k-pop thoughts

[rskpopoughts]

I was obsessed with cherry bomb (nct) and the song from black pink (like your last? As if it's your last?). Listened to both on repeat for like a week when they came out but now I find both songs boring?

[rskpopoughts]

been out of the loop with k-pop cuz was looking for a job after college graduation. been slowly observing it from a distance for the past couple of months tho. it is so nice to be able to observe the industry without being involved in any particular group. saves time for other life pursuits. just listen to the music, check out a couple of new releases here and there, and not get involved with any celeb drama. reading about it is fun here and there but ain’t nobody got time for every group every actor. i used to have time for that when i was a student. not anymore. guess this is growing up!

[comehomecharlie]

non black kpop fan: I’m shook, this is so lit, *adds AF to everything especially when it makes no sense*, my weave has been snatched!!, omg this member is such a fuckboy, throwin shade, hella this hella that, finna, my idol can twerk! this dance is so turnt, ON FLEEK, boiiiiii

[rskpopoughts]

[owning-my-truth-deactivated2022]

Owning My Truth turned 4 today!

I started blogging now 4 years ago today first as #BlackInAsia and since I returned to the US as OwningMyTruth and also started @limitlessafricans - my documentary project on LGBTQ African Immigrants :). What a great few years and so much growth. Thanks for being along for the journey.

Here are some of my favorite posts I’ve written from the last 4 years. Looking forward to continuing to write and share more:

African History & Photography

+ 20th Century Photography in Aba, Nigeria

+ Africans in Chinese Communist Propaganda

+ Beyoncé’s “Love Drought” Video, Slavery and the Story of Igbo Landing

+ Critiquing Chinese Imperialism on the African Continent & Samuel Fosso’s Self-Portraits as Mao Zedong, from the Series, Emperor of Africa

+ Differential Gender Expression and the Life of Colonial Resistance Leader, Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba (1581-1663)

+ The History of Anti-African Riots in Chinese Universities

+ Service Projects in Developing Countries

+ The Photography of Legendary Malian Photographer, Malick Sidibé

+ Western Missionaries in African Countries

#BlackInAsia & Teaching English Abroad

+ My Experiences in Taiwan and China

+ Being Black in China & Taiwan (Audio Post)

+ Teaching English Abroad (Reflection)

+ Why Teaching English Abroad is so Problematic (Audio & Text Post)

+ Western Privilege & the Paradox of Being Black in Asia

+ Would You Recommend Living in Taiwan/China to Another Black Person?

Kpop

+ Kpop’s Top 10 Racist Moments of 2013

+ Eat Your Kimchi

+ How problematic is the kpop world? (Master post)

+ Why G-Dragon is Problematic

+ Kpop singer CL’s “Baddest Female” video

+ Kpop singer G-dragon’s “Coup D’Etat” video

+ Kpop singer Lee Michelle’s “Without You” video

+ Kpop singer Rain’s “LA Song” video

Race

+ Ancient Egyptian “Blackness” in the Graeco-Roman Imagination

+ How Not to Use the Term “PoC” (2 Step Guide)

+ Reevaluating Friendships after you “awaken”

+ Why I Don’t Believe in Solidarity

[rskpopoughts]

this performance made me realize seventeen has the best (male) jawlines 

[rskpopoughts]

lee sang yeob is a cutie. he should be more famous =(

[rskpopoughts]

ayyyy. society game sounds lit. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_Game

[rskpopoughts]

omg i don’t want hansan to leave =(

[rskpopoughts]

exo-cbx i don’t like hey mama song but i like xiumin and chen so i want to like it too bad

[rskpopoughts]

just finished enemies-in-law. was good! i recommed watching

[rskpopoughts]

omg lizzy is so funny

[rskpopoughts]

just finished age of youth. 

crying rn. i want more episodes. 

reply with similar dramas?

[rskpopoughts]

Every man is a spark in the darkness, by the time he is noticed he is gone forever. A retinal after-image that fades and is obscured by newer, brighter lights.

Warhammer 40,000

[rskpopoughts]

why they put sehun’s face as the background doe

[rskpopoughts]

finished watching j-drama 49

[rskpopoughts]

why did they cut my lisas hair. that was 50% the reason i liked her.