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Asian beauty standards and our BIGGEST insecurities

The Rooftop Pod

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Colorism

Having paler skin means that you're probably more wealthy because you don't have to be out in the fields working every day. So having pale skins almost status. In many Asian countries, including Japan, Korea, China, it was a symbol of purity. Whereas now it's ascribed to laziness.

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