Wednesday, April 20, 2011

"Loser girl" v. "Asians in the Library" Girl

As our guest lecturer talked about last week, a girl was on a Korean variety show and she said that guys under a certain height 180 cm (about 5 feet 11 inches) were losers. I had heard about this incident in the past, but this time around it actually made me think of the "Asians in the library" UCLA student.

Similarities:

  • Both were just "regular" people (aka not celebrities)
  • College students
  • Female
  • Parodies made of their original video
  • Exposing her information
  • Threatened
  • Emotionally traumatized
  • Took a semester off of school (UCLA girl dropped out)
  • Video went viral - quick responses
Differences:
  • Youtube post v. on television
  • Race v. physical appearance (height)
  • People were asking UCLA to take action against the UCLA girl
  • Easier access to information about the Loser girl
  • More common in South Korea 
Similarities? none? One more harsh than the other? 

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