No-one has said that them being attractive Asian girls says “sex workers” or is a reason to think they were “hookers”. It’s possible that the officials thought that they were victims of human trafficking, which is not the same as being a sex worker. Apart from that, if they didn’t have the appropriate visas (which thei…

Yeah, I know that there have been cases where I’ve passed through immigration, but whatever the officer* scribbled on my form was clearly an instruction to the Customs people to screen me more thoroughly than usual. I figure that’s how it worked in this case too.

Even from some (most, I would think) Commonwealth countries, you need the appropriate visa paperwork. I strongly dislike going through US Immigration and Customs, and even so I don’t find myself inclined (on the basis of what I’ve read about the situation) to blame the US authorities in this case, especially if they…

They’re a new and relatively minor kpop group. I highly doubt that they were either expensively dressed or flying first class.

Oh, and “it just seems like if a bunch of cool young polynesian and other women of color, gay men + straight men (plus a smattering of white people) can’t self-consciously incorporate other cultures into their style...”

I know that I’m allowed to feel however I want, and so are you obviously.

I’m not sure what conclusions you think I’ve jumped to. I know about Parris Goebel and her dance crew, I know where they’re from, I know that they (mostly) aren’t white (I said as much in my comment), I know of her international recognition and reputation, I am well aware that these aren’t random women who passed a…

No, I’m not pissed.

I genuinely don’t understand. Go on a bit more about what exactly?

I’m not versed in male gaze theory, although I have some idea of what it’s about, but in some cultures (I’m thinking specifically of the Caribbean, which is where I’m from) there are situations where (not only queer) women get together and party and dance (in a gyratey-sexy fashion, because that’s just how we dance…

This video makes me feel a kind of a way because I recognize so many of the moves from Jamaican dancehall culture, and to see them performed to critical acclaim by this group of dancers (even if they’re not all white)... It discomfits me.

I’m not talking about the hip-hop musical influence/rapping concept in general though or about 2ne1, I’m talking about CL and the particular direction she’s taking as a solo artist working over the past year/couple of years. (I’ve heard some people describe it as “ratchet” which I take issue with, but whatever. Let’s…

“CL culturally appropriates because she thinks it’ll make a social change in Kpop.”

I’m on the same page with you. And speaking of bindi misappropriation lately CL has done this:

Way back when I was a teenager, I cut off my relaxer and went back to my natural kinks (which was considered by my relatives to be, like, a massive radical anti-establishment statement or something).

NYX makes great cheap makeup, especially their lip stuff and their eyeliners. I’m a fan of Pure Red myself (it’s the red lipstick that made me realise I could wear red lipstick), but recently discovered an oldish tube of their Monte Carlo lip cream, which is a fantastic pinky red with blue undertones, and that’s my…

I admit, I clicked through to the Game’s Instagram pic, and even read the hashtags. I appreciate his concern about my hypothetically freshly done hair.

To be fair, she didn’t say she thought that the neighbourhood was dicey, she said the security guard who gave her a lift thought/implied that it was dicey.

I’m from a country (Barbados) that I think is better off now that it’s self-governed, particularly in regard to self-determination, social welfare and equality, and equality of opportunity.

I think she has a top-notch make-up artist. I don’t think she looks that different beyond the kinds of transformation that can be effected by really well-done make-up, and Adele’s make-up is always on point.