Katy Perry dressed as a sexy geisha for her AMAs performance. There was, uh, a lot going on there: there were giant fans, cherry blossoms, a Shinto shrine, a couple of stage props meant to look like ...

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She thrilled her fans when she dressed in a kimono during a tour of Japan earlier this month. But Katy Perry has been accused of being racist after dressing as a Japanese geisha for the opening ...

They are not courtesans or prostitutes. Before World War II, a geisha’s virginity was auctioned to the highest bidder, but sex is no longer part of the transaction. To be a geisha is to be part of a ...