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  3. Fashion, Gender and Ethnicity: Label Consciousness in Modern Asian Culture

    8/23/07 6:43am by writergal8
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    I have found that guys from older cultures are often more comfortable being stylish/metro than many American and Canadian men, even those who are children of old world immigrants. Japanese guys, I think, are the most at ease about being metrosexual. In fact, I think Japanese men INVENTED the metrosexual lifestyle!  Read more >

  4. What exactly is "diversity"?

    8/18/07 2:27pm by writergal8
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    What exactly does it mean? Is it ethnicity/race only? Is a predominantly white school "diverse" if these kids speak and indentify with a culture other than "mainstream Canadian/American" culture at home? What about socio-economic class?  Read more >

  5. Getting media attention from certain topics

    7/2/07 8:12am by writergal8 in Better Blogging Challenges Comments (2)
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    How should one do that? I usually send a release once in a while to my media list updating them about information that I've posted on my blog. I don't usually get much feedback, and I assume that most of the releases I send to them get junked right away. How can I limit that? I really feel that my topics are relevant (e.g. petite women getting little attention from body image stories (from my Shorty Stories blog)and my take on the life of a child of immigrants (writing blog)), that the media talk about it a lot. Yet, I feel that my voice isn't heard. So, how can I make that change?  Read more >

Cynthia Cheng

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Cynthia Cheng
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June 2007
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Writer, (first novel, Aspirations, debuted in April), petite activists (we need more of you ladies out there. No change in the fashion industry if you don't speak up).
 

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