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Who can find 5 things wrong with this picture?



...Give up? Or did you find more than 5? Well, let's have a look...

1. Gwen Stefani sucks as a musician, artist, and icon.

2. Oh, the white queen! Gwen is given a disturbing racist dominance in the photo with her white outfit, white skin, and flowing blonde hair, while the dark-skinned, dark-haired, dark-dressed Japanese women are posed around her like servants. Servants to what? She certainly doesn't need any help being an overrated, pompous tart.

3. Parading around America in supposedly 'Harajuku'-style outfits with four Japanese girls on leashes would make one think that Gwen's solo album was more Japanese influenced. Instead, the record is more reflective of America's own brand of obnoxious R&B-pop-crap. Why isn't she wearing FUBU jackets and being flanked by young black men?

4. Usually, rock stars trying to show off their iconic sex-symbol status surround themselves with members of the opposite sex (remember Robert Palmer?). If Gwen were really trying to make a statement about gender and ambiguous sexuality in the pop music world, I could respect that. But I don't think she is. She just comes off as a creepy lesbian dominatrix.

5. Gwen's whole "gang of silent Asians who back up my ego and illustrate my creative decision" thing reeks of old fashioned imperialism. When David Bowie found himself influenced creatively by figures such as Klaus Nomi and Lindsay Kemp, he brought them to the forefront while collaborating with them, acknowledging their presence in his art. Gwen is posing more like a conquistador, enslaving the natives of a foreign land and bringing them back to America so they can be used as props in her stage show. "Look what I have discovered! Don't they make me look good??"

But don't take it from me. Take it from Yoko Kukuri, a free, non-silent girl who had this to say on a web thread about Stefani's song Harajuku Girls:
"I am usually liking Gwen Stefani but this song is horrible!!!! even if it is dedicated 2 japanese girls. I myself am japanese and I feel like she is letting our culture down!!! please no"

There you have it. The desperate plea at the end says it all- "please no".
Here's a bonus one:
6. Gwen Stafani isn't Japanese. Bitch.
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