I blog about racism, islamophobia, immigration, cultural appropriation, queer stuff, trans* politics, caste annihilation, south asian politics (mostly Indian and Indian diasporic), and obnoxious, voyeuristic photography. Plus I like pretty pictures. This blog has deep contempt for the commodification of people and culture; white savior-dom, exotification and neo-colonialist assholery. This blog is NOT for educational purposes. That takes some effort and no one is paying me to do this. It should go without saying that any opinions here are mine, and does not represent any nation, creed or astrological family. Because I have seen approximately 100000 of them, I tend to have little patience for questions that start with "Is this cultural appropriation?" I don't care. I have written stuff about it, there's a link, go read it. If it bothers you that much, you should also be able to scroll, link and read. There is plenty of stuff on this blog that already answer these questions. And if you still haven’t sought what you are seeking… go to the library, read. Or don’t. Whatever. I do not care about your cultural appropriating soul — I am not your cultural appropriating soul checker. (If I feel like it, I'll crowd-source opinions for it. Maybe.) A word on submissions: I will not post photos that seem personal and submitted without the person-in-photo's consent. I do see a difference between that and a person posting embarrassing photos of themselves on a public platform like tumblr and it gets reblogged. For the purposes of my submission rule, Facebook is not a public platform. So please don't download photos from your facebook feed and submit it to me. I will not post it if it seems like the person doesn't seem to be aware that their picture is spread like that.
At a peaceful protest outside of Jack Trice Stadium in Iowa where Donald Trump was to make an appearance, a young Latino holds up a sign that reads: “Our lives end the day we become silent about things that matter.” Two white girls decide to walk through the crowd, and one unleashes her barbaric behavior and gets cheered. She should’ve got her fronts snatched that day.
A white poet used an Asian pen name to get published
Upon the release of this year’s Best American Poetry anthology, readers caught a glimpse into the creation of a new pseudonym: Yi-Fen Chou. Chou is actually Michael Derrick Hudson, who revealed his true identity in his author bio. Hudson is a white, Indiana genealogist. Naturally, readers and poets of color aren’t thrilled.
“This wasn’t the start of another Internet spat. What Minaj did was necessary and even radical. She was refusing to apologize for wanting to be visible and rewarded like her peers. She was calling bullshit on the audacity of a white woman, who has, in the past, responded to people of color with indifference while she bastardizes their language, hair, dance, and visual aesthetics. Minaj did what a lot of black women want to do: call out people when they try to render you invisible, when they try to render your pain insignificant.”
Read more: In Praise of the Radical and Unapologetic Nicki Minaj
For members of the “Lion King” generation like Swift, African landscapes continue to embody this rich tapestry of flora and fauna, where Africans only occupy the periphery of complex portrayals of lions, elephants and their white saviors. But I can’t blame Swift for following a long history of Hollywood’s obsession with white settlers in colonial Africa.
From Academy Award-winning films such as “The African Queen” and “Out of Africa” to Vogue style spreads like the “Chronicles of Keira,” Western pop culture rarely offers any insight into Africa’s colonial past beyond the common trope of white colonial romance. Rarely do films, fashion or pop music problematize these scenes of privilege, or portray the complex ways Africans resisted and ultimately overthrew racial colonial hierarchies.
Thanks, Ms. Swift, for again proving that African stereotypes are safe atop the pinnacle of American pop culture
Tea time, too! Another poster illustrating how tea was marketed to post-Independence India. (Image from the Tasveer Ghar visual essay on the history of the representation of tea in India.)
Hijras, who can be eunuchs, intersex or transgender, have been part of South Asia’s culture for thousands of years. Eunuchs are celebrated in sacred Hindu texts such as the Mahabharata and the Kama Sutra. They also enjoyed influential positions in the Mughal courts. (x)
Black and Latino kids who did this shit was gettin suspended from school for having cat scratches, citing that it was a “gang symbol” and now its a DAREDEVIL TREND?!
“I wonder how people find out about stuff so late.”
That’s actually a very good question. Is some random white YouTube blogger looking at their old B2K poster, and then decide to incorporate it in to their look?
^^^I’m almost willing to bet a paycheck Big Daddy Kane was the first back in the 80’s. Mention of Kane’s eyebrows was even put into the lyrics of King’s Curse by Army of the Pharaohs. So nah white people, we can’t claim this “daredevil trend”. Credit and recognize those POC, like Kane, who blazed the trail first, and stop touching and claiming things that don’t fucking belong to us.
I’m so tired of this happening, like…..please raise up off our dicks & areola’s please & create ya own style or trend. My goodness folks. Or at least if you gon copy, CREDIT WHERE YOU COPIED IT FROM & DON’T ACT LIKE IT’S SOME NEW SHIT YALL MADE UP!
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