The 'Max Factor' Factor: A Brief but Disturbing look at Dolls, Self-Loathing and the Awesome 'Power of Make-up' as a De-Racializing Agent.

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Yikes! Here's a sad, absurd, and fairly odd short blurb by writer Grace Gold on the increasingly common practice called ulzzang—a Korean word delicately translated as "to put on one's best face." I don't even know where to begin on this one, folks, so I'll leave it up to you!

Click here if you dare to read a bit about the Power and Practice of Asian ulzzang!

Toni Morrison and Crystal Gayle would be turning over in their graves (if they were dead)... Or, ojos castaños=bad, blue eyeballs=good!

Talk about "eyegiene"! This takes it! I have muy orgullo for my dark brown eyes...my Raza eyes, if you pardon the relative orthodoxy. Perhaps I'm being a bit too dramatic here...maybe a tad sensitive, but I'm guessing that trustees of shallow outward appearance, or disciples of the Mein Kampf school of biology and pigment might be inspired by this troubling news post here:

New Laser Surgery Technique Can Turn Brown Eyes Blue

First, They Buy Spiderman, Now They Tinker Again With Race

Here's the trailer:

Gracias con un abrazo fuerte...

Thank you with a huge, strong hug (translation of our header above for our beloved Tex[t]-Mex Galleryblog™ reading gabachos) to Gustavo Arellano, 'Merica's favorite controversial, wordsmith, Scribner-loved Mesican for his links, love, and sassy insults appearing now in New York's Village Voice (who know how to hotlink a weblink) and Orange County's OCWeekly (who I love, but don't).

UPDATE

The Village Voice's link is broken--varmints! LAWeekly's link works, but you have to squint like Mr. Magoo to find it after the word "Bill" in the first response. Look for the tiny blue underscore mark.

¿Lalo Alcaraz, Waltero Disneyzia de la futura?

It just HAD to happen! If African-Americans had their Fat Albert back in the day, it was only a matter of time before Chicanos would have their own Warner Brothersesque visionaries tracing out and inking our future tomorrows! OK, maybe it's more Hanna Barbara meets Dick Tracy meets Deputy Dawg than Foghorn Leghorn and Speedy Gonzales, but it's still a hoot--and that "Chivo" character will either endear or scare the shit out of you!

Without further ado, it's time to prepare your eyes for Lalo Alcaraz et al's rock'n rollin', low-riding, semiotically delicious mini-epic The Chuco Brothers!



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