The Smithian

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The Big Issue.

the letter ‘G.’

‘I grew up in California more than half my life and I see myself as me; I don’t see myself as an Asian model. I think part of the reason I bleached my hair was that I didn’t want to be typecast as an Asian model, I wanted to be me. But diversity is very important and to be completely honest, they just want cookie-cutters a lot—not all—but a lot of the times, they do. I can’t say I expect people to be colorblind, because as long as we have eyes, we’re not going to be colorblind, but I hope there comes a day when it’s not just cookie-cutter models. It’s going to be about personality and your look beyond being just an Asian or black or Hispanic girl or whatever.’ — Soo Joo Park

…congee neither lengthens nor curtails your life. And it’s just right there between comforting and bland: eating it makes you feel like you’re on the one hand nourishing your needs and on the other hand doing penance for your sins.

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Park Geun-hye promised a tough stance on national security and an era of economic revival as she was sworn in as South Korea’s president.

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North Korea threatened South Korea with “final destruction” during a debate at the U.N. Conference on Disarmament on Tuesday.

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art: painting by 異動的森林, 2003

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art: chromogenic photo by Pa-Ya: ‘Noblesse Children #12′ from the series ‘Noblesse Children’ (2008)

…only now has Asiana agreed to consider a uniform with trousers during the next uniform redesign…As of now, Asiana regulates its female flight …attendants’ appearances down to the number of hairpins they’re allowed to wear, whether or not they’re allowed to wear glasses…the amount of eyeliner they wear…earring length and, of course, skirt-only uniforms.

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