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<FONT FACE="Book Antiqua"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>Dear all,<BR>
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I have re-uploaded the video, but YouTube warn me that it is not "my" content and may therefore be removed again, so please have a look at it before Arirang TV dare have it removed and risk retaliation from the “strong muscles on my calves" next time I pass by their offices on the way to the Kungnip kugagwôn... ^^<BR>
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vVR_s6Uv1A">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vVR_s6Uv1A</a><BR>
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Regards,<BR>
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Roald<BR>
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On 23/03/11 5:33 PM, "Tobias Lehmann" <<a href="Tobias53@gmx.de">Tobias53@gmx.de</a>> wrote:<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#0000FF">> Dear Stephen,<BR>
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> the first link from the livejournal does not work out. I get a permanent <BR>
> warning that this website is X-rated...:-)<BR>
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> Greetings,<BR>
> Tobias<BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#008000">>> Datum: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 13:40:31 +1300<BR>
>> Von: Stephen Epstein <<a href="Stephen.Epstein@vuw.ac.nz">Stephen.Epstein@vuw.ac.nz</a>><BR>
>> An: "<a href="Koreanstudies@koreaweb.ws">Koreanstudies@koreaweb.ws</a>" <<a href="Koreanstudies@koreaweb.ws">Koreanstudies@koreaweb.ws</a>><BR>
>> Betreff: [KS] reprehensible journalism from Arirang TV<BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#008000">>> Dear all,<BR>
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>> I don't usually send out links to the list, but the below piece from<BR>
>> Arirang is one of the most absolutely reprehensible items of journalism that >> I<BR>
>> ever seen and deserves wide circulation, as it offers an opportunity to<BR>
>> combat the attitudes it reflects. The piece takes examples of female pop <BR>
>> stars<BR>
>> in Korea with "healthy" legs (yes, "healthy" is their word) but tries to<BR>
>> suggest that "healthy" (i.e. anything but very nalsshinhada) is, in fact,<BR>
>> bad. The promotion of extremely unhealthy body images and eating disorders is<BR>
>> the logical outcome here.<BR>
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>> The piece is getting hammered on YouTube (it's only been up a day so far<BR>
>> and running 15 to 1 dislike to like, maybe more, a ratio I've never seen,<BR>
>> and the comments have all been appropriately scathing.). In any case, for<BR>
>> those of you who ever have to teach anything about body image or plastic<BR>
>> surgery in Korea, this will be eye-opening for students; you may want to<BR>
>> download it as I suspect it will be taken down soon. Hopefully this piece <BR>
>> will get<BR>
>> wide attention (my own aim in sending this out) and Arirang will be forced<BR>
>> into issuing a high-profile apology<BR>
>> <BR>
>> <a href="http://community.livejournal.com/omonatheydidnt/6227567.html">http://community.livejournal.com/omonatheydidnt/6227567.html</a><BR>
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>> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaPs7bMH2Vc">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaPs7bMH2Vc</a><BR>
>> <BR>
>> Cheers, Stephen<BR>
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>> <BR>
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