thanks, yes that was the kind of answer i was looking for. just kind of used it as a bit of an inflammatory example to ilicit a response. i’d never wear a bindi if my bengali friend didn’t actually put it on me. it’s difficult but i absolutely agree - anything, once it’s worn and said in a public forum- is political,…

The difference here is not the fact that someone is choosing to wear articles of clothing from a particular culture, but that someone is wearing something of significance in a particular culture when the actual members of that culture, particularly when those members are POC, are harassed, thought less of, or…

Coochie popping with bits of black culture and shots of her daughter sprinkled constitutes something just for “us”? Nope. I’m tired of her antics, she’s been doing the drag stripper persona for over 10 years and it has made her wealthy but us none the wiser.