only have like 2-3 shades of light foundation, the older gen have a prejudice against darker skinned people, media still whitewashes idols and celebs like they’re paper and even more instances.

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Henna booths are set up to celebrate the culture, to introduce and expose a part of our culture and share it with others; the meaning behind its purpose is significant. However, using it as fashion statement in video that is not relevant to the culture, I don’t like it. As a brown girl, there are times when you are victim to people’s jeers a lot, and off handed remarks that are insulting. Some girls in my high school were making fun of my friends and I for our culture but then go around put henna on their hands when they have no respect for our culture. That’s why I consider it culture appropriation. By no means I don’t mind someone wearing henna, clothes, and other things of my culture but not just for the sake of fashion because those are our traditions, especially if someone doesn’t respect it. 

And you’re completely right. It’s shameful how for men, simply for their gender, are treated so much better in so many parts of Asia because society in many parts is very conservative and women are so oppressed. The white skin thing is ridiculous too. All they do in India with face wash ads is emphasize how it will whiten your skin in 2 weeks. Its gross because that sort of thing is detrimental for those who are dark skinned. It makes me so uncomfortable when my aunty says “I wish I was paler like you, I hate my skin” like?? white washing, and this paler skin beauty standards are big yikes.