Cuteness

New Girl Isn’t So “New” Afterall When hearing about a TV sitcom titled New Girl, one would anticipate a display of humorous female-centric roles. After all, the word “Girl” is in the title, and therefore it would be expected that the strongest story arcs and humor would come from the “Girl” herself. The leading role played by Zooey Deschanel, Jess, is mostly described by audiences as “adorkable” because she is dorky and weird, but cute at the same time. In relation to this idea that women can’t…

The Characteristics of an Otaku and a Fujoshi in Kiss Him, Not Me In Japan, there are many people who would consider themselves avid fans of anime and manga. The term used for such people in Japanese is otaku. Amongst fan culture, another term used is fujoshi which translates into “rotten girl” (Tanka and Ishida 77) and is used to describe females who are interested in yaoi, also known as Boys’ Love (BL) which revolves around male on male relationships in a romantic or erotic form. In this…

Pageants are a place where it is socially acceptable for society to judge women and girl’s of all ages on their external beauty. On the other hand today’s society tells young girl’s that they should not care what’s on the outside but what’s on the inside. How can people expect this to be true when society contradicts this by telling young girls they exact opposite by allowing young beauty pageants. Youth beauty pageants had first debuted in 1961 and since then it has become increasing popular,…

Halloween costumes. The commercial is conforming to the new social norm that women should dress with sex appeal on Halloween. Halloween is no longer seen as a night to dress-up in creepy costumes. The media is emphasizing on more and more on the cuteness of costumes rather than the creativity. Even the naming of the costumes as “Sexy Nurse” and “Hot Devil,” portray this new view of Halloween. Each year costume companies come up with more and more revealing costumes, which puts a stress on women…

Rahman & Liu & Cheung (eds. 2012, p. 318) stated, “Cosplay or kosupure is a term that represents the combining of the words for “costume” and “play” or “role-play”. There are several versions of how the term “cosplay” became popular and how its culture began”. According to the authors, the term “cosplay” always has a solid definition that it is about dressing up in costume and play/ role-playing. However, it is arguable that the meaning of the word “cosplay” has changed, as “cosplay” is a form…

To gather more information, I chose to talk to adult professionals who have multiple body modifications. There were a few reasons I chose this population, but most importantly I think it offers a more valuable perspective into the issue of tattoos and professionalism. Most of the studies that are available report on the perceptions that people have of tattoos and how this might influence the workplace. But it is more insightful to hear the experience of these marked individuals and whether they…

Gender is ‘cultural all the way down’. Explain this statement, utilising concepts and theories covered in this unit and 1-2 examples from everyday life (for example, shopping, dressing & grooming, playing sports or computer games, working). There are some different perspectives about gender and culture interaction. Some people argue that biology is important and gender role is a natural behaviours and attitudes. While stronger belief comments that gender is completely social construction and it…

Throughout Tillie Olson’s and John Updike’s short stories “A&P” and “I Stand Here Ironing,” the main characters were portrayed as those who do not fit society’s idea of normal and went against the current of the trends. In both stories the generations at hand were very different in how they viewed women. With “I Stand Here Ironing,” women were often dependent on the men in their life, and were taught to be covered up at all times. While “A&P,” women were beginning to gain their independence but…

Lights, cameras flashing, outfit changes, hair spray, spray tans, long hours of practice.. Oh, and don 't forget the stage and music, props.. an adult photo shoot? Nope, children 's pageants... childrens. All of that seems that it 's kind of not age appropriate for a young girl. All those things sound more appropriate for an adult, yes? Theoretically, your child is standing on stage in front of hundreds of people, not to forget, media too, in skimpy clothes.. first thought is why? A 3-year old…

The first impression one would usually get after watching K-pop music videos that it feels very commercial. Commercial not in the sense that is a profitable business, which indeed it is. In fact, Hallyu, also known as K-pop is becoming one of South Korea’s largest exports (Leong). Therefore, there is a national effort to maintain this profitable brand. First, it is important to understand that K-pop is not just lyrics and melody, it is also about the beautiful people who perform these lyrics. So…