39 min

Managing superficiality in Asian and gay cultures Yellow Glitter

    • Society & Culture

Superficial: The narrow focus on surface-level attributes, like appearance, status, wealth, and career over things that are more internal like morals, values, and ethics.
 
This episode, we cover:
3 golden rules of Asian households
Superficiality in Asian culture and potential causes
Generational trauma
Racism, colorism, and body-shaming in Asian and gay advertisements
Plastic surgery in Korea
Purikura machines in Japan
Augmented reality apps in China
Gay-dating apps
Dangers of circuit parties (gay "raves")
Performance enhancers
And a whole lot more
 
How to combat superficial culture
Understand it: ask yourself what are you ultimately looking for?
Reframe it: you are in control of how you perceive yourself
Change your environment: read books, watch videos, listen to podcasts to expand your thinking
Call it out: call out authority figures when permitted
 
References:
Racist Chinese detergent commercial
2017 ISAPS global survey on plastic surgery
Meitu
BeautyCam
Camera360
Sephora Virtual Artist
Grindr May 2016 homepage
Tara Brach - Radical Acceptance
Dalai Lama - The Art of Happiness
Robert Greene - Laws of Human Nature
 
You can follow me at:
Instagram (instagram.com/stevenwakabayashi)
YouTube (youtube.com/stevenwakabayashi)
Weekly Newsletter (mindfulmoments.substack.com)

Superficial: The narrow focus on surface-level attributes, like appearance, status, wealth, and career over things that are more internal like morals, values, and ethics.
 
This episode, we cover:
3 golden rules of Asian households
Superficiality in Asian culture and potential causes
Generational trauma
Racism, colorism, and body-shaming in Asian and gay advertisements
Plastic surgery in Korea
Purikura machines in Japan
Augmented reality apps in China
Gay-dating apps
Dangers of circuit parties (gay "raves")
Performance enhancers
And a whole lot more
 
How to combat superficial culture
Understand it: ask yourself what are you ultimately looking for?
Reframe it: you are in control of how you perceive yourself
Change your environment: read books, watch videos, listen to podcasts to expand your thinking
Call it out: call out authority figures when permitted
 
References:
Racist Chinese detergent commercial
2017 ISAPS global survey on plastic surgery
Meitu
BeautyCam
Camera360
Sephora Virtual Artist
Grindr May 2016 homepage
Tara Brach - Radical Acceptance
Dalai Lama - The Art of Happiness
Robert Greene - Laws of Human Nature
 
You can follow me at:
Instagram (instagram.com/stevenwakabayashi)
YouTube (youtube.com/stevenwakabayashi)
Weekly Newsletter (mindfulmoments.substack.com)

39 min

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