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| Topic | Reading American Psycho rn |
Two_Dee
05/20/19 12:58:28 PM
#1 | Bateman is such a chad damn --- |
| Topic | pic of my pet fish |
Two_Dee
05/17/19 2:41:41 PM
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| Topic | I see that I have been tagged in a topic about twinks |
Two_Dee
05/17/19 10:40:43 AM
#1 | Where did the topic go --- |
| Topic | pic of my pet fish |
Two_Dee
05/16/19 11:49:50 PM
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| Topic | tfw your main jav websight is dead |
Two_Dee
05/16/19 11:11:11 PM
#1 | what even is living anymore --- |
| Topic | what should i get my mom for her birthday |
Two_Dee
05/14/19 12:17:00 AM
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| Topic | what should i get my mom for her birthday |
Two_Dee
05/13/19 9:52:42 PM
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| Topic | I can't believe some of my Facebook friends support Trump |
Two_Dee
05/13/19 1:04:23 AM
#1 | don't they know hes bad? --- |
| Topic | How do I get a job? |
Two_Dee
05/13/19 12:41:50 AM
#8 | BignutzisBack posted...Make sure you have a good cover letter and that your resume is only one page wow thank you @BignutzisBack for that advice --- |
| Topic | How do I get a job? |
Two_Dee
05/12/19 11:41:19 PM
#1 | I apply online but then they say they don't want me --- |
| Topic | K-pop's Rise In China Is Fueling Fears of a Masculinity Crisis |
Two_Dee
05/12/19 11:25:08 PM
#1 | https://qz.com/quartzy/1616944/k-pops-rise-in-china-is-fueling-fears-of-a-masculinity-crisis/K-pop is an international sensation, the great South Korean musical export that has taken the world by storm.
The genre is so popular that fans in Algeria now incorporate a bit of Korean into their Berber and Arabic, and fans in the US travel from around the country to attend Korean cultural conventions called KCONs. In April, the K-pop band BTS, which has an army of devoted fans worldwide, sold more than 3 million copies of its eighth album before it was even released, and the video for the albums first single broke the record for the most YouTube streams in the 24 hours after release, with 74.6 million listens (surpassing Ariana Grandes Thank U, Next).
But not everyone is thrilled about the rise of K-pop in general or BTS specifically. In China, where fans of BTS abound, some fear that the stylish boy band, whose seven members dye their hair, wear couture, have earrings, and use makeup, is sending the wrong message about masculinity. According to the South China Morning Post (SCMP), the Chinese state-run media condemns the young idols and their colleagues in other popular bands, calling them sissy pants and warning that a sick and decadent culture threatens the nations future.
The fear isnt confined to state-run media. In Beijing, a former schoolteacher who sees a country in the throes of a masculinity crisis founded the Real Man Training Club to turn teenage boys into alpha males with athletic activities and macho indoctrination. Of K-pop stars, Tang told the SCMP, If you are promoting these effeminate figures, its a calamity for our country.
To counter that effect, Tangs trainees exercise outdoors early in the morning. They wear headbands with the words Real Man and t-shirts with slogans in English, like Power Leader. One mother told SCMP she signed her son up for the bootcamp because I think its a good opportunity for him to gradually cultivate a macho character. If you are a male, you are supposed to have those male traits. Like Tang, she too is concerned about the state of Chinese culture, saying, I dont think the entertainment industry has shown good role models for society because the celebrities exhibit a more feminine side of men. Thats the problem.
But the critics are probably not going to stem the tide of stylish boy bands, just as conservative parents have failed in the past to stop racy pop sensations.
In the 1950s in the US, when Elvis Presley was becoming a national star, many were scandalized by the rock n rollers style. Elvis appeared on The Milton Berle Show in 1956 to sing Hound Dog, and his intense pelvis-shaking alternately thrilled and terrified the nation. Television critics called the performance vulgar and animalistic, and the American Catholic Church wrote an article in its publication headlined Beware Elvis Presley, warning that his popularity would lead to juvenile delinquency and a shifting morality.
Now, of course, Elvis seems tame, just as BTS and the other K-pop bands made up of stylish crooners with moves will surely seem quaint someday. Thoughts? --- |
| Topic | What do I do when the job interviewer asks if I've ever had sex before? |
Two_Dee
05/11/19 10:12:48 PM
#1 | I don't think i'll be able to tell a convincing lie... --- |
| Topic | Just finished 2001: A Space Odyssey |
Two_Dee
05/11/19 5:07:13 PM
#8 | ok im a little less mad now and looking back there was some really cool filming angles and colors --- |
| Topic | Just finished 2001: A Space Odyssey |
Two_Dee
05/11/19 3:39:33 PM
#1 | worst movie i've ever seen in my life --- |
| Topic | WTF there are fat women in Sports Illustrated now? |
Two_Dee
05/10/19 9:07:54 PM
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| Topic | WTF there are fat women in Sports Illustrated now? |
Two_Dee
05/10/19 8:43:13 PM
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