Cultural appropriation in Vogue and fake news about the Fukishima nuclear plant

Eat Your Kimchi

English - February 19, 2017 13:00 - 19 minutes - ★★★★★ - 691 ratings
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Cultural appropriation:

- Vogue magazine cover featuring models of many nationalities (now dubbed the ‘Diversity' issue)

- Karlie Kloss' outfit was inspired by the geisha culture

- Causing controversy online

- Online outrage is calling it ‘yellow face’ and cultural appropriation

- Simon and Martina don't agree

- Karlie kloss has apologised

- Simon and Martina say it's not her fault and it's not a bad thing

Fake News/Click Bail (and nuclear reactors)

- Fukishima nuclear plant radiation level apparently highest it's ever been, but that's fake news

- It’s had the highest reading ever, but it's not at the highest level of radiation ever (they’ve finally managed to get a probe into the centre of the reactor, which has never been read before)

- Most things in the news today are written as 'click bait'; not researched or properly written. No accountability.

- YouTuber PewDiePie (who has over 50 million subscribers) was a victim of bad journalism. Headlines were published saying he was anti-Semitic, but he’s not

- Simon and Martina had similar problems when they reviewed face masks

- Long story short: always research and find sources to backup what you’re reading.