appropriation
Chinatown Market has not abandoned its plan to change its brand name. Nearly two months ago, the Los Angeles-based imprint announced it would ditch its original name in wake of the targeted attacks against Asian American and Pacific Islander communities. CTM acknowledged the growing calls for the change, and admitted it should’ve made the move much sooner. […]
Claims that Hilaria Baldwin attempted to pass as a Spaniard flooded social media this past week. She might have previously been known as a yoga instructor and as Alec Baldwin’s wife, but to fans, she will now be known as the woman who pretended to be from Spain for more than a decade. The mother […]
Gwen Stefani says she gets “a little defensive” when people accuse her of cultural appropriation. The 50-year-old entertainer addressed this topic in a recent interview with Billboard, in which she reflected on her 2004 debut solo album Love. Angel. Music. Baby. The 15-year-old project also marked the beginning of Stefani’s “Harajuku Girls” era, in which she was regularly accompanied […]
There’s been another development in the Kardashianverse, and—as is standard issue at this point—there’s also a great deal of subsequent criticism to speak of. Kim Kardashian, per the Los Angeles Times, has Kimono and related variants (Kimono Body, Kimono Intimates, Kimono World) among an assortment of filed trademarks still awaiting review. Tuesday, she announced the launch of […]
A Change.org petition calling for Disney to back off its “Hakuna Matata” trademark is just short of 100,000 signatures. The Swahili phrase, of course, is the center of the classic Lion King soundtrack cut of the same name. In the now-viral petition to the Walt Disney Company, Shelton Mpala argues that the practice of trademarking something […]
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