tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6730657139931062421.post4221400493106857796..comments2023-05-14T03:03:09.451-05:00Comments on Female Impersonator: Not "Cute" EnoughAmeliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884754298018500343noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6730657139931062421.post-48899132488201509572008-08-20T05:11:00.000-05:002008-08-20T05:11:00.000-05:00Wow, Great American, way to be ethnocentric! It's ...Wow, Great American, way to be ethnocentric! It's as if we upstanding Americans <I>never</I> put beauty before talent. Aren't the Chinese just acting out the values we've always espoused in Western culture?<BR/><BR/><A>The Chonicle Herald</A> said it brilliantly:<BR/><BR/><I>If we want to criticize China for its attempts to put its best foot forward in marketing itself to the rest of the world, we need to start taking some responsibility for our own actions, which can be just as heinous.<BR/>[...]<BR/>The reality is that if we are to blame China for being unethical in its efforts to market the Olympic Games, it’s time we take responsibility for our own actions as marketers in this country.<BR/><BR/>It’s time we created images of men, women, boys and girls that are more realistic and attainable.<BR/><BR/>It’s time we took responsibility for the fact that girls as young as 10 are beginning to diet.<BR/><BR/>They want to look like teens in the fashion industry and on television.<BR/><BR/>They have clearly gotten the message that if you are cute, you have what it takes to be famous.<BR/><BR/>And that sounds just like what China communicated to its own this past week.</I><BR/><BR/>Get off your pedestal.lindabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16137817218867386560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6730657139931062421.post-80735356542711976062008-08-14T19:18:00.000-05:002008-08-14T19:18:00.000-05:00So disappointing. You'd think any kid is cute enou...So disappointing. You'd think any kid is cute enough, but apparently not.lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13285797515594923013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6730657139931062421.post-39305222479591179232008-08-14T14:01:00.000-05:002008-08-14T14:01:00.000-05:00Yeah. It's a shame, I felt really bad for that oth...Yeah. It's a shame, I felt really bad for that other little girl when I heard about it...Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05697447084483553573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6730657139931062421.post-48654179371327969932008-08-14T10:46:00.000-05:002008-08-14T10:46:00.000-05:00I always give everyone, every country, the benefit...I always give everyone, every country, the benefit of the doubt. Although this wasn't surprising. But I had to bring attention to it.Ameliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10884754298018500343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6730657139931062421.post-50810181615694183412008-08-13T21:16:00.000-05:002008-08-13T21:16:00.000-05:00Did you actually expect anything more from China?Did you actually expect anything more from China?Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05697447084483553573noreply@blogger.com