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The Box's Crush of the Week: Daniel Dae Kim

TV post by Juliana Tringali on February 12, 2009 - 5:58pm; tagged Daniel Dae Kim, Jin-Soo Kwon, Lost, Sexiest Man Alive, Sun Kwon.

Daniel "Daym" KimMy Daniel Dae Kim crush began when I first saw him on Angel as Gavin Park, a rising star at an evil law firm. (Those cheekbones! That comic timing!) But of course, he’s best known as Jin-Soo Kwon on Lost. After only one season on network primetime, Kim already had enough people crushing to earn a spot on People Magazine’s "Sexiest Man Alive" list 2005. Since Asian men normally get an asexual treatment on TV, it’s refreshing to see that Daniel Dae Kim has maintained official heartthrob status, and proved his acting chops too.

Jin’s character arc over the first four seasons of Lost also subverts expectations. He started out as an overbearing husband in the stereotypical Asian tradition (with an exceedingly timid Asian wife to match). But over the course of the series, Jim and Sun’s relationship has been revealed to be a lot more complicated, and has grown to be more loving and equitable, too.
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No Girls Allowed (behind the scenes, anyway)

Love / Shove post by Danny Hayes on February 12, 2009 - 3:58pm; tagged animation, Coraline, Laika, women in film.

 

Make no mistake – Coraline (the just-released stop-motion feature made by Laika Productions right here in Bitch’s hometown of Portland, OR) may be a girl’s story, but the animation industry is still very much a boys’ club. Stick around for the credits after the film and you’ll see that the screenwriter, director, editors, most of the animators, and the "Based on the Novel by" guy are all dudes. This tidbit may come as a surprise, but it shouldn’t. Men were at the helm of almost every major animated feature in recent and not-so-recent history, including those movies that have been embraced specifically by female audiences.

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Pink, Blue, or WTF?

Love / Shove post by Kelsey Wallace on February 12, 2009 - 12:09pm; tagged gender roles, gender selection, pink or blue, pregnancy test.

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Girls are pink,

Boys are blue,

I think that this new pregnancy gender test has serious social implications,

How about you?

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Boxing Through Adversity

Sports post by La Macha on February 12, 2009 - 10:53am; tagged boxing, Native Americans, poverty, race, women.

boxer.jpgThe New York Times has a great article up about Cheryl Ziegler, an 18-year-old single mother from the Lower Brule Sioux Reservation in South Dakota, who is also a boxer.

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The Swimsuit Issue: 2009

Social Commentary post by La Macha on February 11, 2009 - 11:55am; tagged bathing suits, models, sports, sports illustrated.

So the latest Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue just hit my mailbox today. And as usual, I'm not really sure what I think about it. todayskyswim.jpg

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Q and not A: Chris Brown's Arrest

Love / Shove post by Kelsey Wallace on February 11, 2009 - 12:36am; tagged Chris Brown, domestic violence, hip hop, R&B, Rihanna.
By now many of you have probably read about Chris Brown and his arrest Sunday night on criminal threat charges. The latest reports on the matter allege that Brown assaulted his girlfriend, R&B singer Rihanna with a deadly weapon. Rihanna was hospitalized (she has since been released), and Chris Brown faces a potential nine-year prison sentence. This is a tragedy, to be sure, but does it have anything to do with us?
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