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Kyoto Bans “Geisha Selfies” Because Tourists Don’t Know How To Behave Themselves ...
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(Feminism)
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Growing complaints of harassment and property damage from foreign tourists have led authorities in Kyoto to ban photography in parts of the city’s main geisha neighborhood, The Guardian reports. Kyoto ...
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Created on 05 November 2019
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Latina Equal Pay Day Highlights Major Wage Gap
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(Feminism)
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... 2% of Congress are Latinas. Geisha Williams is the only Latina CEO at a Fortune 500 company. Change isn't coming overnight; it's going take a radical cultural shift from the non-Latinx community to achie ...
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Created on 01 November 2018
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5 Bad Bitches You've Never Heard Of
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(Living)
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... rom samurai families could be trained up as onna-bugeisha, which roughly translates as:
Warrior Women
They trained in fighting (of course), as well as in maths and science. These were insanely intelli ...
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Created on 16 January 2018
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Vogue Uses Yellowface To Prove Once Again They Don't Understand Diversity
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(Feminism)
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... was made up in yellowface, draped in stereotypical geisha garb, and photographed prancing alongside a sumo wrestler amidst scenery that is so stereotypically Japanese it hurts.
The piece, shot by ...
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Created on 15 February 2017
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6 Sexy Illustrations Of Male Pin-ups That Will Have You Saying, “Hello, Sailor!”
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(Arts)
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... roles such as hula girls, nurses, geishas, and soldiers. Today we continue to see pin-ups represented in tattooing, both within traditional tattooing and throughout other tattoo styles. Despite the variations ...
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Created on 21 October 2016
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Why I Won't Be Watching The 'Ghost In The Shell' Remake
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(Movies)
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... ll of the principal characters white? Characters of color (including GURLSTALK founder Adowa Aboah) seem like an afterthought, and in the first teaser, featuring a geisha, Japanese aesthetics appear to ...
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Created on 22 September 2016
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9 Beauty Trends From History: The Weird, The Gross, And The Dangerous
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(Style)
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... unmarried women who were older than 18, prostitutes, and geisha. For rural people, teeth blackening was only done for special occasions like weddings and funerals. On February 5, 1870, the Japanese govern ...
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Created on 27 January 2016
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Putting Femojis On iPhones Is Like Putting Women On Money: MAJORLY Important
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(Feminism)
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... : “While this initiative is certainly commendable, their collection of female emojis remains limited to being a bride, a princess, or a geisha.”
You may ask how representation on Emojis can matter wh ...
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Created on 21 May 2015
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Trust Us, These 4 Ancient Beauty Regimens Belong In Your Modern Routine
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(Style)
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... Japanese Geishas have used rice bran flour since the 1500s to soften and clean skin. And rice-bran oil is packed with Vitamin E and antioxidants that moisturize and prevent sun damage.
Try: Nature’s ...
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Created on 28 December 2014
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Breaking Down Cultural Appropriation in Pop Music and More
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(General)
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... is people of color talking about racism!
Well, I’m here to debunk all of the whitesplained myths about cultural appropriation, and to tell you why it is indeed racist for Katy Perry to dress up as a geisha ...
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Created on 05 August 2014
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Meet Your Maker: 5 Questions for Cassie Kogler of New York Couture
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(Style)
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"Visualize a geisha wearing a ballerina’s tulle skirt, donning an acid-washed fluorescent top and balancing on a shoulder an old-school boombox blaring Madonna’s Like a Virgin. It’s a euphonious rush ...
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Created on 05 December 2013
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The Best of BUST 2012!
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(General)
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... as in love with them! This adorable photo is worth another look if you’ve already seen it.
Amy Poehler and Tina Fey
5. A Racist Little Outfit: Victoria’s Secret’s “Sexy Little Geisha” Lingerie. ...
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Created on 07 January 2013
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“We’re A Culture, Not A Costume” Campaign Reminds Us: Don’t Be Racist On Halloween
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(General)
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... I see so many people dressed up as another race – an “Indian brave” costume, a Mexican costume complete with sombrero and tequila, a “sexy geisha” costume, or even blackface. Guess what? Dressing up as ...
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Created on 19 October 2012
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A Racist Little Outfit: Victoria's Secret's "Sexy Little Geisha" Lingerie ...
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(General)
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... on a site called Angry Asian Man, posted a photo of the Sexy Little Geisha and commented “Yaaaay, hooray for exotic orientalist bullshit.”
After reading the Racialicious post I rushed over to the Victoria’ ...
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Created on 12 September 2012
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Paper Girls
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(Arts)
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... cent sans pants Bushwick crack-induced extravaganza, while Marnie's accessories include the table that her ex-boyfriend built, along with what seems to be a shrine to him. Jessa's "sexy geisha" outfit is ...
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Created on 07 June 2012
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Marry Me! The Ongoing Work of Kimiko Yoshida
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(Arts)
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... to cover the features of her face until all identity is obliterated into a monochromatic landscape. This technique purposefully suggests the tradition of the doran, where geishas paint their face in orde ...
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Created on 23 June 2010
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The Most Important Women in Pop Culture: A List in Progress
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(Feminism)
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... s), Amy Richards (co-founder, Third Wave Foundation), Veronica Chambers (Miss Black America, Kickboxing Geishas), Allison Wolfe (Bratmobile), and Debbie Stoller (Editor-in-Chief, BUST Magazine). We ca ...
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Created on 22 April 2010
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18.
Cut Out + Keep
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(DIY)
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... be it will inspire me to whip up something tasty in the kitchen or grab my dusty sewing kit for some use, who knows?
Geisha Plushie image courtesy of Cut Out + Keep.
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Created on 17 November 2009
