Kimmy Wooooooo

I am so excited to do this project! Kimmy Woo is so helpful and influential in our Saint Joseph's Community, and for everyone living near her store! We asked her if we can interview her, and she agreed without any hesitation. Also, in Kimmy fashion, before we left she asked us our names, and repeated them three or four times over.

We are planning on filming her as she works, saying hi to the tons of customers she knows, and asking students what they think of her.

Even though she is not living with a life threatening disease, or portrays a glorifying message, she makes a huge impact on everyone she meets in a tiny community- which I definitely feel is so important. Everyone can learn from Kimmy Woo, and I cannot wait to see how the video comes out!

Diversity?

After reading Wade Davis' article on his take on how certain cultures decline, while others just change and form into something different. I did not even think, before reading the article, how certain cultures are literally dying, while others take on a new form. Is this a good or bad thing? What if our culture, the United States, still lived as though it was the 1930's? We probably would not have the technology, yet we would not be such a sexually driven or open society either (as we can see from television, to billboards or even facebook photos). I feel as though it is vital for a culture to grow and develop with the times. Or else we would not be able to develop and live the way we are living now, or have our great great great grandchildren experience something even better!

Now, diversity and culture in my family is basically non-existent. I have a completely "white" family (composed of Irish, English, Scottish, German, Welsh French - yes, very white) and we are basically all republicans. Then, coming to a school in Philadelphia, where there is an obvious mix of heritages everywhere, it made me appreciate everyone and their different cultures. In my town, there are not any paintings on the side of buildings or underneath tunnels; whereas in Philly, it is hard not to spot art in that form. I love it - both my family/ town and Philadelphia. Both completely different, but beautiful.

http://thehill.com/capital-living/in-the-know/79631-doppelganger-week-capitol-hill-edition

There is an actual week dedicated to finding your "celebrity look-a-like"

"For those of you wondering why everyone’s Facebook profile photos suddenly seem to be a picture of a celebrity, that’s because it’s celebrity doppelganger week on the social networking site.

The group on the site is called Doppelganger Week, and people are posting photos of celebs they resemble. In honor of doppelganger week and ITK’s weekly feature “Separated at Birth,” we thought some lawmakers might want to be matched with their twins."

Crazy! And everything that we have been talking about. As if every reality show doesn't generate more wanna-be celebs, and we practically idolize celebrities, there is now a week dedicated.

Illusion of Love

Chapter 2, Illusion of Love, brought about a subject I personally never thought of, but became very well educated in - for lack of a better technical term, Porn. The porn industry is a massive industry, making $97 billion in 2006!
Not only does the chapter discuss the disgusting revenue this industry takes in, but also the torture, yes - torture, these women go through for the pay check. They suffer from physical pain such as anal and vaginal tears, where surgery is needed. However, they suffer from severe emotional damage, mostly post traumatic stress - something surgery can not fix.

The chapter is truly an eye opener to this industry, in a make-your-stomach-turn kind of way. However, it is a big part of our culture. If someone does not watch porn, the sexual industry is still thrown in our faces. For example, walking into your guy friend's dorm room and there is a large poster of a porn star in an obvious provocative position, wearing something that barely covers any important body part. Before I read the book, I would make a smart comment about the poster, such as "Classy." or "Oh wow I wonder what she majored in." Yet after reading the comment, I do not see a girl with daddy issues who craves obvious male attention, but a girl who was abused early on in life, and had no where to go, and had nothing to sell except herself and her dignity.