Monthly Archives: October 2010

Guys and Dolls

The doll. Its evolution has come quite a long way from young pioneer girls adorning wooden spoons in cotton dresses and adopting them as their own lovable plaything. Then there was Raggedy Anne with her triangular gaze and mop of matted yarn hair. Let’s not forget the breed of Barbies and Cabbage Patch dolls that were found in virtually every little girls’ bedroom in the Western world. When Bratz dolls came out, it was difficult to imagine a doll that could top the doll’s suggestive sexual nature—the over-sized eyes smeared with metallic makeup and the exaggerated porn star lips—but alas, technology has not disappointed consumers with a new doll, a doll that is Continue reading

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Would you like a Doggy Bag?

I am moving to South Korea in a year to teach English as a second language, and every time I mention this to someone, their eyes get wide and their mouths gape open in disbelief. First they ask why, then they ask how, and then they ask “Are you going to eat dogs?” Many people associate Asian countries with hanging the first born girl by her heels and throwing her out with Tuesday’s trash, bright wardrobes that emulate the latest Anime fad, and the pink, skinned carcass of dogs and pigs dangling in steaming restaurant windows. I’ve been asked this question at least twenty time since I was offered the position, and I have to confess that my answer is Continue reading

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