A morning filled with copious creams and rouges rubbed onto your cheeks. A workout class. A load of laundry. A hearty breakfast prepared for your partner, a simple coffee and fruit for yourself. All before a day consisting of folding clothes, going on a neighborhood walk, and cleaning an already sparkling house. And then you wake up and do it again. No, this wasn’t meant to be a description of a traditional mid-twentieth-century American household. These are just a few standard images one might see in a “Day in the Life of a Stay-At-Home Girlfriend” video on TikTok. Yes — not “stay-at-home mom” — you read that right.
Colourism in modern South Korea as a cultural phenomenon
During summer on the streets, (mostly) young women are covered as much as it is possible, so they won’t tan. Whitening cosmetic products and surgeries are…