there’s no way she’d be an object of heated romantic interest in the real world

I think her logic is sound. The word “clean” is pretty unambiguously used here. And it’s one thing to try and eat food that’s good for your health for most meals and another to ban anything that’s not 100% “clean” from your diet forever, and make all other aspects of your life work around that rule.

I did too and then forgot overnight :(

Well that’s the definition of rich people’s utter oblivion ot others’ reality. I know they work with poor people all over the world but seeing it and living it are completely different things.

Congrats! And speedy recovery.

I wonder if they would have done the same if a performer had approached them privately about such an experience. It’s cynical but I can’t help but wonder how much of this is genuine concern and upholding of a pro-victim policy and how much is image damage control.

Honestly? I think people overestimate their agency (me included). I believe most of our likes, preferences and dislikes are socially conditioned or at least influenced. You learn what is considered beautiful through exposure to specimens labeled as such; why is it so hard to believe sexuality functions similarly? What…

Because of reactions like yours, and much worse. This is usually what happens to women who say they were raped - disbelief, a trial in the court of public opinion, victim blaming and having to defend themselves as though they did something illegal. To do it against those odds does require some bravery.

I think in the face of a society heavily biased against rape victims/survivors, where they are almost always written off and disbelieved, trying to change that and build a culture of trust for women coming forward with claims of something so common should take precedence over keeping individuals’ jobs and gigs. IMO,…

That’s the part that matters? As opposed to the ones who do commit rape? So you’re really placing your “right” to not be shamed above the issue of how rape simulation marketed to men plays into rape culture?

I can’t believe people can be so naive and starry-eyed about porn, thinking everything is perfectly consensual and respectful all the time for all actors and hailing porn as this progressive, prudery-shattering, shame-healing thing. It’s like people will embrace anything to avoid being labeled uncool (because let’s be…

It’s a fascist dictatorship out there, and if you don’t step very carefully you’ll be stabbed and clubbed and the dogs will lick your blood.

Yes, this is what I was trying to say but it reads awkward now that I’m rereading it. I completely agree you can’t sell Native American-”inspired” stuff for mass consumption and remain respectful.

They’re called Arabic numerals for a reason...

I know, I’ve noticed that about immigrants versus people who live in their native country/culture. It’s a very interesting and complex issue that doesn’t have a cut and dry solution but I think if a practice is properly credited to its culture of origin (which yoga definitely is), it’s not misunderstood to the point…

And yoga specifically was willingly shared with the world.

Exactly. Usually the problem with cultural appropriation is white people’s habit to steal other people’s inventions/works and profit off of them while obliteration those people’s contribution through whitewashing history. I don’t think this is the case with yoga at all. Yoga is alive and well in India and everyone…

The very conception os religion in India is different from the one in the West - it’s interwoven with philosophy and various sorts of practical stuff and it’s hard to separate. Chakras predate Buddhism (I guess Buddhism appropriated them? But it was a reformative religion? It gets confusing looking at it solely from a…

Yes, plus it’s being offended on other people’s behalf which is sort of like talking over them, isn’t it? This seems like trying too hard territory.

Exchange doesn’t mean transaction - you offer something of yours, at another time you try something of another’s. I should have used “sharing”, because this is more accurate.