{"id":154,"date":"2003-08-14T02:42:51","date_gmt":"2003-08-14T06:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tradermike.net\/movethecrowd\/2003\/08\/plastic_surgery_boom_in_asia\/"},"modified":"2003-08-14T02:42:51","modified_gmt":"2003-08-14T06:42:51","slug":"plastic_surgery_boom_in_asia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/2003\/08\/14\/plastic_surgery_boom_in_asia\/","title":{"rendered":"Plastic Surgery Boom in Asia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Time Asia<\/i> has a very interesting article about the surge in plastic surgery in Asia<\/a>. One of the more interesting aspects of all this surgery is that people are trying to look more Caucasian:<\/p>\n

\nThe culturally loaded issue today is the number of Asians looking to remake themselves to look more Caucasian. It’s a charge many deny, although few would argue that under the relentless bombardment of Hollywood, satellite TV, and Madison Avenue, Asia’s aesthetic ideal has changed drastically… Asians are increasingly asking their surgeons for wider eyes, longer noses and fuller breasts — features not typical of the race.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But they’re also doing surgery all over the body. Calf reshaping\/reduction is very popular and “in China, Korea and Indonesia, where virginity is highly prized, young women go in for hymen reconstruction in time for their wedding night.” Trippy stuff. And be sure to look at the before and after pictures<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As an aside, I just came across a blog called Gene Expression<\/a>, via Technorati<\/a>. They’ve got a discussion going about the Time<\/i> article<\/a>. But they’ve got some other posts that clearly need to be chimed in on by some Black voices. Like the ‘Jigger’ (wtf?<\/strong>) comment in the Nigerians in Tokyo<\/i> post<\/a>. And definitely on the Contributions of Black Americans<\/i><\/a> post. And I’m sure my buddy Kamau<\/a> will have a thing or two or three to say about the ‘Only blacks can teach black history?<\/i><\/a>‘ entry. I’m too tired now, so I’ll save my input for later on today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Time Asia has a very interesting article about the surge in plastic surgery in Asia. One of the more interesting aspects of all this surgery is that people are trying to look more Caucasian: The culturally loaded issue today is the number of Asians looking to remake themselves to look more Caucasian. It’s a charge… Continue reading Plastic Surgery Boom in Asia<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":366,"url":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/2004\/07\/27\/check_out_trading_spouses\/","url_meta":{"origin":154,"position":0},"title":"Check Out ‘Trading Spouses’","date":"July 27, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"I caught the encore presentation of the first episode of Fox's new show 'Trading Spouses' last night and I'm hooked. 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