blank_stare 2,217 Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indigo 16,433 Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvang 23,884 Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 the thumbnail made her look so terrible she looks fine in the video Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sehunk 2,641 Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 No. Painting your face with Bird poop is a tradition in Japan. Anyone is free to do it. They literally have it as a tourist attraction for when foreigners visit the country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Property of Goddess Irene 9,760 Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Only if a white person did it. According to SJWs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaity 5,777 Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 the thumbnail made her look so terrible she looks fine in the video lmao the thumbnail is SO BAD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GZBoy 1,001 Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 · Hidden by Romeo, August 6, 2015 - No reason given Hidden by Romeo, August 6, 2015 - No reason given So..she put on this or what Link to comment
Ethnic Pop 3,166 Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john 975 Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 · Hidden by Romeo, August 6, 2015 - No reason given Hidden by Romeo, August 6, 2015 - No reason given So..she put on this or what Now this is offensive. Link to comment
Chioma 4,091 Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 ib4 the keyboard warriors come in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clay 11,273 Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 the thumbnail made her look so terrible she looks fine in the video Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electric Shocked 801 Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 · Hidden by Hemlock, August 6, 2015 - No reason given Hidden by Hemlock, August 6, 2015 - No reason given So..she put on this or what lmao!!! Link to comment
monochrome. 480 Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 ew, she looks weird af Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkilene 5,738 Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 If people want to weaboo it up, someone might as well make some money from it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImInCloud13 10,942 Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 In this context it's clear that no but if it she didn't hae anything to do with Japan for me yes. If it's cultural appropiation for ones it is for others. Although in reality for me it isn't but it seems legit only to say it if it's a white person. Lots of white people were bashed for things like that: Katy Perry in that Unconditionally performance inspired in Japan, Iggy dressing as an indian person, Gwen Stefani for having and dressing like a Harajaku Girls etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suga's GF 3,185 Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 she's in japan so it's cultural sharing but ok keep doing u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
versace 9,204 Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 oh my god.......... back to the topic.. since shes in japan i dont think it is but yall think that it still is then atleast the japanese are making money off of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgl 5,919 Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 These opinions are very "curious". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sephiroth 3,892 Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 i would say no, the context is totally different from like... a pop star dressing up for a music video Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeTaeyong 4,086 Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 In this context it's clear that no but if it she didn't hae anything to do with Japan for me yes. If it's cultural appropiation for ones it is for others. Although in reality for me it isn't but it seems legit only to say it if it's a white person. Lots of white people were bashed for things like that: Katy Perry in that Unconditionally performance inspired in Japan, Iggy dressing as an indian person, Gwen Stefani for having and dressing like a Harajaku Girls etc using someone's culture for pop performances is cultural appropriation, I don't know why you guys cannot distinguish this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyrie 6,251 Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 I'm going to say no. Wearing cultural dress with respect toward its origin isn't appropriation. The definition of appropriation is to take something for your own use. Usually, when we talk about cultural appropriation, it's someone taking something that is a marker of or at least very iconic for another culture and making it "their own," usually by making a bastardized version of it. In this instance it looks like it was done town to a T to get it right, and isn't a costume (any more for her than it would be for an actual maiko, at least). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyrie 6,251 Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 In this context it's clear that no but if it she didn't hae anything to do with Japan for me yes. If it's cultural appropiation for ones it is for others. Although in reality for me it isn't but it seems legit only to say it if it's a white person. Lots of white people were bashed for things like that: Katy Perry in that Unconditionally performance inspired in Japan, Iggy dressing as an indian person, Gwen Stefani for having and dressing like a Harajaku Girls etc Gwen Stefani dressing in Harajuku Street fashion was not the problem. Being inspired is literally the point of street fashion. If that were all she'd done, it would have been completely fine. Gwen Stefani using four women of color as accessories was the problem. Katy Perry wore a bastardized version of Japanese cultural dress, a 'costume' version of it like you'd buy in a Halloween store. There was no respect to the culture in her outfit. It's basically the same "geisha gals," "wonders of the Orient" bullshit white people have been spreading since Marie Lloyd starred in The Geisha in the 1800's... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsa 1,139 Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 She has context for doing so and it's not like she's dressing up as a maiko for a performance or other promotion that simply steals its aesthetic value, so no. Participating in another culture as long as it's welcomed and respectful isn't the same thing as appropriation. People can quit sharpening their pitchforks over everything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToujoursSistar 7,681 Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 using someone's culture for pop performances is cultural appropriation, I don't know why you guys cannot distinguish this. this ^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*lesigh* 6,759 Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 SJWs would probably attack her for "not loving herself" rather than cultural appropriation. But I see no problem with this, and she seems quite happy with the transformation. Considering she's also in Japan, she also seems genuinely interested in Japanese culture and wants to emerge herself into it. That's not a bad thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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