Jenneh
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I'm not really for or against Tila Nguyen, but I have to admit that her show is awful. =S I'd been anticipating it when I first saw the commercial because I had thought that the show would be something that would be empowering for bisexuals and homosexuals, since the show aims at a celebrity finding a "love" with the known fact that they're not the typical heterosexual, but boy was I wrong. With the way the show is, it brings bisexuals and homosexuals out in the entirely wrong limelight, it even seems degrading. A lot of the events that go on in the show also seem really straged, it's like they put a bunch of people who can't act into a show and make them do random and stupid stuff. With the way the contestants and Tila are in the show, they seem so one-dimensional too, so it's hard for you to relate to them and to actually like them and the show.
Normally I don't like the whole "celebrity finding a 'true love'," thing, but Rock of Love totally changed my mind. Personally I think Rock of Love was 10x better than A Shot of Love because it actually allowed you to get to know the contestants and to like them, even if these type of shows are more than often times scripted. xD
Now about Tila Nguyen, I don't hate her, but I don't really love her either. She is cute, and she's beautiful in her own way, although I must admit she's not the most beautiful. Anyways, when she first started off and wasn't very well known (before the whole MySpace thing), I thought that it was empowering to see an Asian woman with some-sort of celebrity status because at the time it seemed that Asian celebrities were really a minority. It wasn't until recently that there seemed to be a surge of Asian celebrities, particularly females, such as Lucy Liu, Sandra Oh, Zhang Ziyi, etc. It also felt endearing that she came up from a rough childhood, I guess it could sort of be seen as a rags to riches story that a lot of people could relate to. But then ever since MySpace popped up and she started getting popular, it seems as though she's gotten sort of "slutty" I guess you can say because now all she ever talks about on her bulletin is junk about drinking, partying and other meaningless stuff that no one really cares about. I admit that it's great that she was able to rise up the ranks into stardom and that it is her MySpace and she can talk about whatever she wants, but as a celebrity and as a minority, she sort of represents the Asian population, particularly Asian women. And as an Asian woman myself, I feel that the way she represents herself seems almost degrading, especially towards the Asian society, women, and young girls who look up to her. In a way, it's as though the way she's representing herself is saying that all Asian women are "booty-shaking, sex-deprived seductresses." I can't tell you enough how many times guys think that I'm like that, it's quite irritating. =\ I admit though that she is just a human-being and that no one's perfect, everyone is allowed to choose the way they live and how they live.
Normally I don't like the whole "celebrity finding a 'true love'," thing, but Rock of Love totally changed my mind. Personally I think Rock of Love was 10x better than A Shot of Love because it actually allowed you to get to know the contestants and to like them, even if these type of shows are more than often times scripted. xD
Now about Tila Nguyen, I don't hate her, but I don't really love her either. She is cute, and she's beautiful in her own way, although I must admit she's not the most beautiful. Anyways, when she first started off and wasn't very well known (before the whole MySpace thing), I thought that it was empowering to see an Asian woman with some-sort of celebrity status because at the time it seemed that Asian celebrities were really a minority. It wasn't until recently that there seemed to be a surge of Asian celebrities, particularly females, such as Lucy Liu, Sandra Oh, Zhang Ziyi, etc. It also felt endearing that she came up from a rough childhood, I guess it could sort of be seen as a rags to riches story that a lot of people could relate to. But then ever since MySpace popped up and she started getting popular, it seems as though she's gotten sort of "slutty" I guess you can say because now all she ever talks about on her bulletin is junk about drinking, partying and other meaningless stuff that no one really cares about. I admit that it's great that she was able to rise up the ranks into stardom and that it is her MySpace and she can talk about whatever she wants, but as a celebrity and as a minority, she sort of represents the Asian population, particularly Asian women. And as an Asian woman myself, I feel that the way she represents herself seems almost degrading, especially towards the Asian society, women, and young girls who look up to her. In a way, it's as though the way she's representing herself is saying that all Asian women are "booty-shaking, sex-deprived seductresses." I can't tell you enough how many times guys think that I'm like that, it's quite irritating. =\ I admit though that she is just a human-being and that no one's perfect, everyone is allowed to choose the way they live and how they live.
