The Bad About Beauty StandardsJust thirty minutes ago, I headed to the hotel lobby in Kyoto to get some coffee to take back to the room. I donned a slinky black dress, a waist-cinching belt, new leather pumps and a thin red cardigan to cover my shoulders for modesty. Thank god for Japan’s ongoing hygiene…
Hyper-Reality: Akihabara, Jean Baudrillard & Maid Cafes.Hyperreality, coined by French philosopher Jean Baudrillard, describes a state in which the boundary between reality and simulation has become blurred or even indistinguishable. Physics and the self is fluid. Akihabara 電気街(Denkigai or Electric Town) is a district in Tokyo, Japan…
Life, Friendship & Gentrification: Kabuki-choMonday morning I met with a friend at Alta in Kabukicho for coffee. It’s been seven years since I last had lunch with Lisa* — so much of our lives, and Kabukicho, have changed. As a lass, I’d pass the time in Alta to buy circle contact lens from Hotel Lovers and bargain prices…
Beauty as Capital: When Girl Children Get Plastic Surgery.On my ten hour flight from San Francisco to Tokyo I had the luxury of watching a Vice News feature on Japan's plastic surgery industry. Notably, girl-children as young as seven going under the knife for non-essential procedures. The feature does not pass explicit judgement on…
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