Day 77: Korea Chainsaw Massacre

There is this unhealthy (or really, I say naturally healthy) obsession with whiteness in Korea. All the different skin shops, including big global giants such as Dior and Clinique, have entire 'whitening' lines, and I'm not talking about for your teeth either. I'm not exactly sure what this smoothie (from Smoothie King) entails, especially in it's promise to 'be white', especially as it simply contains bananas, strawberries, and the occasional orange. I also don't understand what Kim Yuna has to do with being white. Are we going to turn into white snow? Is that what she is promising us? I sure hope not! On top of that, in a country obsessed with whitening and 'being white', when someone who is actually white (take me for example) is standing someplace, sitting someplace, or just minding my own business, I am signaled out as a freak. So what I've learned is that they want my skin, but would like to do away with the rest of me. Guys and dolls, is it just me or does this sound a lot like Texas Chainsaw Massacre? Wait, are there even chainsaws in Korea?