Exactly. I mean, what's the outcome here if not exacerbated/racist colonialist attitudes? Are hundreds of Jezebel readers going to descend on Nepal and solve this problem?? Of course not. They're just going sit right here, and armchair-theorize on how shitty all those brown dudez are.

I don't know that a white, Western woman denouncing cultural relativism is all that helpful (or, particularly insightful, seeing as how if white, Western people had their way, the concept of cultural relativism wouldn't even exist). The point is, we don't get to decide what other cultures should do, seeing as how we…

Your comment is really ignorant. Do you know what happened to women who were in the middle of or had already completed a foot binding regimen after Mao banned foot binding? They were ostracized. They went overnight from being some of the most privileged people in their communities to being virtually untouchable. No…

"All of those variables open lots of doors for people, including the Good Ol Boys network."

It isn't the equivalent of anything; least of all a western designer. It is worth far far more and does not need to be compared against western ideals to define its worth. Phrases that irritate me; any talk show host outside the US referred to as the "Oprah" of wherever; or an awards ceremony referred to as the Oscars…

Yay pillage and destroy Iraq and its history. Take souvenir handbag and display it as an tres chic oriental artefact. :(

Beautiful, but tragic that's its, of course, on exhibit in the UK instead of its home country. Another "exotic" artifact in an imperialist country.

Is it just me, or does the dude in the video sound like the "cool, young, hip" pastor at a every bass-ackwards evangelical church trying to attract young people to Jesus in every college town in America? Dollars to donuts that's where they got him.

"Brought to you by the Austin Institute for the Study of Family and Culture," co-founded by Mark Regnerus, the asshole who led the recent study (I use that term loosely) that concluded that gay people can't be good parents. He's the leading sexual economics scholar, and a complete and total asshole. I listened to this…

First, I would argue that MOST images of ALL women (white or otherwise), ESPECIALLY those images propagated in the United States, portray women as "inherently sexual." Moreover, ALL men, are subject to the exact same images that may or may not brainwash them into believing women are nothing but blow up toys.

What a ridiculously ignorant comment from an uneducated Westerner. This lady is a dalit, or the lowest caste and has risen to an important post.

I had the same reaction, but FWIW, that wording is taken from the HuffPo/AP article link and is not a direct quote from anyone personally involved in this matter.

I cannot beleive you would end this story with a reference to Miley, even if that's for "perspective". Since my great grandfather was murdered during La Violencia, my perspective of this is plain contempt and disgust; so I'm going to give you much unsolicited advice on how to write about conflict:

While I haven't read the book, I have heard of it, and it seems the consensus from scientifically-literate people is that it's not very good (the journal Nature - the highest impact-factor journal out there - apparently panned it). But I have read individual studies regarding sexual dimorphism in brain structures, and…

First off, lemme just say you started this debate with the wrong person, kid. This shit is my field of study, and I could write a book about it.

I think it's important here to distinguish between what is taken from a culture and what is freely given. Your friend invited you into her culture, and it seems like you both went out of your way to create as authentic an homage as possible. If you'd just gone out and bought a "Sexy Little Memsahib" outfit, which is…

I really hope everyone on this thread defending her with the "This wasn't racist, it was ignorant" and "we use the word racist too freely" will read this shit because...THIS IS RACIST. If you can't understand that there is more to racism than belonging to the Klan (because who the fuck even does anymore?) or dragging…

I'd be very careful about describing educational attainment as a "privilege" in this situation. Usually, when educational attainment is described as a "privilege" it's a reference to the high correlation between parental educational attainment and offspring's educational attainment. In this case, the correlation is…

I've rarely been so disappointed in someone as I am in you right now. I'm just sitting here with my jaw hanging open, shocked and depressed that someone I've seen speak so eloquently about race, privilege, and oppression in other contexts could be so obtuse about it in this one. You are "othering" Asian women so…