Lolita

Today I read two articles that really upset me:

- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/2115077/Heelarius-high-heels-for-babies-go-on-sale.html

- http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1032029/Mummys-little-Lolita-The-11-year-old-girl-beauty-treatments-cost-300-month-make-look-like-Barbie.html

In the second article, the girl looks older than me, and she's five years younger! Both articles are appalling and obscence, and very frightening. The West is so oversexualized! Every day you see tons and tons of girls tarted up completely indecently; STDs are rampant, divorce is higher than ever and it just keeps getting worse! What I'm really worried about is that the East is going to follow this path just because it is more 'modern' and 'cool' to be Western, especially after the Edison Chen incident which was very, very shocking. SO MANY PHOTOS! I was astounded when I learned that Gillian was involved. Certainly the Twins are a lot less popular than they once were, considering their main market was tweens. The only good point I can think of about the scandal was how horrified the public were when they found out, and all the negative repurcussions they received. Sure, celebrities should be allowed to have some privacy, but they are models for society and should act like it. Sometimes I think that Leehom, Jay Chou and Rainie Yang are very popular and very, very good role models, so Easten society should still be innocent, but then I think about Jolin Tsai and Edison Chen and think that it is becoming corrupted. Even the end of Devil Beside You was shocking! Well, I suppose that the East will also place more value on innocence than the West; natural beauty and sweetness is still prized there, and a 16 year old in HK is about the equivalent to an 11 year old, or younger considering the second article, in England. I'm disgusted and appalled with the way 'beauty' is represented in the West. Although I love my boyfriend and friends in England, I do detest the chavs who unfortunately make up a very large part of society here. I am definitely more Chinese in my way of thinking and my values. I can't wait to go to HK again...