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James 06-03-2006 07:20 PM

Gwen Stefani's entourage?
 
Whats up with the 4 Japanese girls that follow Gwen around all the time?

SoCalGirl 06-03-2006 07:57 PM

They are Love, Angel, Music, and Baby.

texas*princess 06-03-2006 11:58 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwen_Stefani

The release of her solo album has also brought attention to Stefani's entourage of four Harajuku Girls. Named Love, Angel, Music, and Baby by Stefani, the Harajuku girls are named for the area around the Harajuku Station of Tokyo, Japan, known as a popular shopping destination and fashion center for teenagers. Following the style of their namesake area, Stefani's Harajuku girls are usually flamboyantly dressed (sometimes in a somewhat "Gothic Lolita" style). They have been featured in her music videos and press coverage and on the album cover for Love. Angel. Music. Baby., and have a song dedicated to them on the album. However, Stefani's adoption of this component of Japanese culture drew criticism from Mihi Ahn at Salon.com, and others who feel that Stefani has stripped Japanese street fashion of its authenticity and created yet another example of the 'submissive Asian female' stereotype. Wrote Ahn,

Stefani has taken the idea of Japanese street fashion and turned these women into modern-day geisha, contractually obligated to speak only Japanese in public, even though it's rumored they're just plain old Americans and their English is just fine... she's swallowed a subversive youth culture in Japan and barfed up another image of submissive giggling Asian women.[3]

According to the Jan/Feb 2006 edition of Blender magazine, stand-up comic Margaret Cho has labelled the Harajuku Girls as a "minstrel show" that reinforces ethnic stereotypes of Asian women.

James 06-04-2006 04:30 AM

So I guess Gwen is just getting a little wierd?

texas*princess 06-04-2006 08:09 PM

I guess?? She's had that foursome follow her around since the album came out so I don't think it's a new thing

Optimist Prime 06-05-2006 12:38 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by James
So I guess Gwen is just getting a little wierd?
She's going bananas.

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