Just a quickie FLF this week with some links, as I’m still drowning in a sea of kanbun getting my medieval on this month at a workshop!

Several articles have been floating around my Facebook these past couple weeks since The Guardian put out this video on the recent trend of young women selling out their thigh space for advertising. Spoon & Tamago featured a review of this phenomenon back in February, questioning whether or not it would catch on, but I guess if we’re still seeing reports pop up about it, that answers that question! While it may seem silly to some and exploitative to others, the one thing we can all probably agree on is thank goodness nobody thought permanent ones were a good idea instead. What do you all think? Will this bring any new shifts to popular Japanese culture or expand mass marketing?

And, weird, but does anyone suddenly feel like listening to some Green Day?