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Free the Gwenihana Four!

Yes, someone else out there needs to be saved…I know, after the whole “Whales” thing, I’m kinda burned out too, but this one seems to be a pretty good cause don’t you think? Wait you don’t know who the Gwenihana Four are? Here is the initial post from the blog that is the center of this movement:

This is a blog to promote awareness of the “Gwenihana Four,” the four pseudo-harajuku girls currently serving an unspecified term in the custody of pop singer Gwen Stefani. Please consider buying a t-shirt to show your support for the cause. For freedom!

Note: The strike-through of the “buying a t-shirt” sentence was added by me. Not because I think you shouldn’t buy them, but because CafePress has decided that it can’t make the shirts for them because of their Content Usage Policy

Those poor girls, captured and made to dress so they can perpetuate that look that Gwen thought was cute when she was in Japan once. I just have this feeling that Gwen keeps them in little cages with those upside down water bottles that they attach to hampster cages. I didn’t even though, until I read this site, that she actually brought them along to follow her around during the red carpet stage at an award show. I wonder if you bring your group of slaves or posse’ (or whatever) does the award show supply enough seats for them or do you check them at the door like a coat?

Join the cause to free the Gwenihana Four!

  • Viet
    Most excellent post by ryuichi, i second his notion. Very well written.
  • ok...whatever.
  • Ryuichi
    These girls are not only being paid. They are professionals. The claim that they are being poorly treated is completely unsubstantiated. It amounts to the statement "asians should not be allowed to be professional dancers/should not be allowed to participate in the entertainment industry". This is completely absurd, and racist. I've been to Harajuku, many, many times, both when I lived in Japan and subsequently during the three times I visited. There is no one 'harajuku style'. Gwen may not do exactly what some of the more victorian-influenced or goth-influenced girls do, but is it really wrong for her to draw influences from something she thought was cool? The girls, for the large part, probably don't care - in fact, Stefani is uber-popular in Japan right now, and there have been numerous posts on Japanese bulletin boards from these girls... fawning over Stefani. Is it a crime to enjoy pop music? Get a life and find something to criticize that really actually portrays asian culture poorly. The Japanese (actually living in Japan) do not care about Stefani's girls. Nor do they care about the (real) Harajuku girls - they recieve little attention from residents, and thus most citizens consider Stefani's shennanigans of no consequence.
  • What are you talking about? I wrote this article about ANOTHER site that started this over a month and a half ago. And only now are you finding offense with this? How exactly can I "lay off it" when I haven't written anything about it for some time now and...I'll say this one more time...its not my campaign.

    You have a complaint, Gwen, you can take it to them. Or you can just stop being a dipshit. Either way is cool with me.
  • Anonymous
    Why does everyone care so much? I would love to be walking around with gwen and going on tour with her and stuff like that. Everyone knows they're getting paid for it and I'm sure they love the publicity they're getting. Just lay off it already.
  • denise
    they're getting paid and they chose to do it....
  • Anonymous
    it's not like they aren't being paid
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