"it's cultural appropriation and it's disrespectful when white people do it."

Read it before, didn't agree with some of it then. There is a moral and ethical distinction between the fundamentally neutral act of adorning yourself with clothing or accessories or whatever inspired by another culture and manipulating, misrepresenting, harming, or making fun of that culture. In my view, the latter…

that was also my first reaction. I mean, yeah, not fetishizing opressed minorities, rock on, right there with ya. But maybe some things belong to a global aesthetic vocabulary and can be used in loose association, if any, with their original signifier. Floating that idea without preaching it, just feeling like…

Alright, I'm getting a bit tired of this appropriation bullshit. Any culture that has ever encountered another has adopted ideas, styles, science, religion, language, art, habits, customs, money, and had sex with each other. This has been happening since the beginning of fucking time. The idea that a person can't wear…

Bindis do not not have any traditional signification and have not for some generations. More reflexive feigned Social Justice from the Great North America, Arbiter of All Things Right and True.

Cytryn. I can't get past that.

OMG, this article and all the comments is like watching Heathers. I've got this song running through my head while I read. Enjoy.

Yeah, but Sikhs keep their hair in turbans, so it's not tumbling down to their behinds.

I believe the term for this is "home school hair." That's what my students call it.

Related: among my biggest pet peeves are the women who have really long hair, then get a haircut of a few inches and cry "Oh my god, it's SO SHORT! I HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATE IT! WHY DID YOU CUT SO MUCH OFF!?!?!?!"

If you identify with your hair, and having long, luxurious locks is your thing, why in the world would you use Wal-Mart brand shampoo on it?

I am irrationally (?) grossed out by really long hair. Good riddance! It's weird to have your identity wrapped to tightly around the length of your hair.

Typical privileged Caucasian young adult living comfortably with mummy and daddy in suburbia with no understanding of the real world, no responsibilities and no compassion for affected victims. He's doing this simply because he wants to look "cool" in front of his equally immature and privileged friends. One day the…

Where's a train conductor when you need one?

I'd like to whoop the shit out of this trick.

*Too many. FTFY.

Personally, I don't give an ounce of credence to being bipolar having anything to with this, at all. Far too premeditated, calculated and absolutely following a pattern of trying to be bleeding edge avant garde. To me, he's just a 35 year old loser art student with no respect for social boundaries. He knew exactly…

I don't like agree with Gawker's take on many sociopolitical issues, either, but you have to understand who their audience is: educated, urban-ish, 20-40 year olds. What political bucket would you put that demographic in? Hint: It's not conservative. They're running a business that tries to get as many page views…

Hugo Boss of The Beantown Clinky 2 nite boi !!!

Pictured: A troubled young man acting out in an attempt to gain everyone's attention