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Burn Your Hipster Headdresses: Native Fashion Here & Now!

Jen Deerinwater

Sep 21, 2016
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Taco Tuesday: Blurring The Line Between Appreciation and Appropriation

Yvonne

Sep 18, 2015
music

Katy Perry Continues Scaling New Heights of Cultural Appropriation

Hannah Hodson

Aug 4, 2014
politics + activism

It’s Time for White Feminists to Stop Talking About Solidarity and Start Acting

Cleo

Jul 10, 2014
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Top 10 Instances of Open and Unapologetic Celebrity Cultural Appropriation in 2013!

El Sanchez

Dec 26, 2013
music

2013 American Music Awards: 10 Things I Am Reacting To

Kate

Nov 24, 2013
culture

A Much-Needed Primer on Cultural Appropriation

Jezebel

Nov 15, 2012
queer fashion

Urban Outfitters Renames “Navajo” Products, Doesn’t Admit They Were Bad Idea

Ryan Yates

Oct 20, 2011

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Burn Your Hipster Headdresses: Native Fashion Here & Now!

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Burn Your Hipster Headdresses: Native Fashion Here & Now!

You love Native designs, support racial justice, and want to contribute to the growth of Native fashion and communities? You’re in luck!

Jen Deerinwater —

Sep 21, 2016

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Taco Tuesday: Blurring The Line Between Appreciation and Appropriation

food and drink

Taco Tuesday: Blurring The Line Between Appreciation and Appropriation

“There’s a bad taste in my mouth when white restaurant owners co-opt tacos for profits and white foodies venture for the most “authentic” tacos as a badge to show off…

Yvonne —

Sep 18, 2015

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Katy Perry Continues Scaling New Heights of Cultural Appropriation

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Katy Perry Continues Scaling New Heights of Cultural Appropriation

Katy Perry has once again offended a whole mess of people, to the surprise of absolutely nobody.

Hannah Hodson —

Aug 4, 2014

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It’s Time for White Feminists to Stop Talking About Solidarity and Start Acting

politics + activism

It’s Time for White Feminists to Stop Talking About Solidarity and Start Acting

“When will white feminists take collective responsibility for educating themselves? When will they understand the power at play that sings in their skins? We don’t exist in a vacuum and…

Cleo —

Jul 10, 2014

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Top 10 Instances of Open and Unapologetic Celebrity Cultural Appropriation in 2013!

pop culture fix

Top 10 Instances of Open and Unapologetic Celebrity Cultural Appropriation in 2013!

“Oh, wait, so you’re not dressing in a mass-produced stereotypical ‘Native’ costume, and instead were just dressing as one of the most racist caricatures depicting an Indigenous person in the…

El Sanchez —

Dec 26, 2013

american music awards

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2013 American Music Awards: 10 Things I Am Reacting To

music

2013 American Music Awards: 10 Things I Am Reacting To

Everything was pitchy and nothing hurt.

Kate —

Nov 24, 2013

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jezebel

A Much-Needed Primer on Cultural Appropriation

culture

A Much-Needed Primer on Cultural Appropriation

I bought tiny dreamcatcher earrings from a Navajo woman when I recently drove through Navajo Nation on a road trip. Am I unconsciously promoting cultural appropriation because I like the…

Jezebel —

Nov 15, 2012

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Daily Fix

Urban Outfitters Renames “Navajo” Products, Doesn’t Admit They Were Bad Idea

queer fashion

Urban Outfitters Renames “Navajo” Products, Doesn’t Admit They Were Bad Idea

Urban Outfitters has renamed all its “Navajo” products following ongoing criticism for cultural appropriation and a trademark violations. Finally.

Ryan Yates —

Oct 20, 2011