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WCDT 2932-2936 (6th to 10th April 2015)
ZoeB:
--- Quote from: Gnomeybum on 09 Apr 2015, 10:42 ---as someone of Afghan descent, people often lump my ethnicity in with Pakistani
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I have difficulty picking Afghan Pushtun from Pakistani NW Frontier Pushtun. Or Afghan Tajik from NW Frontier Tajik. But I don't mistake Tajik for Pushtun!
An Afghan student doctor saved my life in the late 70s. Long story. That was before things all turned to custard.
WareWolf:
I am apparently the only person here who didn't realize Emily is supposed to be Asian.
pwhodges:
--- Quote from: CM_albion on 09 Apr 2015, 14:14 ---
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 09 Apr 2015, 13:35 ---
--- Quote from: Gnomeybum on 09 Apr 2015, 05:44 ---So yeah, working on that assumption, the desire to see her in a qipao/cheongsam/ao dai is a little bit of shaky ground racially, as two of those are traditional Chinese dresses and the other is, according to Wikipedia, Viatnamese. I'm not saying it wouldn't be amazing to see Emily in some sort of traditional dress, but I think we have to be careful when making statements like that because it does almost become a case of 'all Asian is the same Asian'.
Sorry, that was a bit of a 'rain on everybody's nice time' kind of post, but I think it is something we should be aware of. Please continue to have a nice time!
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Alertness and awareness are good things.
I am highly confident that Akima was not falling into ignorant racial insensitivity when she imagined Emily in non-Japanese East Asian garments.
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so happy to see a mature approach to this discussion. says a lot of these forums.
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Indeed. But then, a mature response would have considered what was actually said by Akima in the first place:
--- Quote from: Akima on 07 Apr 2015, 15:49 ---
--- Quote from: vforvancouver on 07 Apr 2015, 08:59 ---Now I have the mental image of Emily wearing a kimono or a qipao...
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Or an ao-dai, or any other Chinietnapanorean dress... I'm sure Emily would like nice in any of the above.
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"Chinietnapanorean" - note the sarcasm relating to the lack of precision in identifying Asians (because the two garments named in the post she's responding to are from different countries).
themacnut:
--- Quote from: themacnut on 09 Apr 2015, 13:40 ---
--- Quote from: bhtooefr on 09 Apr 2015, 03:37 ---
And, if I'm reading things right, he's desperate enough for a Standard Attractive Woman (and so, so inexperienced) that he's going along with whatever Emily wants even if he thinks it's a terrible idea, rather than being himself (or at least a little bit himself). That's not fair to Emily, that's not fair to himself.
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Of course he's not trying to be himself; it's the classic mistake many an insecure, inexperienced guy makes. He believes that being himself is simply Not Good Enough to keep a girl interested (or even attract her interest in the first place) so is trying desperately to figure out what to change to make himself more attractive.
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One more thing that should be mentioned about this: remember, when it comes to dating Clinton is apparently a total noob. He had to look up dating etiquette on the Internet, after all. I can easily imagine him being totally ignored by girls for most of his life before now, or even worse, being dissed and actively dismissed by them. He is only now getting to do an activity with a girl that more well-adjusted guys started doing back in junior high school/secondary school or earlier, and he has NO idea what the heck he's doing. And on top of all that, for his first date ever, he's got the likes of Emily, the very definition of Cloud Cuckoolander if ever there was one. It is any wonder said first date is an unfolding disaster?
vforvancouver:
--- Quote from: Gnomeybum on 09 Apr 2015, 05:44 ---A little bit of an aside from the comic, though still relating to Emily, I think I am correct in thinking that she is of Japanese descent, yes? I THINK it has been explicitly stated, but otherwise I am basing that on the surname Azuma as well as the heavy mix of Sakaki/Osaka influences in her character.
So yeah, working on that assumption, the desire to see her in a qipao/cheongsam/ao dai is a little bit of shaky ground racially, as two of those are traditional Chinese dresses and the other is, according to Wikipedia, Viatnamese. I'm not saying it wouldn't be amazing to see Emily in some sort of traditional dress, but I think we have to be careful when making statements like that because it does almost become a case of 'all Asian is the same Asian'.
Sorry, that was a bit of a 'rain on everybody's nice time' kind of post, but I think it is something we should be aware of. Please continue to have a nice time!
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I can't speak but for me, and I based my desire in a) Emily is tall, b) Emily is slim, and c) Emily has just the body type for that sort of dress. One of my nieces has that body type, and she chose to wear a qipao for her Quinceaños, which is the Mexican equivalent (soft of) for the American Sweet Sixteen. You look at her, and while there's no doubt she's not Asian, the dress fits quite nicely. As a matter of fact, in Mexico, having an epicanthal fold in your eyes is not that rare: we call them "ojos almendrados" (almond eyes) and part of my brain refuses to assume someone having epicanthal fold in their eyes is Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Mongolian, Mexican, or Filipino, or something.
Emily will look good in a qipao; so would Dora. Both would look good as Charras, or as Adelitas, too, but I live surrounded by those images, so I don't feel as appealed to those images. Faye would look amazing as a rejoneadora in a suit of lights.
And now I can't get out of my head an image of Faye as Mónica Serrano. She's a nice gal I have the honour to know from when I lived in Mexico City.
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