The Problem with BLACKPINK #2NE1DeservedBetter

DISCLAIMER: We do not hate the individual idols in BLACKPINK, but this is a critical look at their marketing and image.

With massively viral music videos, a Netflix documentary and countless brand deals, BLACKPINK has become the premier world-wide girl group. News of their successes increase the quartet's global exposure day after day, but many new fans do not realize the history behind BLACKPINK and why they were actually very controversial with established Kpop fans among debut. BLACKPINK represents a step backwards from the artistry and autonomy of generation two idols, as well as a step towards the cultural appropriation of black culture that Kpop has become increasingly infamous for internationally.

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tw: non-graphic discussion of mental health and suicide

"I really have discovered something at last. Through watching so much at night, when it changes so, I have finally found out. The front pattern does move - and no wonder! The woman behind shakes it! Sometimes I think there are a great many women behind, and sometimes only one, and she crawls around fast, and her crawling shakes it all over. Then in the very bright spots she keeps still, and in the very shady spots she just takes hold of the bars and shakes them hard. And she is all the time trying to climb through. But nobody could climb through that pattern - it strangles so." - The Yellow Wallpaper, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, 1982.

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The marriageable NPCs of Stardew Valley may be 2D in image, but they are 3D in character! The developer interwove his own anxieties and fears into their story-lines, creating rich and meaningful character. Let's take a look at each bachelor!

Pictures and quotes taken from the Official Stardew Valley Wiki.
Contains spoilers, but, in my opinion, nothing that ruins gameplay

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With the wonder of Dorothy entering Oz, Red Velvet enters a colorful word. And, like Dorothy, they will uncover a darkness underneath the glitz.

The Wicked Witch of The West, melting after being doused by Dorothy. Wiki.