@KATE!: Assimilating/integrating doesn't necessarily mean that you forget where you come from or your culture. Eastern European Jews and Italians in Canada/US are pretty assimilated/integrated, yet, you see a lot of old traditions as well.

@jenilane: I think Jennifer was popular until circa 1990-91 or so. These girls would be 18-19.

@quatrevingtquatre: When you're going to be this strict, it's better to have an actual uniform, IMHO.

When wavy/curly hair was in, white and Asian women with straight hair went to the salon on a regular basis to get perms. My mom used to get her hair permed every few months (back in the 80s) and she looked WEIRD! Wasn't this just as bad?

I think one of the reasons of increased diagnosis is because they've expanded what autism is. Years ago, people with Asperger's were just considered "awkward," or were diagnosed with other disorders (e.g. ADHD).

Wouldn't they still be using thin, but famous women?

An Asian actress (Joan something or other. She's a former Kim in Miss Saigon and also played Fantine in Les Miz, I believe) once played Evita in a production outside of Asia. Of course, this was live theatre, not film.

The next collab is in December? I thought H&M usually launches the line in November

So we find out that Betty's involved with the Junior League and has been for years (sorry, but there's no way they can make her a secretary without first doing a provisional class)? She shouldn't be so bored if she has (even if it was just hinted - that she's involved with some "ladies' guild")! Also, I'm pretty…

@hatboxlady: Maybe my circle in Hong Kong is very different from the rest of the island, but most of my cousins who grew up in Hong Kong had a very similar upbringing as my own. It's just that they went the so-called "right" direction (i.e. into finance or sciences) while I did not (BA history & drama; M.Ed History…

@Erda: But what about Asian kids in ASIA? The ones who put the same kind of pressure on their kids as the ones here, so they could get into a good school (and in this case, a good FOREIGN school. A foreign diploma is seen as the ULTIMATE sign that a family has "made it.")

@myriad: I have family members who believe that being depressed was "invented" by the middle class. They said that when they were growing up, they didn't "have time" to be depressed because they were always worried about making money.

It's pressure to be as close to "perfect as you can. Growing up, I was told that I had to play piano, play tennis and get good grades so I can go to a good university. I did all three (although I wasn't the best tennis player!), but because I didn't end up going into finance, I was criticized by relatives from the…

They really should be focusing on parts and fit modelling. Unless they're going to be working for, say, Allison Izu, they WILL NOT be doing runway.

They need a JEM movie, not Barbie.

Middle school aged straight kids' parents might not ask them if they're "sure" they like members of the opposite sex, but they sure comment on the fact that they're too young.

Wanting to be princessy or girlie doesn't necessarily mean buying into the whole Disney crap. Right before I turned four, I played "going to the ball" all the time (I had just seen The Sound of Music). My grandmother, who was visiting from Hong Kong, made me two play dresses to do this (they looked more like Holly…

@alexburrito: It's government. They probably took a month to even get the time to look at them.

@♥Anti-SocialSocialite♥: Kate Spade's clothes look kind of Tory Burch-ish...love the bags, but the clothes aren't my thing.

@greengrey: You mean not the real 60s of the US/west. The 60s existed in other parts of the world, too. Have you seen "In the Mood for Love"? Maggie Cheung pulled an early 60s look much, much better than Christina Hendricks, IMHO.