When did Beauty Become Unethical?

As a girl, I totally agree with the saying that “shopping is the nature of ladies”. Ladies can always have a lot of things that they need to buy or want to buy. Clothes, shoes, cosmetics, accessories… But why do we need to buy so many things while there are already a bunch of them sitting in our wardrobes? Since we are kept being told that we are not looking good enough.

"Beauty Backlash” pointed out that commercials selling female products, especially cosmetics, are using more and more pretty young models, which makes women feel insecure about they way they look. Seeing those tall, thin, young models with pretty faces, we would always want to become one of them. We might buy the eye shadow just because the model using it has charming bright eyes; we might buy the lip stick just because the model using it has sexy or sweet lips… We might buy all those things just because we want to be as pretty as those models are.

Yet, we can never be as perfect as those models do. Since we can’t use Photoshop to change the shape of our face, eyes, nose, and lips; we can’t get everyone’s best part on our body either. So no matter how much we spend on our “beauty project”, we still can’t reach our goal. Compared with those perfect looking young models, we will finally become lack of self-esteem, and feel upset about ourselves.

Considering how much women could be “hurt” by those perfect models in commercials, are advertisements doing too much to achieve their goals? A lot of things can be done to increase sales and make greater profits without making ladies feeling insecure. Companies can use strategies related to price, quality, brand image and other areas to boost their sales. And consumers can get beauty and confidence that they want. But companies’ appetite seems being too big to be satisfied. They not only want women to consume regularly, they want them to consume every time when new products are launched on the market. Thus, they need to beat down ladies’ confidence again and again, make them feel bad about themselves; so that they would feel they are in need of the new product.

Making use of consumer’s psychological weakness, while designing the promotional campaign, is quite common and reasonable for all types of companies. But the use of perfect and standardized beauty in defeating ladies’ self-esteem, making them feel bad and insecure, is an unethical way. Every girl has the right to be a princess, no matter how they were born to be. Because there are a lot more things than just the out looking that can contribute to our beauty. Yet, companies try to standardize beauty in order to change the society’s value point, and change the definition of “beauty”. This, on one hand, push ladies to worry about their out looking overly. On the other hand, it denies a lot of ladies being beautiful in different ways, and makes them feel like being at the bottom of the ‘beauty world”.

Beauty, as a thing every one is pursuing for, is a miracle in our world. But when it was used overly so that it hurts people’s feeling, it is unethical.

Wong Lo Kat- Functional Drink? Herbal Tea? Health Drink! (Final)

Wong Lo Kat American Promotional Event

Tired of what you drink? I have something new, funny, and healthy to introduce to you! A popular drink from Southern China- Wong Lo Kat.

What is Wong Lo Kat?

Wong Lo Kat, one of most traditional and distinguished brands in Chinese heritage has more than 170 years of history. It's a functional drinks. Pricesly, it is herbal tea. It is a kind of beverage that helps to clear away the accumulated "heat" in the human body.

Where does Wong Lo Kat come from?

Wong Lo Kat herbal tea originated from Guangdong, China, and is a commonly known health drink in the region. Guangdong is situated in Lingnan, which has a subtropical climate. The weather is hot and humid.

Why Wong Lo Kat?

The influence of hot and humid climate, improper diet, and lack of sleep would easily lead to body heat, which is called "catching 'heatiness" in Chinese medical science. Such heatiness exists in human body. It is considered as toxic in the body, and would do harm to our health according to Chinese medication. In order to clear away such toxics, historical Chinese in Guangdong area created different types of herbal tea by using certain kinds of Chinese herbs with the functions of clearing away heatiness, moist, and summer-heat. So drinking herbal tea in Guangdong area is similar to drinking a lot of water after taking exercise, or taking a salt bath to detoxic our body in the United State.

What is catching "heatiness"?

“Heatiness” is a traditional concept in Chinese medical science. It is a general term in Chinese medical theory describing all diseases that are hot and masculine in nature. There are many ways to catch heatiness: living in a hot and humid environment; eating fried, toasted, grilled, or BBQ food; lack of sleep etc. And many body symptoms indicate that we are catching heatiness, for instance, having pain in the throat, getting pimples, or having halotosis. Without cleaning away the heatiness in our body from time to time, people become more prone to serious illness.

It's a natural dirnks. It's good for our health. It's sweented herbal tea. It's fun. So, to satisfy both the needs of your body and your curiosity, why not try Wong Lo Kat?

Hamline University Opening Day is Expecting for Your Participation (draft)

Hamline University is going to have its opening day on May 30th and 31st, 2010. On that day, visitors can visit around the campus with a guide from Hamline. Professors and relative staffs would also be available to answer questions. All students or prospective students of Hamline and their parents are welcomed to participate.

St. Paul, Minnesota March 22, 2010 -- There is an opportunity to know more about Hamline University! On May 30th and 31st, 2010, Hamline University is going to have its opening day. Professors, staffs, and students of Hamline would all be waiting for visiting and questions on campus.

During the opening day, visitors would be showed around the campus under the guide of staffs or students from Hamline University. Besides, professors of different programs and stuffs of different offices would be available to answer visitors’ questions. Students and their family can feel free to ask for information about scholarship, exchange programs, and any other things they are interested in.

“Current students and their family, as well as prospective students and their family are all welcomed to participate” said Julie Woodbury, professor of Hamline University and chief planner of the opening day. “This is a great opportunity for them to know more about how we did, and for us to know more about what they need.”

According to Ms. Woodbury, in order to provide the best education and learning environment, Hamline is making every effort to understand needs and wants from students and their family. For students and parents, this is also a good way to speak out their opinions, and reduce their concerns.

Now that achieving information from the Internet brings you concerns and questions, why not come and solve them with our help? Hamline University Opening Day is waiting for your participation.

Contact:

Victing Hu, director of public relations
Hamline University
651-434-7688
www.victinghu@gmail.com

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