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

02/19/17 • 19 min

Eat Your Kimchi

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.

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.

Previous Episode

Japan's drinking culture, changing generations and expensive wristwatches

- People go out drinking every single day in Japan

- Millennial males don't drink as much as older generations (39% of millennial males don’t drink)

- They also buy less cars and less wrist watches

- Simon’s friend has lots of watches, some of them are worth $20,000

- Watches used to be a sign of status

- Phones are the new status symbol and many males don't have a watches

- Less divide because majority of us have one of three phone types

- Expensive bags are the equivalent status symbol for women

- Martina thinks we should spend money more wisely

- Everyone should invest in a good kitchen knife - more practical

- Less male millennial drinking signifies a change in work culture

- In the past part of your job was to drink with the boss. This generation are saying no to business drinks and ar spending more time with their families.

- Women in Japan are drinking more wine

- Wine consumption still quite low (4 bottles per person per year)

- Western cuisines like Spanish Tapas becoming more popular, and this believed to be responsible for the increase in wine consumption