New post on my experiences with Cultural Appropriation from my past.I think my first encounter where I felt Cultural Appropriation was in the mid 2000’s from Gwen Steffani. Back then she had a group of 4 Japanese women as her backup dances and they were known as the Harajuku Girls. Read More…
Tag: Culture
What’s in a name?
My legal name is not Sophia, it is actually Sangyoon (상윤). I still go by my Korean legal name to people who speak to me in fluent Korean. It was when I moved to the US during high school I was asked if I wanted to be referred as a different name. I thought about …