"All this is is some Christoper Columbus shit: White people thinking that simply because they just discovered something, it must be new."
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At this point, if anyone on the internet tells me that a video is going to "blow my mind," or that I need to "wait…
"I don't have a misrepresentation in my head of what I look like. I didn't do my surgery to blend in; I didn't do it to look like anyone else or to fit in with anybody else. To the contrary, I did it to look exceptional in my mind. I wanted to have a look that was very unmistakable. And whether or not other people…
Hopefully this will not be her birth announcement:
Bang! I think people often confuse cultural appreciation with cultural appropriation. I agree that if you have done your research and know what's what then you should be all good.
I basically said the same thing, but I wasn't sure(was gonna double check). So thanks for making me realize I was right. whew! lol
As a French person, I have read all the negative reactions in the comments here, and I must say : I've read the same ones on most French websites. And not as many positive ones, by the way. Did anyone say rape culture ? Most people expressing their views on the subject (which, you'll agree, is not necessarily the same…
my Indian fiancé likes it when I wear a bindi, but as a white woman, I definitely feel uncomfortable sometimes because I don't want people to think I'm like the Coachella folk… Even if it's just a fashion bindi, I appreciate where it comes from (heck, I'm a South Asian academic) and can't help but feel weirded out…
Agree with you on the rape kits thing.
The French authorities have said that all the DNA tests will be destroyed afterwards (except the one of the eventual rapist of course) so there'll be no biometric data left after the investigation is closed. And no, I don't think they're lying but I do think a lot of people have read 1984 way too many times and are…
I dunno, friend. Not that I speak for all Indian woman, but I doubt that you can too. To that effect, I am an Indian woman whose immediate reaction to people wearing bindis is "ugh, white people." May not be the most appropriate reaction, but it stems from a history of misappropriation in the context of oppression and…
Well, he was a pretentiously self-aware little shit. He definitely had a few moments of "clear teenage boy" to reign in his perfectness though, like the problematic definition of a meaningful life someone pointed out.
THANK YOU. I just wanted to say thanks for this comment which made my day.
shhhh white women don't like to be told to unclutch their pearls whilst stepping off their high horses.
Thank you for clarifying. I know so little about bindis and automatically assumed it was always wrong for some random person to wear them without "meaning".
They'd rather be outraged than educated.
This is interesting. Thank you for the insight!
It did make me kind of sad, because I like John Green's smart online videos so much. I was kind of bummed that such a smart person (statistics are sexy!) would write typical young adult cancer porn, like the Lurlene McDaniel stuff that was popular when I was in middle school. However, when I really thought about it…
He was arrogant, had a superiority complex, and sped along his own demise by thinking his desires outranked his safety. That being said, he thought he was the perfect person for Hazel because he understood her frustration with the Cancer Kid myth, and sacrificed his health for her happiness, but he was really perfect…