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This Asian-American woman beautifully corrected Hollywood’s “yellowface” problem

Actress Michelle Villemaire is 100% fed up with this problematic trend in film, and she’s not the only Asian-American entertainer to call it out.

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Sticky page makers

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“This is what happens when you write a book about a rape survivor: the first thing many people will do is refer to it as ‘another Rape Book’ and then they’ll ask you sincerely why you wrote it—but they’ll ask in a way that suggests we’ve capped out on these stories. That these narratives are no longer culturally relevant. Why did I write All the Rage? Look around.”

Romy by @realmlovejoy

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Stylish & Whimsical Bookends

Online shop DesignAtelierArticle’s creators Lena and Dmitry are responsible for creating unique, whimsical and simple bookends. Inspired by quirky figures and cinematic fandoms and, each piece is a modern and handmade creations. The metal is laser cut to perfection in a range of charming creations.

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THE SURPRISING TRUTH ABOUT PROPAGANDA TEXTS: THEY’RE ACTUALLY FUN TO READ.

"Regarding novels, some of the best children’s books were imported from foreign countries – I especially enjoyed ‘Daddy Long Legs’ and ‘Cinderella’. The stories and pictures in these books fascinated us because they came from the mindset of another world, although to us it was just fantasy anyway, so I guess they were deemed politically safe.

You’d need dedication to get hold of these books, however. I would always queue in long lines, and join long waiting lists to borrow books from the local library. When I got hold of a desired book, I’d be loaned it for one week. Having had to wait so long for the privilege, I would waste no time absorbing myself in the pursuit of reading. For many North Koreans, it’s a real pleasure. That said, many people couldn’t read at all.

Before publishing a book in North Korea, it needs to be seriously censored. As a result, nobody writes non-political books. Books or writings with ‘wrong’ thoughts can end up with the reader facing serious investigation if caught with them.  Now I am in South Korea I am so happy that I can read all kinds of books in the library whenever I want."

from JMK

I love this article about reading and the library from a girl who grew up in North Korea.

Whenever my husband and I moved into our apartment in this tiny little town, I was so excited to be living close to the library. The first time we went my husband was so surprised to see tons of different novels and interesting books in Korean. He said, "You can read them for free?!" and I said, "Haven't you ever been to a library before?"

Even though he's South Korean, he pretty much grew up in in a small city in China and I guess going to a public library wasn't very common or something, at least for him and his friends! He loves reading though and it was so fun for me to introduce him to the library, one of my favorite places ever! (Sadly they only have a small section of English books!)

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8 New Punctuation Marks We Desperately Need

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This! Husband is obsessed with musicals and was overjoyed to find this Korean Air Force Parody of Les Miserables hahaha

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Yes.

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Spencer Finch - 366, Emily Dickinson’s Miraculous Year (2009)

This work is based on Emily Dickinson in 1862, when she wrote 366 poems in 365 days. It is a real-time memorial to that year, which burns for exactly one year. The sculpture is comprised of 366 individual candles arranged in a linear sequence, each of which burns for 24 hours. The colour of each candle matches a colour mentioned in the corresponding poem. For the poems in which no colour is mentioned, the candles are made out of natural paraffin.

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okay now i seriously want a dog. or at least to go to the dog cafe this weekend (no it's not a cafe where you can eat dog soup although i think they do have those restaurants here, it's a cafe where you can play with dogs!)

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These photos of people growing up with their pets are so adorable that it makes me forget about the impending Hurricane doom currently on it’s way.

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this is what I want for my family someday! my sis-in-law keeps telling me our babies are going to be reading so young because we both love reading so much! hopefully they'll read equally well in both korean and english ^^

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 (by johnvsantore2012)

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FAMILY MART!

It has all but disappeared in Korea. It was bought by CU (CVS for you or something - it has a confusing name, like what do you call it? C4U? CU? what??)

This is so sad to me because Family Mart was so connected to my first interests in Korea... I remember about five years or so ago, watching the movie A Moment to Remember, and Son Ye Jin went into a Family Mart and got a skinny Coke. At the time I remember thinking, I want to go to Korea! I want to go to Family Mart and get a cute skinny Coke. (I'm still obsessed with them after a year and a half here haha!)

Anyway we were driving through a small town area a few weeks ago and saw this - a Family Mart that hasn't switched to CforU yet! I think it's the last one in Korea! Hang on little Family Mart... don't sell out...

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Today is the first-ever United Nations International Day of the Girl. This means conferences held around the world and lots of news talk on girls rights. In honor of the day, here are some new books on girlhood and girl power (conceding now to a Western bias*). Clockwise from top left: The End of Men: And The Rise of Women by Hanna Rosin (better than its hot pink soundbite title suggests); Rookie Yearbook One by Tavi Gevinson and the Rookie Mag team; Human Rights Watch: World Report 2012; Preliminary Materials For a Theory of the Young-Girl by Tiqqun from Semiotext(e)’s Intervention Series; Blueprints for Building Better Girls by Elsa Schappell; The Weetzie Bat Books by Francesca Lia Block.

*Welcoming horizon-broadening further suggestions.

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