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Asian American Beauty - Female Body Image (Part 1 of 2)

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Directed and edited by Calvin Sun. Produced by Aretha Choi, Marilla Li, and Calvin Sun.Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... of the audience favorite "One to Watch Award" in the longest running Asian American film festival in the world; the 30th Annual Asian American International Film Festival!!!***This is part 1 of 2 in a film discussing the Asian American opinion on female body image, beauty standards, eating disorders, and unspoken pressures to be thin in both American and Asian cultures.An otherwise taboo subject to talk about among specifically Asian Americans, students at Columbia University are now tired of keeping mum about the issue and are speaking out.This video does not aim to cover every single ground regarding the topic; instead it seeks to begin dialogue with a generalized approach to the problems as a first step. We want first to show that Asian Americans are like any other American struggling with issues of body image while at the same time facing pressures coming from their own respective cultures.This video certainly focuses on the former point; We hope that the latter will be explored more in the future. We also must reveal the contradiction of how Asian American girls are pressured in this society to look both "western" and "Asian."This includes pressures on how many Asian American girls are supposed to play up this well-known image of looking innocent, weak, and petite as "attractive", but at the same time mainstream media depicts Asian American females as alluring, "exotic," and sexy.We hope that the people in this video will inspire others around the world to undertake similar projects that would focus deeper into these issues regarding body image and perhaps more specifically Asian American body image.Therefore, this is only the beginning.Produced by Aretha Choi & Marilla Li.Directed & edited by Calvin Sun.For more information, please contact aaa@columbia.eduDedicated to my father,Alexander S. Sun1939-2006calvin.sun@columbia.edu

Channel: News & Politics
Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Author: csohosun

Length: 07:30
Rating: 4.46
Views: 78425

Tags: America  anorexia  Asia  beauty  body  bulimia  Columbia  disorder  eat  girl  image  loss  sex  sexy  student  University  weight  woman  

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porcelain100 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
well done :)i'm a ballet dancer and i see so many beautiful asian women starving themselves needlessly...
noodledoodle96 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I love this. I thought I was alone being an asian-american and not being thin. My family has pressured me to be "thin".Then watching this I know I'm not alone.I'm almost on the verge to tears. My family is so traditional with everything. And they wonder why I'm chubbier then I should be.I love the people who made this.
ikuj28 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
American media doesn't expose us or america in general to asian media, music, celebrities, etc.. If you've ever been to asia their is so many beautiful people their.
garamri (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I'm 1/4 korean, 1/4 japanese, and half caucasian. Some people have asked me if I'm mexican.
uniquedeeeee (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
what's the song in the background called again?
OctemberSun (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
:p I feel the same.I'm Filipino. Living in Canada..People's first idea of me, is that I'm native American.People put you down enough you start to believe it. The bad stuff is easier to believe.
ChineseDonuts (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
you might get AIDS or herpiesbe careful:)
MegaManXRockMan (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
You are all bugs
altosax1st (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Interesting vid. I empathize with them. All the 'popular' asian kids in my middle school all conformed to the asian ideal of beauty.
frequentflyer1984 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
No mrs. OsDOUCHE, I'm huffing your mom's muff.

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