Comments on: Do Asians really need their own sunglasses?

By: Michelle

Michelle — Fri, 10 Aug 2018 03:34:46 +0000

In reply to Bo. That's a great point.

By: Bo

Bo — Tue, 31 Jul 2018 18:04:17 +0000

I’d suggest that Asians start to use neutral or positive descriptive words on Asian features in English language. Most of these words that we currently use were historically chosen by white English authors with substantial bias. Positive and commendatory terms were associated with European/white/Caucasian body and facial features whereas negative or derogatory terms were commonly used on non-European counterparts. For instance, John Bannon in the book History of Americas decried south American natives were “absence of body hair”. Clearly the European feature was treated as the norm. From the Asian point of view, we’d rather describe the whites have “excessive body hair”. Negative or derogatory terms on Asian features, such as massive cheekbones, weak or absent canine fossae, short nasal spine (Caroline Wilkinson, Forensic Facial Reconstruction. 2004) were all used to describe how Asian features “deviate” from the “normal/standard” European/white feature. These descriptions were deeply rooted in English language and now Asian English users simply accept and use them. I’d believe non-white native English speakers must be able to come up with better terminology for this purpose.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Wed, 17 Aug 2016 06:01:54 +0000

In reply to firegirl. That's a great idea! Glasses can be so expensive, it makes sense to have face measurements like they have bust/waist/hip for clothes...

By: firegirl

firegirl — Sun, 14 Aug 2016 14:30:50 +0000

Really interesting! I struggle to get glasses because my face is quite narrow. I scan the displays and try on loads before I find a pair that fits. Normally I am left with little choice. Strange how opticians make no concession for face shape and size, especially since they use so many fancy machines for measuring your eyes and prescription strength. If glasses were grouped better and people knew their fax measurements, it would be so much easier to choose glasses and you could probably steer clear of any ethnic labels at an opticians.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Fri, 12 Aug 2016 14:51:56 +0000

In reply to Angela Cui. I'll have to check them out, thank you for the recommendation!

By: Angela Cui

Angela Cui — Thu, 11 Aug 2016 22:02:42 +0000

I’m definitely with you, Oakley frames don’t really match my style either…

But I recently found a brand called Covry (www.shopcovry.com) that has really aesthetic frames and advertises their “Asian fit” as “Elevated Fit”. I bought 2 pairs from them and they’re so comfortable and stylish!!

By: Qin

Qin — Thu, 02 Jun 2016 01:22:56 +0000

have you heard about TC-charton, they fit better on me than other glasses (I’m chinese) but they’re really expensive ($250+) and hard to get….Sadly, because I also have a wide face, seems like only the “men’s” style fit well…women’s are too narrow.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Sat, 11 Jul 2015 15:13:34 +0000

In reply to Syrel. The cheek squishing is the worst! My teeth dig into my cheeks and I feel like I'm going to bite a hole in my face if there's any hard braking.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Sat, 11 Jul 2015 15:12:35 +0000

In reply to Littlemonsterx14. That class sounds fascinating! It suddenly makes sense why so many of my Caucasian friends had braces but only a few of my Asian friends did, even though I had a lot more Asian friends growing up...

By: Michelle

Michelle — Sat, 11 Jul 2015 15:11:28 +0000

In reply to Annette. Totally agree - but some people are convinced that equality means treating different things the same.