If Facebook ends up losing all the nutjob conspiracy groups (that they’ve knowingly condoned and cultivated) bc of the Trump lifelong ban and takes a big userbase hit I will be very tickled
It won’t happen but the idea is amusing
Laura Mulvey outlined and defined the concept of the male gaze in her landmark essay “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema” in 1975. Any self-respecting person in film and media is aware of it as a fundamental theoretical concept.
“Male gaze” often gets misconstrued bc ppl a) don’t bother to fucking read Mulvey and therefore b) assume it means only men derive pleasure by seeing women’s bodies. That’s not what the term fucking MEANS!!!!!
Finding it hard to concretely source but I’m seeing multiple reports that Chinese teams declared a boycott of Saebyeolbe (i.e. refuse to scrim or play with him) after he stated his opposition to a “unified China” on stream
I’ve heard before that SBB discussed his support for Hong Kong independence, and it appears recently he also uttered a derogatory term for Chinese people - for which he posted an apology.
According to this summary, SBB was reprimanded by the org for stating his support for HK independence, after which he said on stream that “this was unavoidable if one was to try and make money in China.” SBB then reiterated he still could not agree to the One China policy.
First of all: this isn't censorship, there was no government decree that forced YG to do anything. Censorship actually has meaning in Korean history.
Second: IMHO there isn't exactly a set of simple and easy principles we can stick to with things like this, other than "discuss."
That's my personal takeaway from this debate. Nurses themselves have come forward to speak out, as a collective. This is also an ongoing, developing conversation. Perhaps the points will change as the treatment of nurses (and female professionals in other fields) improves.
The fact that this is an ongoing conversation (and will continue to be) is important bc it also relates to why the Blackpink MV was criticized in particular. This isn't the first time idols have worn "sexy nurse" costumes in music videos.
NOT ALL KOREANS ARE THE SAME? SOME KOREANS ARE WOMEN AND ALSO NURSES WHO HAVE VALID CONCERNS DUE TO THEIR WORK??? OTHERS ARE CHAUVINIST MRAS WHO SHIT ON ANYTHING FEMINIST???? WHY IS THIS SO HARD TO UNDERSTAND????
IF YOU DONT UNDERSTAND THE CONVERSATION MAYBE SHUT THE FUCK UP AND EDUCATE URSELF??????
Honestly this just speaks to the different conversation around “sexy” costumes in KR vs the US. KR nurses fought to get rid of the old uniform in the 90s bc it was impractical. The pandemic has also raised the issue of how nurses are treated, esp bc they’re predominantly women.
The healthcare and medicine union also put out a statement on how this impacts nurses working long hours under threat of viral infection, who are also forced to combat a sexualized stereotype.
Male patients in particular feel entitled to call nurses “girl” or “lady” rather than “nurse,” and treat them as low-level service workers rather than medical professionals. Nursing is also the medical profession that is most exposed to sexual assault.