Thank you for this. As an Indian American woman, I agree, bindi's were decoration. If you want to have conversation about cultural appropriation, please start with Ganesh on tshirts and turning yoga into some sort of mystical magical work-out (I went to a yoga class and a yoga instructor played a CD which consisted of…

Very wow. Much hip. So scare.

I am POWERLESS against this haircut, on boys or girls. It just destroys me. I can't even hate Macklemore, and god knows, god knows I've tried. The haaaaiiir. Back when I worked retail I was once unjustly yelled at by a tetchy Cillian Murphy and I was burning with righteous indignation over it until the next episode of …

One summer my little cousin convinced his mom to let him get Ang's arrow cut into his head. He also had it dyed blue, it was awesome. Unfortunately no pics.

Thank you for your cogent, well-thought out response. When I go to events thrown by my good friend she often has bindis out on the welcome table for her friends (many of whom are not Indian, like me) to wear. They are sparkly and colorful and she insists we play around with them, wear ones that match our outfit,…

Let me be very clear with you. I am Indian, I lived in India, and UNLESS THAT BINDI IS RED AND ROUND IT IS NOT AN AFFRONT TO THE CULTURE OR PEOPLE. Deocrative Bindis are not specific to JUST India. They appear in many Asian countries as well.

I'm with you - I don't know where the line is. Is it inappropriate if a white person wears a sari? What if a black person wears tartan plaid - traditionally Scottish? Or if a non-American wears jeans? A non-Christian wearing a cross? A Christian wearing a cross on its side? When I wear eyeliner, am I appropriating…

Isha, as an Indian-American woman, I remember my mother insisting I wear a bindi "for decoration" with my lengha or salwaar kameez for some Hindu function, temple, party, or what have you. Both my parents are well educated, but even they didn't think much about the cultural significance of the bindi, nor would they…

Non-white people possess exclusionary ideas like white people, xenophobia like white people, pettiness like white people, bigotry like white people. The fact that a non-white person expressed an opinion does not mean you have to automatically defer to them. You are allowed to have your own concept of right and…

Seriously?! I hate cultural appropriation too, especially when it comes to my Hindu/Indian culture (e.g. see the ridiculous Christian Yoga phenomenon, that shit drives me crazy!) but this is not that. The majority of Indian women do not treat bindis as a religious symbol anymore. It is fashion. Go into any bindi shop…

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This is horrible! But y'all, lets not judge all male gynecologists based on one bad guy. There are excellent male gynecologists, and their motives for being interested in something (in this case, female reproduction and babies) shouldn't be questioned. Just wanted to put that out there, for fairness' sake.

I realize you are joking, but in all seriousness every male dr. I've been to in the past few years have female nurses in the room during the examination. I assumed this was just protocal now. Maybe it's just California where they are more scared of lawsuits. Really it should just BE the law.

Then why are right wing Christians so angry about this movie?

That dog has the exact expression on his face as Maya in the leading image.

I thought the same thing, and was also excited, and then disappointed.

Probably a good time to mention that Scarleteen, a website devoted to health and sex education for teens staffed by experts and filled with articles, advice columns, forums, and live chats on everything from how to prevent pregnancy, to mental health, to abuse, to trans issues, is in desperate need of funding.Poke…

I read this title as, "Maya Rudolph has an Airdale!" and, for a brief second, was irrationally excited.

No idea what I'm talking about? Then this puppy pic is gonna seem extra random.

And these are just things that I'M aware as a black woman. I don't doubt that the list is much longer.

"What I'm sick of is black beauty only being acceptable when white people start liking it–the mainstream only becoming comfortable with beauty in color when it's on a white body."

As a white woman who got bullied and teased to high heaven for her ass all throughout middle and high school: yep. This shit was definitely…