Comments on: Don’t Ignore Us, Maybelline http://goldfishcake.com/2010/02/03/daughter-of-asia/dont-ignore-us-maybelline/ the pursuit of passion as experienced by alienman Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:00:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: ann http://goldfishcake.com/2010/02/03/daughter-of-asia/dont-ignore-us-maybelline/comment-page-1/#comment-5699 ann Mon, 08 Feb 2010 02:07:26 +0000 http://goldfishcake.com/?p=2302#comment-5699 Omg, that is so racist! HAHA idiots! Omg, that is so racist! HAHA idiots!

]]> By: jo.frougal http://goldfishcake.com/2010/02/03/daughter-of-asia/dont-ignore-us-maybelline/comment-page-1/#comment-5692 jo.frougal Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:17:58 +0000 http://goldfishcake.com/?p=2302#comment-5692 Reur email to 'Some Guy' -- I don't get these people. Really, that's our validation? How much more conceited can they get, to think (in this day and age) that women beautify themselves for men, and that if they find a woman attractive, it is her validation? How utterly... neanderthal. I'm with you all the way on your response. <a HREF="http://frougal.blogspot.com/2010/01/beauty-for-its-own-sake.html" rel="nofollow">I posted something along this line, too.</A> Reur email to ‘Some Guy’ — I don’t get these people. Really, that’s our validation? How much more conceited can they get, to think (in this day and age) that women beautify themselves for men, and that if they find a woman attractive, it is her validation? How utterly… neanderthal. I’m with you all the way on your response.
I posted something along this line, too.

]]> By: jo.frougal http://goldfishcake.com/2010/02/03/daughter-of-asia/dont-ignore-us-maybelline/comment-page-1/#comment-5691 jo.frougal Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:09:15 +0000 http://goldfishcake.com/?p=2302#comment-5691 You would think Maybelline would know more about Asian face, because, as a cosmetics company, it should be their business to study and be experts on faces! Duh! You would think Maybelline would know more about Asian face, because, as a cosmetics company, it should be their business to study and be experts on faces! Duh!

]]> By: alienman http://goldfishcake.com/2010/02/03/daughter-of-asia/dont-ignore-us-maybelline/comment-page-1/#comment-5658 alienman Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:23:38 +0000 http://goldfishcake.com/?p=2302#comment-5658 Hey, ladies! Thanks for responding to me and Rasilla in regards to this Maybelline issue. Let's hope she finally gets through to those people and have them edit that awful website. If this is something that truly outrages you, please retweet or share this blog or Rasilla's! Or give the issue a mention on your blogs. If you read some of the comments on her youtube, you know it's not easy for her to press the issue with such harsh criticism thrown thoughtlessly at her. Please show support! Hey, ladies! Thanks for responding to me and Rasilla in regards to this Maybelline issue. Let’s hope she finally gets through to those people and have them edit that awful website. If this is something that truly outrages you, please retweet or share this blog or Rasilla’s! Or give the issue a mention on your blogs. If you read some of the comments on her youtube, you know it’s not easy for her to press the issue with such harsh criticism thrown thoughtlessly at her. Please show support!

]]> By: alienman http://goldfishcake.com/2010/02/03/daughter-of-asia/dont-ignore-us-maybelline/comment-page-1/#comment-5657 alienman Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:18:50 +0000 http://goldfishcake.com/?p=2302#comment-5657 An e-mail I sent to Some Guy: Thanks for dropping in at GoldfishCake.com. I'm sure you left this comment with the best of intentions but I felt I needed you to understand something before you just leave after having made your mark here. Much of my blog focuses on accepting the monolid and not letting societal and family pressures of Asian communities influence our decision to undergo the knife. I don't know where in my "About" section you gathered that I think there is "something wrong with my eyes". Describing my eyelids as being fatty and monolids is factual, not a self-deprecating opinion. In comparison to most other types of eyelids, I have more fatty tissue and it bulges out more than others. I have a description of my skin type and eyelid type there because not all makeup techniques and products work for everyone, so it helps others to know for whom a technique or product does work or does not. Furthermore, if you had taken the time to read any of the blog entries, including the one where you left that comment, you'd know that I am quite happy with having monolids and I'd much rather see others be more understanding about them. In fact, in that very blog entry, there are links to related posts where I declare war against anyone who believes a person is ugly just because they have monolids. Read a few more entries back and you'd also see that I believe men are delusional in thinking that we wear makeup solely to impress them. Not that I expect you to take interest in any part of my blog at all, since it is targeted towards an Asian female audience. However, I find it rather brazen of you to come in here, take a brief and misunderstanding glance at the smallest portion of my blog, and then try to reassure me that I am validated because "men think I am beautiful". Again, I appreciate that you meant well by this, but PLEASE, for the love of all good things, do not assume that this is the highest form of validation that we women seek. There are so many pressures that we women face to look pretty enough to be accepted by society and, for Asians, even our own families. In the guise of a shallow and vain makeup-related blog, I seek to address all these issues from a very cautious standpoint. Pleasing men is not as high on our list of priorities as you think. Sorry if this e-mail was a bit harsh. It will also be posted on the comments page under yours, so if you wish to discuss this further here on e-mail or on the blog, you are more than welcome to do so. I appreciate that you took the time to leave a comment, anyway, and I also do appreciate your good intentions. An e-mail I sent to Some Guy:
Thanks for dropping in at GoldfishCake.com. I’m sure you left this comment with the best of intentions but I felt I needed you to understand something before you just leave after having made your mark here.

Much of my blog focuses on accepting the monolid and not letting societal and family pressures of Asian communities influence our decision to undergo the knife. I don’t know where in my “About” section you gathered that I think there is “something wrong with my eyes”. Describing my eyelids as being fatty and monolids is factual, not a self-deprecating opinion. In comparison to most other types of eyelids, I have more fatty tissue and it bulges out more than others. I have a description of my skin type and eyelid type there because not all makeup techniques and products work for everyone, so it helps others to know for whom a technique or product does work or does not.

Furthermore, if you had taken the time to read any of the blog entries, including the one where you left that comment, you’d know that I am quite happy with having monolids and I’d much rather see others be more understanding about them. In fact, in that very blog entry, there are links to related posts where I declare war against anyone who believes a person is ugly just because they have monolids. Read a few more entries back and you’d also see that I believe men are delusional in thinking that we wear makeup solely to impress them.

Not that I expect you to take interest in any part of my blog at all, since it is targeted towards an Asian female audience. However, I find it rather brazen of you to come in here, take a brief and misunderstanding glance at the smallest portion of my blog, and then try to reassure me that I am validated because “men think I am beautiful”. Again, I appreciate that you meant well by this, but PLEASE, for the love of all good things, do not assume that this is the highest form of validation that we women seek. There are so many pressures that we women face to look pretty enough to be accepted by society and, for Asians, even our own families. In the guise of a shallow and vain makeup-related blog, I seek to address all these issues from a very cautious standpoint. Pleasing men is not as high on our list of priorities as you think.

Sorry if this e-mail was a bit harsh. It will also be posted on the comments page under yours, so if you wish to discuss this further here on e-mail or on the blog, you are more than welcome to do so. I appreciate that you took the time to leave a comment, anyway, and I also do appreciate your good intentions.

]]> By: Jamilla Camel http://goldfishcake.com/2010/02/03/daughter-of-asia/dont-ignore-us-maybelline/comment-page-1/#comment-5655 Jamilla Camel Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:48:48 +0000 http://goldfishcake.com/?p=2302#comment-5655 Well, I'm one of those non-Asian looking Asians, and people think I'm from way north of India, and I resent the sterotyping (I am actually half Japanese, and my mother has huge deep-set eyes and high cheekbones, and looks nothing like the stereotype). Bobbi Brown's makeup books have excellent sections on Asian makeup techniques, and her Asian models are not stereotypical. I avoid Maybelline products anyway.... Well, I’m one of those non-Asian looking Asians, and people think I’m from way north of India, and I resent the sterotyping (I am actually half Japanese, and my mother has huge deep-set eyes and high cheekbones, and looks nothing like the stereotype).

Bobbi Brown’s makeup books have excellent sections on Asian makeup techniques, and her Asian models are not stereotypical.

I avoid Maybelline products anyway….

]]> By: Olive http://goldfishcake.com/2010/02/03/daughter-of-asia/dont-ignore-us-maybelline/comment-page-1/#comment-5654 Olive Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:38:31 +0000 http://goldfishcake.com/?p=2302#comment-5654 Even in this day in age where "diversity" is celebrated, I still think that there is still this idea that Asians are one homogenous group of people. My sister is Japanese, but her eyes are very large and most people think she is Hispanic. So people like her don't fit the stereotypical image of Asians obviously. All ethinicities have many variations in facial features, why can't we for god sakes! I seriously believe that people are so careful not to stereotype every other race of people except for Asians! There is still a long way to go for us :( Even in this day in age where “diversity” is celebrated, I still think that there is still this idea that Asians are one homogenous group of people. My sister is Japanese, but her eyes are very large and most people think she is Hispanic. So people like her don’t fit the stereotypical image of Asians obviously. All ethinicities have many variations in facial features, why can’t we for god sakes! I seriously believe that people are so careful not to stereotype every other race of people except for Asians! There is still a long way to go for us :(

]]> By: mayaari http://goldfishcake.com/2010/02/03/daughter-of-asia/dont-ignore-us-maybelline/comment-page-1/#comment-5653 mayaari Thu, 04 Feb 2010 06:48:57 +0000 http://goldfishcake.com/?p=2302#comment-5653 I don't know what to say about this that hasn't already been said by you or the other comments above...I'm on serious angry girl rage right now, having just posted a terrible return process on my blog (it's been a day and I still get worked up when I think about it). Why do companies seriously continue to lump all Asians into one group??? It's really sad to see something like this still happening. I don’t know what to say about this that hasn’t already been said by you or the other comments above…I’m on serious angry girl rage right now, having just posted a terrible return process on my blog (it’s been a day and I still get worked up when I think about it). Why do companies seriously continue to lump all Asians into one group??? It’s really sad to see something like this still happening.

]]> By: wuzzyangel http://goldfishcake.com/2010/02/03/daughter-of-asia/dont-ignore-us-maybelline/comment-page-1/#comment-5650 wuzzyangel Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:00:11 +0000 http://goldfishcake.com/?p=2302#comment-5650 It's sad, but almost EVERY cosmetic company non Asian of course... Lump us into one single eyelid shape! :( what about stoopid hooded lids like me?! LOL! What to do?! It’s sad, but almost EVERY cosmetic company non Asian of course… Lump us into one single eyelid shape! :(

what about stoopid hooded lids like me?! LOL! What to do?!

]]> By: rasilla http://goldfishcake.com/2010/02/03/daughter-of-asia/dont-ignore-us-maybelline/comment-page-1/#comment-5649 rasilla Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:53:57 +0000 http://goldfishcake.com/?p=2302#comment-5649 hey~ I think its because of your post, that I didn't react too 'crazy' to a YT comment that was made. (Well I did block his sorry ass, but still...) Anyway I had completely forgotten that Maybelline was owned by Loreal US, so tried there using a fake address (serioulsy they ask for way to many things, in order to leave a comment :T why do you need all that information? Are you gonna hire an assassin to take me out??!?!?) lol hey~
I think its because of your post, that I didn’t react too ‘crazy’ to a YT comment that was made. (Well I did block his sorry ass, but still…)
Anyway I had completely forgotten that Maybelline was owned by Loreal US, so tried there using a fake address (serioulsy they ask for way to many things, in order to leave a comment :T why do you need all that information? Are you gonna hire an assassin to take me out??!?!?)
lol

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