I actually think I'm the only person in the world that likes Crumbs cupcakes at this point.

Why does everyone hate Crumbs? It's not the best cupcake place but it does not deserve this vitriol. And what kind of horrible human being dislikes cupcakes? It is literally sugary creamy goodness piped on top of soft angel cloud cake!

I mean, 1-800-flowers is the Robin Thicke of flower companies so it makes sense.

Oh, I haven't noticed. Maybe because I've only been shopping there for two years now and was always a 2 [not sarcasm]

I don't think they're even changing the measurements for each size though so is that still vanity sizing? They're just adding clothes to fit a 23 inch waist. That sounds super skinny here, but in Asia, that's normal for some of the super small, petite women. Can't blame them for wanting to get some of that market.

Goddammit I just want to see Katniss.

You know what? Every time I enter/leave a store, I think I will also make a trip around the parking lot (for funsies, exercise, rescuing babies/animals!). It's a little sad how this is becoming necessary.

In my personal experience, it doesn't offend me as much as show how ignorant the person I'm speaking to is. But Oriental is usually used when the person is being derogatory or trying to talk down to an Asian person, which is probably why people are sensitive about it.

Fuck you. I'm Chinese and I know very well the difference between racism and colorism. The fact is that the ad above had no references to being Caucasian besides the use of the English "slang" term for Caucasian people, white. For a cosmetics product, it makes sense that they are talking about color. Colorism…

The fact that these people have to pretend to be the feminists they hate in order to have something to hate... lol so pathetic!

No, I know that. My main point was that the "Do you want to be white?" in the ad was referring to having fair skin, not being Caucasian. To say otherwise is ethnocentric and kind of racist in itself.

I believe that's Jensen Ackles (Dean from Supernatural).

Of course they're not the same. But that doesn't mean I support someone telling a harmless writer that he shouldn't be writing for Jezebel just because he's male. But if that sits right with you, more power to you [sarcasm]

It's not racist, it's colorist. Those are two different things. Racism implies that the Koreans are trying to emulate Westerners, believing in the superiority of their ethnicity. The fascination with fair skin, however, began long before their encounter with European nations. White skin as a beauty standard has…

Yeah, I worked at GQ shortly and if someone said something like that to me back then, I would have punched them. Chill out.

"Maybe the advertising team forgot that this ad was scheduled to run in America where minorities are hyper-aware of race, colorism... and kind of like being their own ethnicity."

Oh please. Koreans idolized white skin way before they were colonized and way before they had any other culture to compare themselves to.

So white skin is only specific to Anglo Saxons? No. Koreans have been emphasizing white skin (note, not the same thing as "white people skin") for many years before the two cultures even encountered each other. Now if we're talking rhinoplasty and eyelid surgery, that caters more to the typical Western ideal. …

Whoops, I used this source (http://www.citylab.com/design/2011/10…) and incorrectly assumed the LGBT couple = LGBT couple with children. My bad.

But come on, how cheesy would that be? And the psychological implications of those internal monologues and the diary entries are far too nuanced to be narrated, especially since the readers are not supposed to know what to make of them until near the ending when it all comes together.