Sugar and spice (and everything nice?): Japan’s ambition behind Lolita’s Kawaii aesthetics

RT @NatalieNgai6: My article “Sugar and Spice (and Everything Nice?): Japan’s Ambition Behind Lolita’s Kawaii Aesthetics” is out in Media,…

Lolita fashion and its relationship to race. This paper analyses Jane Marple advertisements and argues that lolita in Japan embodies racial and national ideologies. /8 https://t.co/IstWQV1I9s

@mxlkcircus @arbokzee That's kind of my concern- I am not here for that energy. You can't claim anyone can be lolita and then not include all people. There are also questions about why models of certain backgrounds are being chosen over others... https://

RT @NatalieNgai6: @EricaKanesaka I wrote about how Lolita marketing in Japan artfully appropriates whiteness through the kawaii aesthetics…