regarding the current w korea breast cancer awareness campaign, it all started with valid, well-aimed criticism towards w korea, the event organizer, for being completely tone-deaf. there wasn’t any actual awareness being spread on their socials, just clips of rich actors, idols, and influencers drinking, partying, and having fun. and sure, charity galas around the world work like that, but when you realize the event’s total donations over 20 years only add up to around 1 billion won (which is pocket change compared to the attendees’ net worth), it feels off. and to make it worse, it recently came out that the editor-in-chief of w korea, who’s also the ceo of the korea breast cancer foundation, might’ve donated the money to herself. so yeah, the initial outrage made sense. but as usual, the internet couldn’t stay focused. it quickly shifted from criticizing w korea to dragging the attendees instead. sure, it was insanely tone-deaf to have people dancing to a jay park song where he sexualizes women’s bodies /at a breast cancer awareness event/, but somehow the conversation devolved into slutshaming aespa for their outfits and fanwars about whose fave “behaved better.” “my fave only drank water.” “my fave didn’t smile.” “my fave left early so they’re morally superior.” it’s embarrassing. how can anyone take this discourse seriously? and then you’ve got the international stans who think having a korean idol as their pfp gives them the right to critique south korean citizens like they’re sociologists. some of the assumptions being made are just… wild. this level of parasocialism is genuinely scary. i honestly yearn for the day kpop stans learn how to participate in discourse in a level-headed, nuanced manner, but it’s probably not happening anytime soon. submitted by /u/JinnieP [link] [comments]
kpop stans and their inability to stick to genuine criticism
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- 2025-10-18 19:46 event
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