Kacey Musgraves, Stop Being Culturally Appropriative


Kacey Musgraves, Stop Being Culturally Appropriative
The Issue
I used to be a huge fan of Kacey's. I would update her info on Genius, knew all her lyrics by heart, gifted her CDs to family and friends, saw her live multiple times.
In 2019, Kacey came under fire for sexualizing the Vietnamese áo dài and adding random Indian accessories to it as well. She did not apologize. https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/kacey-musgraves-ao-dai-intl-hnk-scli/index.html
In fact, she only doubled down on it. She followed up by releasing merch with Chinese characters on it. https://shop.kaceymusgraves.com/collections/apparel
More recently she posted a "look" with bangs that some are hinting is for her upcoming single Cherry Blossom. All she would need to make it yellowface is some eyelid tape. The "look" makes me uncomfortable and sad. https://www.instagram.com/p/CM0tsvVnc4c/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Kacey claims to support the AAPI community but is blatantly disrespecting them with her ignorance and appropriation. At this point she is building her career on stealing from Asian cultures.
This wouldn't be okay to do with Black culture. Why is it okay to do it with Asian culture?
Please make it stop.
The Issue
I used to be a huge fan of Kacey's. I would update her info on Genius, knew all her lyrics by heart, gifted her CDs to family and friends, saw her live multiple times.
In 2019, Kacey came under fire for sexualizing the Vietnamese áo dài and adding random Indian accessories to it as well. She did not apologize. https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/kacey-musgraves-ao-dai-intl-hnk-scli/index.html
In fact, she only doubled down on it. She followed up by releasing merch with Chinese characters on it. https://shop.kaceymusgraves.com/collections/apparel
More recently she posted a "look" with bangs that some are hinting is for her upcoming single Cherry Blossom. All she would need to make it yellowface is some eyelid tape. The "look" makes me uncomfortable and sad. https://www.instagram.com/p/CM0tsvVnc4c/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Kacey claims to support the AAPI community but is blatantly disrespecting them with her ignorance and appropriation. At this point she is building her career on stealing from Asian cultures.
This wouldn't be okay to do with Black culture. Why is it okay to do it with Asian culture?
Please make it stop.
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Petition created on March 27, 2021