Comments on: Not Your Average China Dolls

By: Ninjarina

Ninjarina — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 04:10:21 +0000

I hope these girls can sing b/c most of the Chinese/HK pop world is untalented garbage. And believe me, you think the race to thin is bad in the US? It’s SO much worse in Asia.

P.S. During the Golden Era of Chinese history, the Tang dynasty (we are so proud of this that Chinese people refer to themselves literally as “Tang people”), plumper women were in vogue – one of the most famous being the tragic Yang Guifei.

By: Twistie

Twistie — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 14:57:37 +0000

Willa: I honestly didn’t mean it that way. In my brain it sounded like ‘hey, these women are breaking the stereotype that all Asian women are petite and fragile and don’t have much to say for themselves! you go girls!’ My brain, however, has been known to take oddly circuitous paths to reach its destinations. My intention was not to be insulting or insensitive in any way, but I will definitely try to think more carefully before choosing a title that may not be perceived the way it was intended.

Annalucia: That was my first thought, too. I wanted to see them in something bold, like red.

roya: I think it probably worked better on Marilyn because she was alone looking sleepy and tousled and as though she had a naughty secret rather than in an obviously wide-awake group. On the other hand, Mr. Twistie is in the music biz and that’s made me painfully aware that nearly every band has that one photo session which should Never Be Spoken Of Again. All too often, the base idea wasn’t the problem so much as execution or wardrobe.

By: roya

roya — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 05:09:19 +0000

That is the point, they are bedsheets, it is supposed to be sexy, like Marilyn Monroe. There is a famous picture that I can’t find that looks like this.

By: Annalucia

Annalucia — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 02:29:17 +0000

Alas that their dresses are so unflattering; they appear to be wrapped in bedsheets. Cannot someone advise them as to bolder colors and a more flattering style?

By: Willa

Willa — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 23:41:35 +0000

please be careful when you title an entry something like “not your average china dolls.” it makes me feel uncomfortable because it’s suggesting an assumption that ALL chinese women are little and cute like dolls or something, rather than just being women.

By: Twistie

Twistie — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 20:47:31 +0000

Get out of my brain, Diane! On second thought, you can stay. It’s good to have company.

My first thought was to worry about whether this was pure exploitation, but it really does sound more like empowerment.

By: Diane

Diane — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 18:35:27 +0000

I’m glad to see they actually got girls with talent, too! Something like this could very easily turn from empowering to gimmicky with the wrong sort of promotion, but these girls feel more to me like proud women who can sing and just happen to be fat and vocal about it, than vocal fat women who someone thought they could earn a buck off.

Gives a refreshing new twist to girl power!