1. 17 Sep



    I really want to make little handouts on racism/cultural appropriation that I can hand out/glue to things/leave with strangers as Halloween approaches.

    Anyone have a really succint racism 101/cultural appropriation link. Something that might be under 200 words and is directed at the ignorant audience. I’m picturing a quarter sheet or even a business card handout with tiny print bullet pointing why racist outfits are wrong, and something on the back like one of the white cultural appropriation headdress images.  

    I am going to look around but I thought I would ask before I start digging. 

    I’m hoping to create a pdf that I can post on here of both stickers and handouts so folks can go on the offensive with me if anyone wants. 

     

  2. 22 Feb



    they probed me: A restatement of my ideas on cultural appropriation.

    abductedteen:

    Okay, so I kind of rambled on in a post and didn’t articulate my thoughts very well and got a lot of backlash. I’m going to try to explain again (hopefully no one will call me a white supremacist) how I really feel about cultural appropriation.
    I feel that within recent centuries the advances in…

    I assumed that when I agreed to stop so would you! 

    Rejustifying/rewording your neo-colorblind cultural jealousy and appropriation desires still means you are wrong. I’m especially upset with you after reading this! 

    Here dear, go do some reading and get off your high horse. 

    (via slimegrrrl-deactivated20120530)

     

  3. 13 Feb


    OH HELL NO!!! I like you ASOS but this is not okay.  Let’s email these motherfuckers and let them know this is not okay.  Fucking commodifying, appropriating asses. White folks do not get to parade around in the symbolism and cultural markers of my heritage. 

    OH HELL NO!!!

    I like you ASOS but this is not okay. 

    Let’s email these motherfuckers and let them know this is not okay. 

    Fucking commodifying, appropriating asses. White folks do not get to parade around in the symbolism and cultural markers of my heritage. 

     

  4. 28 Oct



    I can not open my Dia de los Muertos tracked tag for fear of throwing my computer.

     

  5. 25 Oct



    grey fox la stephanque: Dear people mad at me for wearing calavera makeup,

    godivadarling:

    I’ve decided to respect your opinion, but strongly disagree with it.

    Nothing about wearing this makeup was mocking, degrading, oppressive, or ignorant. I didn’t paint my face like a sugar skull and walk around telling people I was dressed as a mexican, I was celebrating the imagery about death…

    I don’t have the energy to address this today. Tumblr friends? How about I adopt the culture of “Go fuck yourself” I think I love and appreciate all parts of it and would really like to rub it in your face. 

    Okay, too bitter to actually aim for educating babosas today. 

    (Source: existential--pencil)

     

  6. 23 Sep



    Fuck Yeah, Tattoos!: I hate dream catcher tattoos

    runwatchshoot:

    fuckyeahtattoos:

    I hate them so much that I rarely publish any of them, and I delete some I see approved by the other mods. I do the same with tattoos of women and skulls in headdresses. I’ve ranted about all this before, but I’ve never really calmly explained it, so I’m going to try to today.

    I find it…

    Shit is getting HEATED on the notes of this post. So many people are “whole-heartedly disagreeing” with it which is just - ugh.

    I’m glad the OP brought this up on tumblr with such a large following, I’m just sad that so many of the people who are reblogging it are ignorant and racist. It’s like talking to a wall except that instead of just sitting there being stubborn, the wall is also throwing things at you.

    Try bringing up halloween costumes….smh

     

  7. 18 Jul


    classycoochie: melissikins: angstiosis: ameliabutter: pipu: Color pics from the Wild West shoot are up! Check my  blog for all of them! (via Made by Katie: Wild West) casual friendship activity AKA AXL ROSE V. ADAM ANT Wow, really? Appropriation for the win, I guess. Or not. I’m so sick and tired of people thinking it’s okay to use Native American headdresses/war paint/etc for their fucking photo shoots. White people, it is not okay. It is disrespectful. I am Native American and guess what, it would STILL be disrespectful for me to wear a Native American headdress. This kind of thing just completely strips away any meaning.  And it breaks my heart that it’s someone that I admire, who I thought represented my (fat) demographic. This isn’t okay. This is offensive, kind of racist, and definitely appropriative.  ^^ spot on. Conscious queers should know better. Period. I actually went to school with one of these people and I am wondering how receptive they will be if I ask them about this next time I see them. I believe they are pretty conscious of these issues so this surprises me. However no excuse. Kind of sad to see this coming out my own town however knowing that I really shouldn’t expect more out of this town.  Please do better PORK and until then I will wait to see how you make up for this. One sad indigenous woman shaking my head at you. 

    classycoochie:

    melissikins:

    angstiosis:

    ameliabutter:

    pipu:

    Color pics from the Wild West shoot are up! Check my  blog for all of them!

    (via Made by Katie: Wild West)

    casual friendship activity

    AKA

    AXL ROSE V. ADAM ANT

    Wow, really? Appropriation for the win, I guess. Or not.

    I’m so sick and tired of people thinking it’s okay to use Native American headdresses/war paint/etc for their fucking photo shoots. White people, it is not okay. It is disrespectful. I am Native American and guess what, it would STILL be disrespectful for me to wear a Native American headdress. This kind of thing just completely strips away any meaning. 

    And it breaks my heart that it’s someone that I admire, who I thought represented my (fat) demographic. This isn’t okay. This is offensive, kind of racist, and definitely appropriative. 

    ^^ spot on.

    Conscious queers should know better. Period.

    I actually went to school with one of these people and I am wondering how receptive they will be if I ask them about this next time I see them. I believe they are pretty conscious of these issues so this surprises me. However no excuse. Kind of sad to see this coming out my own town however knowing that I really shouldn’t expect more out of this town. 

    Please do better PORK and until then I will wait to see how you make up for this. One sad indigenous woman shaking my head at you. 

    (via quelola)

     

  8. 12 Jul



    When East Los Meets Tokyo: Chicano Rap and Lowrider Culture in Japan - Orange County Music - Heard Mentality

     

  9. 27 Jun


    corazonacorazon: suckmybeso: fuckyeahchicanopower: nomellamoliz: thatonemexicangirl: navyytaxi: went to a mexican themed party last night. it was lovely.  I don’t look like this, okay? So please peel that fake mustache off your face and tell your bud to take that sombrero off his head. And stop attending parties based on reducing me to a stereotype. i’m mexican. i occasionally go to mexican parties… that is a party with mexican music, mexican candies, y pin~atas too, thrown by mexican people. i went to a mexican party last weekend too. and nowhere did i see any one wearing a “mexican mustache” or a sombrero. yea i occasionally see sombreros at mexican parties being worn by mariachi performers and Tejanas at pachangas. its our culture… but we are not costume. be aware that this image IS offensive. don’t celebrate us. This. This is fuckin stupid. Go get a life, and stop trying to get one that’s not yours. The least thing you can do is stop fucking shit up…I’m sorry y’all…actually not I’m not cuz this shit is sorry.  This shit is just another form of minstrelsy. So to all the privileged idiots who have ever fucking had the audacity to “put on” someone else’s culture in efforts to other, belittle, and perpetuate stereotypes: Stop trying to minimize a culture you have no fucking idea about. You WILL NEVER have the privilege of having my culture, of knowing what it is to be a part of something so beautiful so don’t hurt yourself trying cause the only thing you are doing is making yourself look ridiculous.  This is fucked up. As is cinco de maya, and halloween when for some reason dressing like you are mexican, native, black, asian, etc somehow holds no ramifications.  You can’t reduce a culture down to an outfit and trying just essentializes our cultures and show how very very incompetent, privileged, and downright ignorant you all are.   I know others care less about cultural appropriation but it is indeed one of those things in life that gets my blood boiling. Right on to you all for speaking out against this bullshit!

    corazonacorazon:

    suckmybeso:

    fuckyeahchicanopower:

    nomellamoliz:

    thatonemexicangirl:

    navyytaxi:

    went to a mexican themed party last night. it was lovely. 

    I don’t look like this, okay?

    So please peel that fake mustache off your face and tell your bud to take that sombrero off his head. And stop attending parties based on reducing me to a stereotype.


    i’m mexican. i occasionally go to mexican parties… that is a party with mexican music, mexican candies, y pin~atas too, thrown by mexican people. i went to a mexican party last weekend too. and nowhere did i see any one wearing a “mexican mustache” or a sombrero. yea i occasionally see sombreros at mexican parties being worn by mariachi performers and Tejanas at pachangas. its our culture… but we are not costume. be aware that this image IS offensive. don’t celebrate us.

    This.

    This is fuckin stupid. Go get a life, and stop trying to get one that’s not yours. The least thing you can do is stop fucking shit up…I’m sorry y’all…actually not I’m not cuz this shit is sorry. 

    This shit is just another form of minstrelsy. So to all the privileged idiots who have ever fucking had the audacity to “put on” someone else’s culture in efforts to other, belittle, and perpetuate stereotypes: Stop trying to minimize a culture you have no fucking idea about. You WILL NEVER have the privilege of having my culture, of knowing what it is to be a part of something so beautiful so don’t hurt yourself trying cause the only thing you are doing is making yourself look ridiculous. 

    This is fucked up. As is cinco de maya, and halloween when for some reason dressing like you are mexican, native, black, asian, etc somehow holds no ramifications.  You can’t reduce a culture down to an outfit and trying just essentializes our cultures and show how very very incompetent, privileged, and downright ignorant you all are.  

    I know others care less about cultural appropriation but it is indeed one of those things in life that gets my blood boiling. Right on to you all for speaking out against this bullshit!

     

  10. 5 May



    cinco de gringo

    As my friend Colin put it: 

    Welcome to America, where we celebrate diversity by drinking beers imported from Mexico…but get out brown people! Happy gringo de mayo everybody!

    Well put friend.