Talk:Gyaru

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[edit] "Gyaru" Etymology

In studying Japanese history, I've run into the term "MoGa" -- from "Modern Girl", which dates back to the 1920's Taisho-era adoption of flapper aesthetics by a prominent subculture of (primarily) urban women. Barbara Sato has a book commenting largely on this phenomenon: http://wwwsshe.murdoch.edu.au/intersections/issue9/wilson_review.html

It has always been my impression that all subsequent "Gal" terminologies originated from this one, but the gap is a wide one.... Does anyone have further information about this? Speaker59 19:51, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Outdated?

This article says Ganguro is outdated, but the article on Ganguro says it "peaked in popularity around the year 2000, but remains evident today." I don't know which is correct, but they seem to clash. Sik2thestomach 02:37, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] should this bit be here?

I know nothing about this article, but should this be in the article: "The most respected Gal-cir is Angeleek; there are 22 members in their Tokyo group, and they have many other groups throughout the country." Could somebody who knows more remove this if it is wrong? Mathmo ^Talk 23:20, 12 February 2008 (UTC)