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It was gut wrenching in the best ways possible. It made me think and rethink of how insanely difficult the struggles of queer people just to have the same rights to love as heterosexual people. People should have freedom to choose and to be who they want to be as long as they are not hurting anyone!

-feel the suppressed love that the two protagonists have for one another, their own struggles of coming to terms with who they like, and thus sympathise with them. An hour and 54 minutes of simple yet beautiful portrayal of young, queer high school boys in a conservative country.

-missed one or two things that the director wants to convey and wants the audience to understand about Jia-han and Birdy’s story. But again, my and other viewers’ perception on a single movie is heavily influenced by our own identities. Through #YourNameEngravedHerein, I live vicariously and-

-queer in a conservative country while also being enrolled in a Catholic school that made a whole wire fence to separate boys and girls. How I feel towards the movie might be different from how #DirectorPatrickLiu actually feels as a gay man who is basically telling his own story. I might have-

-of trying to accept yourself while being surrounded by an environment which does not accept you. I love the small religious elements of the movie, especially the talks that Jia-han would have with the foreign priest who later turns out to be just like him. It is definitely not an easy thing to be-

I absolutely enjoyed the movie because it portrays the ordinary lives of high school students with all their own struggles for acceptance. As a heterosexual cisgender woman, I would never be able to understand the struggle of a gay man but I could at the very least sympathise with the struggles-

-the martial arts traditions. In conclusion, it is a commercial strategy which kind of worked. But in terms of cultural appropriation and white people as saviours, Ip Man utilises that in terms of cultural negotiation or critique in order to turn a globalised genre back to its true roots.

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-anti-colonial. It is not a case of cultural appropriation or white saviourism. The Ip Man movies uses Western characters to highlight Chinese self-determination and moral superiority, shown by Ip Man’s embodiment of Confucian moral integrity and pride during times of foreign expressions, within-

-where #IpMan defeated one of them in a one-to-one combat illustrates resistance to Western domination, that the ones who have been underestimated and seen as inferior can also win, that they are as strong as their white counterparts. In general, I think Ip Man films are nationalist and-

-I see the white characters as representations of colonial forces. The racist remarks and prejudices coming out of the white characters, from them underestimating the Chinese’s skills in martial arts to spoken slurs shows that they are portrayed as antagonists instead of saviours. The final scene-

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Putting white men in martial arts films could be seen as a commercial strategy so that the movie could attract foreign (Western) audiences and investors. By adding recogniseable, predominantly white, Western faces can help #Chinese #films reach the global market. As I watched Ip Man 4 before class-

-complicated with the changing beauty standards to “feminine men”, because they must also still be attractive to the society.

-desires of the patriarchal society. I would argue that this is harmful to both sexes. For women, it is all regarding how patriarchal thoughts and misogynistic behaviours are still present in the modern society. For men, it puts them under this pressure to “step their game up”. It becomes more-

-men are most probably not pleased of the fact that women have more power now. That members of society have been increasingly accepting of women having traits that are normally associated with manliness (bravery, being outspoken, etc). That women cannot be controlled and mobilised to serve the-

-generations from those who have internalised the ideas that a rugged, rough, manly, masculine presence is necessary. People are concerned because the loss of masculine men might equates to the loss of a “necessary” element of society. In a world where #patriarchy is still an existing social system-

I would say that anxieties and issues around #fatherhood and #masculinity in general are circulating in #China because of the fear of losing the macho, masculine man archetype that the traditional Chinese society really valued. In the modern Chinese society, the anxieties are passed down to-

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-aesthetic. But still, sweeter coffee tastes better ^_____^. Dolce latte over Americano every day !! #KoreanCoffeeCulture

-and they have iced Americanos on their table. So, I believe that this is a matter of (consumer) culture and the “I need to fit in” thing in Korean society. Generally, I’d say that it is a matter of personal taste and the desire to be seen as sophisticated and perhaps complying to a certain-

-no one will ever see me carrying iced filled cups. The article that I attached above mentioned the “ppali ppali” culture in Korea, hence their preference for choosing a drink that’s quick to make and simple for on the way to work or school. I get it, but I’ve seen people in cafes meeting friends-

[WHY] It's cold in Korea. Why is everyone drinking iced americanos? On any given day in Korea, you will undoubtedly see numerous people drinking an iced americano. The reason for the popularity, though, isn't because it's delicious.

Also, the way that Koreans would also drink iced Americanos even when it is freezing to the point that there is a term coined for this thing, “eoljukah”. I do prefer cold beverages more than hot ones (because I’m from a tropical country) but when it is cold outside-

-but I have never met anyone in my life who genuinely enjoy iced Americano. I myself do not enjoy it because it tastes like bitter cold mineral water. When I came to Korea the second time, I gave iced Americano a chance because I thought that the Korean version would taste better but it does not.

To me, the most surprising element of the #coffee consumption culture in Korea is how much they love iced Americano. I grew up in a family who really cherish coffee so I’ve been drinking it since I was quite young (which is not exactly healthy but I’m thankful that I’m not super addicted to it now)-

-people on the internet. To think that this could happen to little girls due to how much their parents need the social media engagement is a scary thought to me.

-the girls in their adult years. Yes, girls are free to dress however they want but I do think that there is limitations when it comes to minors. They are not able to give consent and unfortunately this is a scary world where people could abuse technology to create fake, vulgar videos of random-

-that this is what you should do to make people to like you and this is an extremely #toxic idea as it will most likely be internalised by the little girls as they grew up to be actual adults. In addition to that, those pictures are digital footprints and I would assume that it will affect-

-social media where people including other adults with potentially bad intentions could see. The way that parents would also force their children to put on pretty, “adult” clothing might just enforce the idea to the little girls that this is how to get attention-

To me, the #MilkySpicy trend is extremely problematic. I don’t think that there is any circumstances where it is acceptable for parents to dress their children who are still minors in ways that adults would, especially when combined with quite the suggestive poses and posting the pictures on-

-provide a more entertaining and interesting way of learning a foreign language (and even the culture) that is not classroom-centred which might be rather boring to some. #NatsukiFukunaga #LearningKorean #LearningJapanese

-grammars and all, I started to understand the deeper context of each songs and it felt even more satisfying. Walking with my Airpods blasting out random #ATEEZ songs and me occasionally understanding what they are saying? I feel very proud of myself. Overall, I would say that consuming pop culture-

I begin to learn how to read and write Hangul just with the sole purpose of being able to read the lyrics and put it into translating tool. It felt very satisfying to be able to sing along and pronounce words correctly. Then when I took actual Korean classes in university, with-