please do not support Gothic Lolita Wigs/Dolluxe/Rockstar Wigs/Cosplay Wigs USA/Dollite
please do NOT support this company. boycott it, actually.
theyāre really racist and they have NO amount of respect for their customers.
iām going to do this piece by piece so itāll be easier for me to make the post.
the main problem: the racism against african americans
okay, so recently they have released a new wig called the āJezebelā and it shows CoCo from RanPaulās Drag Race drinking watermelon arizona and holding watermelons.
now, for those of you who donāt understand why this would be considered racist: this picture is enforcing the negative stereotype towards black americans where we eat nothing but and have a love of watermelon, fried chicken, corn bread, kool-aid, waffles, and grape drinks. which, again is a offensive and racist stereotype towards african americans.
another thing is the name of the wig, which is āJezebelā.
Jezebel is a counter image of the mid-nineteeth century Victorian lady.
āJezebel was the counter image of the mid- nineteenth century ideal of the Victorian lady. The idea that Black women were more sexually promiscuous and available
evolved when Europeans first encountered women in Africa. Unaccustomed
to the requirements of a tropical climate, Europeans mistook semi-nudity
for lewdness.
Similarly, they misinterpreted African cultural traditions, so that
polygamy was attributed to the Africanās uncontrolled lust, tribal
dances was construed as orgy. African religions were labeled as pagan,
and therefore inferior to Christianity, which had replaced paganism in
Europe. If Black slave women could be portrayed as having sexual appetites, then increased fertility should be the expected outcome. With this mindset and stereotype, Black women have been labeled as sexually promiscuous and immoral.This image also gave the impression that Black women could not be
rape victims because they always desired sex, thereby justifying
countless acts of sexual assault of black female slaves by white males. Ironically, Jezebelās excessive sexual appetite masculinizes her because she desires sex just as a man does.
White slave owners not only used the Jezebel image as a justification
for their forced procreation among slaves, they used this image as a
legal defense when raping African American women. In fact, James
Redpath, an abolitionist no less, wrote that slave women were āgratified
by the advances of Saxons.ā (This was not true at all, as many African
American women were threatened into sexual relationships with whites for
fear of being āsold, beaten, raped, and having [their] āhusbandā or
children sold.ā) Even after acquiring freedom, African American women
still suffered from sexual assault and rape throughout Reconstruction up
into present times. During and after Reconstruction āBlack women [ā¦]
had little legal recourse when raped by White men, and many Black women
were reluctant to report their sexual victimization by Black men for
fear that the Black men would be lynched.āā (source: Wikipedia)
GLW took down the stock picture of the wig, probably thinking itās going to be ādamage controlā, but it surely doesnāt solve anything. (itās even still in the thumbnail)
continuing with the act of racism theyāve done, theyāve also made a separate site for black women called Dollite, separating black models from the actual site itself. it was literally the SAME WIGS but only on black american models.
"After searching for a wig this morning in a specific color, i came across a new site run by Gothic lolita wigs with the intention of having black women as the sales target. They use the same wigs but only black models on this new site, which is sad to me because there is an obvious separation from what they feel is "doll likeā and have said on multiple occasions that dark skin models on their main site are lightened to look more doll like.āā¦.
another thing, which was stated above, is that theyāve managed to make the skin tones of the models lighter so they can look more ādollyā.
"ā¦. I interned for them summer of 2014 to see for myself if they were as bad as rumored and I was horrified. In the same day I was told ā Its ok
to lighten darker skinned models because thats what sellsā I was also
asked ā how do we get into the black hair businesses, because thats
where the money isā. As well as āLolitas are just catty bitches, should
we even focus on them?ā when lolitas were the ones who made them
relevant. I would like to ask if we as a community could stop buying
from them, and refer each other to other wig sites. I have so
many experiences with this company that are negative that I could share
with you, but I just ask that even if they do promise āe fameā and all
these other silly perks that hold no real meaning , that we not buy from
them. ā
GLW also misgendered on of my familiars frequently on Instagram (OP commentary: their pronouns are he/him, but they kept using she/her pronouns even though they had stated countless times to use he/him.)
in recent events, John Leigh of Anime Matsuri had announced that theyāre not going to have GLW come to their convention this year and sponsor their events because of the act of racism.
theyāve apologize countless times, but in each āāapologyāā they had, they managed to mention that black girls canāt pull off the dolly look. not only that, but the apologizes were copy and pasted many times
their wigs have gained terrible quality and bad reviews. their wigs tangle easily and the quality is low and overpriced. youāre better off ordering from sites like Lockshop or even eBay
theyāve stolen wig designs and ideas from MintyMix, another wig supplier.Ā
in a recent apology post made, they tried to call people who said the post was racist and offensiveā¦.well, racists. their little support army decided to do the same as well (OP commentary: that doesnāt even make any god damn fucking sense like???? why would even try to pull that shit and try to make yourself the victim of this situation and then have your little army come to defend you literally fuck you GLW)Ā
according to some, GLW has also tried to make their models pay for photoshoots for the wigs.
proof of them saying they and pictures of them lightening faces of the models
The Dollite site (screencap)
One of their āāapologiesāā which was copy and pasted from another one that was posted a couple days ago on Rufflechat
āThe Jezebelā
Sources:
Facebook (Gothic Lolita Wigs page, Black Lolita Community group, and Rufflechat discussion group)
Gothic Lolita Wigs site
Things you can do:
Stop buying from GLW as a WHOLE
Look into different places to buy wigs such as Lockshop, MintyMix, Taobao, L-email, Geisha Wigs, X&Y Angel (Amazon Marketplace seller/provider), even eBay works
Reblog this along with other posts about the situation. It doesnāt matter if your blog is NSFW, kawaii as fuck, or a fandom one, SPREAD THIS SHIT AROUND AND LET OTHERS KNOW THE SITUATION IN HAND
if you have any addtional information about this situation and other thing GLW has done currently or in the past, please add it into the post.
big thanks to those on Rufflechat who helped with the contribution of this post by sending in things like screenshots and their experiences with GLW.
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