What's that?

( girlinthehole, Wed 23 Mar 2011, 19:27, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

I was bored
so had a look on 4od. It was on the front page and I thought oh that could be interesting, but it's just this horrible programme about people trying to turn white.
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 23 Mar 2011, 19:30, Reply)

eww
they must be mad, I want a bit more melanin
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 23 Mar 2011, 19:35, Reply)

It's made me feel bad
about complaining all the time.

But I am curious as to why the programme treats it only as a race issue, rather than as body dysmorphia
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 23 Mar 2011, 19:36, Reply)

because body dysmorpha
is just normal these days
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 23 Mar 2011, 19:38, Reply)

It is a race issue really.
Men in Africa and India prefer the paler women as it gives them some sort of status.
( girlinthehole, Wed 23 Mar 2011, 19:41, Reply)

But the programme
keeps ignoring that loads of the procedures are things that are done by white people to conform as well, not just by black and asian people. And ignoring the fact that there are several characteristics that buck the trend- white women having ridiculous tans to an extreme level, or lip procedures to make them bigger, that kind of thing.

Maybe I just feel uncomfortable at the idea that white skin is so desirable
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 23 Mar 2011, 19:43, Reply)

I thought you just meant whiter skin.
I guess white women just want to change the way they look to themselves and black women want to change how they look to others.

I'll go and watch it now.
( girlinthehole, Wed 23 Mar 2011, 19:46, Reply)

I'd be interested
to hear your thoughts on it. It's on the front page of 4oD.
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 23 Mar 2011, 19:49, Reply)

Very sad to watch.
But it's definitely an issue of race and not body dysmorphia. These people don't think they look ugly, they just want to fit in by looking European. That poor asian women who is slagged off by her own fucking people. It's a disgrace.
( girlinthehole, Wed 23 Mar 2011, 20:42, Reply)

Hm. Echoes of days gone by to be honest.
Any woman of paler skin (no matter the race) was more desirable as it proved she was an indoor type and not given to all that nasty manual labour. It's all about the status innit.
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Wed 23 Mar 2011, 20:37, Reply)

Ugh I watched that.
It's nasty stuff. 4od is full of surprisingly horrible documentaries. I watched one on doctors stealing body parts from funeral homes for bone marrow transplants and the like and it had interviews with the recipients of these "donations", many of whom have hepatitis and stuff now because of these people. It was truly scary.
(Charmander, Wed 23 Mar 2011, 19:36, Reply)

That sounds horrible!
It's put me off documentaries like this haha
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 23 Mar 2011, 19:49, Reply)