Anonymous asked:
Why does this try to make sickness something cute?
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fymenhera-deactivated20181216 answered:
…why do a lot of people automatically assume that the combination cute+sick is about “making illness cute”?
Kawaii culture has become a big part of Japan’s society; it influences tv shows, design, advertisment, etc by turning “kawaii” into a selling point that is telling you that, by consuming the product, you will magically have the perfect, happy anime life. “Pretty people can’t have a difficult life”, “Someone depressed won’t be able to look cute” and similar are very common things to hear and it’s even worse if you are into kawaii fashion as they will doubt your illness even more based on the way you dress.
It’s not the illness that is made cute - it’s showing that cute people aren’t immune to suffering as illness can hit everyone and that denying someone’s suffering, only because they don’t “look” like it, is dangerous and harmful.
Just a reminder!
In Japanese, adding “kei” to the end of “menhera” makes it offensive!
It’s just “menhera” and it translates to “mental healthier”.
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