I would say that the main difference between virtual and human idols are mostly regarding their agency, how they embody their persona, and autonomy. Human idols, at their cores, are actual people with personal lives and emotions as well as boundaries. Their careers involve labours with risks of-

I absolutely enjoyed the movie because it portrays the ordinary lives of high school students with all their own struggles for acceptance. As a heterosexual cisgender woman, I would never be able to understand the struggle of a gay man but I could at the very least sympathise with the struggles-

Putting white men in martial arts films could be seen as a commercial strategy so that the movie could attract foreign (Western) audiences and investors. By adding recogniseable, predominantly white, Western faces can help #Chinese #films reach the global market. As I watched Ip Man 4 before class-

I would say that anxieties and issues around #fatherhood and #masculinity in general are circulating in #China because of the fear of losing the macho, masculine man archetype that the traditional Chinese society really valued. In the modern Chinese society, the anxieties are passed down to-

To me, the most surprising element of the #coffee consumption culture in Korea is how much they love iced Americano. I grew up in a family who really cherish coffee so I’ve been drinking it since I was quite young (which is not exactly healthy but I’m thankful that I’m not super addicted to it now)-

To me, the #MilkySpicy trend is extremely problematic. I don’t think that there is any circumstances where it is acceptable for parents to dress their children who are still minors in ways that adults would, especially when combined with quite the suggestive poses and posting the pictures on-

Popular culture definitely influenced me in learning languages. My first encounter with pop culture is Hollywood and from that, I sort of learned English by listening to songs that I found interesting then I translate the lyrics to Indonesian. From translating word per word to understanding the-

Recently, media coverage about #NaomiOsaka revolves around her being a new mom. Medias frame her reappearance to the tennis scene as a “comeback”, but she told reporters for US Open that the phrase is not her exactly her favourite when it comes to referring about this phase of her career.

An example of microaggression that I know of that is directed towards Asians is that Asians are shy. Something like “you should speak up more, you’re too shy”.

Pop culture impacted me in ways that I was able to connect with people that I otherwise would not be able to connect if I had not been interested in it. My personal experience is that I used to have a fan account on X (Twitter) that was a part of “animanga-kpoptwt”.

There are some similarities that I found between JP school life and mine, especially elementary school; we had to clean the classroom and take off our shoes. Some differences are that we were allowed to go to school with cars and no strict rules about hair (some schools are strict with uniform)

Cultural industries and producers of popular culture decides on how the medias that they create will be portrayed. They may choose on whether they would like to present a certain social reality in this way or that way.