Work in progress

Hello hello, yes it is 2008! I’m so excited for this year to begin. To start off the year I’ve decided to start a series of podcasts to document progress, gallery exhibits or just random things I find intriguing :)

I hope that you’ll enjoy this video, and please let me know your thoughts!

Wynne

*screen shot from video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mv-WI6Vlrpk

I found an interesting video that perhaps all Asian Americans could personally relate. I think that it’s important that we raise the issues on beauty, conformity and standards. The truth is that too many of us Asian Americans struggle with the double-standard. We are a culture that is so ingrained in our roots, yet we live in a Western world with a completely different definition of beauty. I thought that the video was an interesting investigation into the definition of the problem, but there weren’t any solid solutions. Perhaps it is eluding that the solution is unknown. As cities become more multicultural, how do we define and accept our physical selves without having society dictate our definition of beauty. Is there a democracy in beauty?

Asian American Beauty - Female Body Image (Part 1 of 2)

Asian American Beauty - Female Body Image (Part 2 of 2)

More information about Calvin (creator of video): http://www.CUfestival.com/

Apart from that my friend Nadine was nice enough to show me this awesome speech by Joss Whedon the creator of women protagonist characters such as Buffy from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel and Firefly. He’s a firm believer and preacher of gender equality, and his reasons for creating these characters. I’m sure that you’ll find his reason (singular) quite obvious, and he made it too obvious that unfortunately after so many changes in everything that surrounds us… the core notions and beliefs that defines and differentiates the two genders have ceased to change with time and it’s only through creating these characters and feeding them through mass media that perhaps change will gradually begin. So I suppose we haven’t really gotten that far, but it’s nice to see someone else who gives a damn.
Enjoy :)