Do you think Asian men have been emasculated in the US?

[Berserk]

Yeah, I can't imagine a troll troubling themselves to make hours of original music the way J-mar has.

But it helps me sleep at night to think he isn't real.

 

[holylampposts]

I thought you liked his music?

 

[Berserk]

I don't consider music I only listen to once to be music that I 'like'.

I did encourage him the first time he posted his music, but the second time around was when I learned that he is batshit.

(I didn't bother listening the second time)

 

[holylampposts]

Is an Artiste being batshit crazy any reason to not like his music? I think eccentricity lends itself to the creative arts and should be embraced. If anything, J-Mar is a better musician for his unorthodox philosophies.

If I'm going to confess: the first time I heard his music, before I knew of his outlooks, I wasn't interested much. "Typical home-studio garbage," I told myself. However, after I saw his youtube channel and read more of his posts, I see the genius behind the facade. I loved his second album, and eagerly anticipate his third.

 

[catsinheat]

brand an entire race as small-dicked freaks

HA!

I'm not sure why white women don't like Asian men, but I do know why Asian women (often) don't, and it has nothing to do with any part of their anatomy, but rather their attitude towards women. On the other hand, white men who date Asian women are basically looking for a mother replacement, devoted, demure, puts them at the center of their universe (unlike those "opinionated white bitches"). It's all very Freudian, really.

 

[Madmoiselle_Silk]

This may be a bit off topic, but anyway;
I had a discussion about Visual Kei in school last week, a guy in the class don't listen to Visual Kei and doesn't understand why VK bands look like they do, so he asked if the purpose of the bands was to look like girls (we were talking about bands like Gazette, Alice Nine etc....) and I said no, but my friend said yes. I'm absolutly not an expert in Visual Kei, I still see myself as a newbie and I've been listening to it for 4 years. But I have this idea that male's aren't suppose to be so "macho" like here in the west, so I still stand up for my opinion about that they aren't trying to look like females. Even the none Visual Kei bands look very female! I just think people here think they do because it's so rare to see boys or men looking like they do. Does anyone have any fact about this or an opinion?

 

[holylampposts]

I think it's BS that VK bands are trying to look like girls. I mean, even look at MM, Gackt always played the tragic prince or something, right? The only girls I can think of in VK are Mana, early dir en grey Shinya, and everybody who is copying them.

 

[Einherjer]

I think it's BS that VK bands are trying to look like girls. I mean, even look at MM, Gackt always played the tragic prince or something, right? The only girls I can think of in VK are Mana, early dir en grey Shinya, and everybody who is copying them.

well u know in ancietn jpan women weren't allowed 2 perform in theater because of their patriarchical society so dressing like a girl is common place in those asiatic countries

 

[Mikal]

When I was in school I had pictures of hide on my art folder, and people used to say he looked like a girl :/

 

[holylampposts]

I think it's BS that VK bands are trying to look like girls. I mean, even look at MM, Gackt always played the tragic prince or something, right? The only girls I can think of in VK are Mana, early dir en grey Shinya, and everybody who is copying them.

well u know in ancietn jpan women weren't allowed 2 perform in theater because of their patriarchical society so dressing like a girl is common place in those asiatic countries

n_n thanks! I didn't know

Just ignore my last reply, everyone

 

[Iskanderia]

When I was in school I had pictures of hide on my art folder, and people used to say he looked like a girl :/

People that aren't familiar with VK think they all pretty much look like girls. I've experienced this a lot.

Even though I'm not a big Gackt fan, a few years ago, for some reason (I thought they were cool photos or something, I don't remember), I had a sig made up of like 5 pictures of Gackt on another forum where no one knows anything about Japanese music. Thinking that they were pics of me, someone complimented me on my modeling photos.

Everyone was like, uh no, duders, that's not her - Tiffany's not Asian. But they still thought I had photos of an Asian woman in my sig. When I told them who Gackt was and that he was a dude, they were like WTF.

And that was Gackt. Imagine how shocking Mana or Hizaki would be to the average American.

 

[Madmoiselle_Silk]

When I was in school I had pictures of hide on my art folder, and people used to say he looked like a girl :/

I've experinced that a lot too... when I have pictures of Közi -.- I think it shows how not open minded people are (yeah I don't know the reverse word for open minded-.-), they don't even look at the person, they just assume it's a girl if he wears make up etc. I mean, Közi has a pretty male face...

 

[holylampposts]

At the same time, why should a person think that they need to look beyond personal decorations in <amatsu>a society with clearly defined gender roles and behavioral patterns? </amatsu>

 

[MissUMana]

I would say one good reason is because things and people are not necessarily what or who you think they are.

 

[Iskanderia]

At the same time, why should a person think that they need to look beyond personal decorations in <amatsu>a society with clearly defined gender roles and behavioral patterns? </amatsu>

lol

 

[Amatsu]

Who is this amatsu you speak of?

(yeah I don't know the reverse word for open minded-.-)

Closed-minded.

 

[Madmoiselle_Silk]

Who is this amatsu you speak of?

(yeah I don't know the reverse word for open minded-.-)

Closed-minded.

...seriously, sometimes I wonder if my head is filled with air XD

 

[Amatsu]

Haha, I understand. I do stuff like that all the time. ::kisaki::