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‘Pachinko’ star Jin Ha apologizes for past Tumblr account featuring creep shots of older Korean women
- Actor Jin Ha, who plays Solomon Baek on Apple TV Plus’ new series “Pachinko,” has apologized for his old Tumblr account filled with surreptitiously taken photos of women in public settings coupled with sexually inappropriate captions.
- The now-deleted Tumblr account mainly featured elderly women with captions such as “Now we have an excuse to stare directly at her right nipple.”
- Ha made an apology statement in both Korean and English on his website saying he reached out to Tumblr to have the account deleted and that it “should not have been made at all.”
- Ha has a theater background from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and has starred in television series such as “Devs” and “Love Line,” as well as the Chicago stage production of “Hamilton.”
- “Pachinko” is based on Minjin Lee’s epic novel about a multigenerational Korean family emigrating to Japan during colonial occupation.
Jin Ha, currently starring in the new Apple TV Plus series “Pachinko” as Solomon Baek, has apologized for his old Tumblr account filled with pictures of unconsenting elderly women in public paired with sexually inappropriate captions.
The Tumblr blog titled “Korean Flowers in Bloom” ran from 2010-2011. According to The Korea Herald, one post from the blog showed an image of an elderly woman lying on a chair, with the caption: “Working with such a provocative model, I found it hard to keep myself and my concupiscence under control.” A different post featuring a photo of an elderly woman taken from down below had the caption: “Now we have an excuse to stare directly at her right nipple.”
Tumblr User Gets Called Out for ‘Cultural Appropriation,’ But He’s Actually Japanese
An anonymous Tumblr user was shut down with a simple set of photos after accusing another user of appropriating Japanese culture.
Tumblr user Higitsunes received a rude message from an anonymous user criticizing him for wearing “kimonos” and for taking Japanese culture, according to Bored Panda.
‘Older Version of Lil Tay’ Exposed for Being a Racist, Fetishizing Black Men
One Asian social media star, who has been dubbed an older version of Lil Tay, is taking the Internet by storm for all the wrong reasons.
While she has frequently changed her social media handle several times, she now goes by the name lilchina2k and CocoChina on Instagram where she posts a plethora of risqué photos and twerking videos.
He Asked His Chinese Father if He Ever Made Him Cry
A Chinese man has inspired others on the internet after sharing a heart-warming story about the only time he made his father cry.
Get your tissues ready.
Tumblr is Now Blocked In China
Tumblr recently joined the list of foreign sites — including Facebook, Google, Medium, Twitter, and Wikipedia that are blocked in China.
Tumblr has been blocked in China since May 29, according to tests done by GreatFire.org.
High Schooler Creates Heartbreaking Tumblr of the Last Text Messages People Ever Sent
Text messaging is one of the main ways people communicate with each other in this day and age, so it’s not uncommon that some people’s last exchanges happen via text. Whether their last words were over a heartbreak with an ex-lover or a casual conversation with a deceased relative, text messages have a way of revealing the circumstances surrounding these exchanges.
An insightful 15-year-old student at Ohio Virtual Academy, Emily Trunko, has created the Last Message Received Tumblr. The Tumblr allows users to anonymously submit and talk about the last messages they received from ex-friends, ex-lovers and people who have passed. Trunko told BuzzFeed Life she had given those experiences some thought before creating the site:
There Are Only Two Kinds of People in the World
When it comes to the simple life choices that we make everyday, there really are only two kinds of people in the world.
Joao Rocha, a Portuguese art director and creator of the “Kim Jong-Il Looking at Things” Tumblr (before the despot passed away), also created the “2 Kinds of People” Tumblr. Rocha writes in his blog:
