Oh Gwen Stefani, does no one around you ever say, “Stop
talking”? People have been calling Gwen a “culture vulture” since her No
Doubt days when she did discount Pocahontas drag, but she’s upped her game
since then by fully committing to Japanese culture after releasing her debut album
Love. Angel. Music. in 2004. And so now, eighteen years later, Stefani
is responding to the hate she’s received for appropriating another culture by
saying … with a straight face … to an Asian-American journalist … that she, too,
is Japanese. And that’s because … wait for it … she said this with a straight
face, too … her father once worked for Yamaha. The interviewer also claims that
Gwen identifies as both Hispanic and Latinx and Japanese and English, and that
the day after these ridiculous statements her rep contacted her to say that she
misunderstood Gwen.
My Thought: Gwen said to the reporter, “I’m Japanese.” Someone
needs to sit Gwen down and explain cultural appropriation to her, and then ask
that she just stop … she’s an effing white girl from effing Anaheim!
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Cultural appropriation has been going on for centuries; it's one of the ways we learn. But calling yourself Japanese because your dad worked for Yamaha seems a bit of a stretch. Has she even bothered to learn Japanese? Sounds to me as though Gwen Stefani needs to go to culture classes as well as classes on genetics and the naturalisation of Japanese citizens.
ReplyDeleteNothing wrong with enjoying or celebrating other cultures, but please be clear that it's not your.
DeleteSo much dysfunction.
ReplyDeleteIt's like it comes with celebrity.
DeleteMy, you did do a deep dive into the sludge today, didn't you? If I remember correctly, Stefani's not only a culture vulture, she dabbles in husbands as well.
ReplyDeleteFakes, phonies, frauds, thieves.
DeleteStefani needs to go away. She's been dropping hints she'd be open to a No Doubt reunion. Maybe bc her solo music is so horrid? Haven't heard boo from the other members of No Doubt.
ReplyDeleteI've no doubt the rest of the band might have something else to say ...
DeleteI'm beginning to think these wives on the Real Housewives of.. are not really socialites or Housewives. They all seem to be nothing but money grubbing ex prostitutes, ex Mob Wives,ex strippers and and talentless hacks.
ReplyDeleteI think these "wives" get caught up in the celebrity and then think they need to live a certain lifestyle and if they can't afford it, well, maybe a little criminal activity will help.
DeleteJapanese? Ha! And the flour incident...what a surprise (said no one ever).
ReplyDeleteRight? Kimmy creates her own publicity.
DeleteA lot of cities cull pigeons, I believe. This is the first time I've heard of someone getting in trouble for killing one!
ReplyDeleteI think Italy is annoyed by Bay's films, as am I.
DeletePigeon crime, eh?
ReplyDeleteI should tell doggy he can be
arrested if he ever catches the
squirrel...
xoxo :-)
I think America has less stringent pigeon murder laws,
Deletexoxo
Flour bombing, huh? Well that whole klan seems a bit half baked.
ReplyDeleteNever heard of the Shah women. She seems a bit on the deplorable side.
From what I hear, Michael Bay is a pig. Is it against the law for a pig to kill a pigeon?
Kanye seems to have a type, only this particular whore has her big ass sitting on her chest and popping out of her top.
Gwen Stefani, sigh. You know, a Chinese woman once asked if I had Chinese blood. She thought I was half Chinese and half Black. She said it was because of my eyes and beautiful skin tone (her words, not mine). I have no recent Asian dna. My point being (I think) Gwen, no one would ever mistake you for even having a drop of Asian blood. Own your whiteness, girl, and shut up.
Have a good weekend, Bob.
Shah is despicable.
DeleteMaybe that's what Italy is doing ...
Kanye. ... That's all.
Gwen's a lot of things, but Japanese is none of them.
Enjoy your weekend, Duchess Deedles.
xoxo
My father worked for AT&T for 34 years. I'm a telephone.
ReplyDeleteRotary, I assume?
DeleteNah, I prefer having my buttons pushed.
DeleteQuick-witted, too!
DeleteI think this is my first glance at Ms. Kim K; she doesn't look real.
ReplyDeleteAnd even sadder, is that she doesn't look like that at all any more.
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