About the AKB48 baby app
Uhm,i don't know what I should say first.Let's start with the basics.
First of all, the app is practically morphing.I took a lesson about the programme in high school and it's very easy and fun to do.Personally, I don't see any weird motive behind this app.There are countless internet sites and programmes, where you can combine a photo of you and your lover's/favourite celebrity's and see how your kids would be.So,the app itself is not creepy,disgusting,*insert every adjective you want* imo.
BUT.
The ad of Yuko breast-feeding the baby is wrong/awkward/bad promotion move.I disagree with the part of fans who blame their management and Aki-p for that because I'm sure when you're one of the most popular members or 1st generation members you get to choose or have an opinion on something (like Takamina prefers not to do bikini photoshoots).But that doesn't mean I put the blame on Yuko because I think that she may have had objections about the ad but people chose to ignore her or she may have agreed to it because she'd make the fans happier.As a woman and AKB48 fan,I put the blame on the advertising agency, because I don't consider the product to be weird in any way but the marketing makes it.If Yuko was just holding a baby in her arms, things would be different I believe.The photoshopped young female face with the baby breast-feeding is just wrong.Not for the crazy wotas,who -let's be honest here- exist and are an important source of the group's power, not for the delusional fans,who increase by a group's fame -these two are always connected-, but for the meaning behind breast-feeding.
And I'm not referring to the bond of mum-baby because breast-feeding is a WAY of bonding.If you don't breast-feed your baby, it doens't mean that you have no bond or something.Nowadays breast-feeding is important and there are many campaigns to help women understand the importance of giving nutrition and healthy pure food to your child as well as fight for their rights to breast-feed during work, which is also one of the feminists' aim.
I don't write all these to sound as a butthurt fan,rebel or fighter or anything.But I think discussing the matter is more civilized and constructive than slut-shaming young female idols for nothing.
First of all, the app is practically morphing.I took a lesson about the programme in high school and it's very easy and fun to do.Personally, I don't see any weird motive behind this app.There are countless internet sites and programmes, where you can combine a photo of you and your lover's/favourite celebrity's and see how your kids would be.So,the app itself is not creepy,disgusting,*insert every adjective you want* imo.
BUT.
The ad of Yuko breast-feeding the baby is wrong/awkward/bad promotion move.I disagree with the part of fans who blame their management and Aki-p for that because I'm sure when you're one of the most popular members or 1st generation members you get to choose or have an opinion on something (like Takamina prefers not to do bikini photoshoots).But that doesn't mean I put the blame on Yuko because I think that she may have had objections about the ad but people chose to ignore her or she may have agreed to it because she'd make the fans happier.As a woman and AKB48 fan,I put the blame on the advertising agency, because I don't consider the product to be weird in any way but the marketing makes it.If Yuko was just holding a baby in her arms, things would be different I believe.The photoshopped young female face with the baby breast-feeding is just wrong.Not for the crazy wotas,who -let's be honest here- exist and are an important source of the group's power, not for the delusional fans,who increase by a group's fame -these two are always connected-, but for the meaning behind breast-feeding.
And I'm not referring to the bond of mum-baby because breast-feeding is a WAY of bonding.If you don't breast-feed your baby, it doens't mean that you have no bond or something.Nowadays breast-feeding is important and there are many campaigns to help women understand the importance of giving nutrition and healthy pure food to your child as well as fight for their rights to breast-feed during work, which is also one of the feminists' aim.
I don't write all these to sound as a butthurt fan,rebel or fighter or anything.But I think discussing the matter is more civilized and constructive than slut-shaming young female idols for nothing.