Hipster Appropriations: Archive

Anonymous asked: for what it's worth, one of my profs went over the "naming" thing in class at some point and basically said "indian people generally prefer being called indian" ... then again, she herself is an urban indian and can pass for white, so i'm not sure if her take can be considered definitive or what (probably not).

Feb 26th

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aaronitron asked: So, your page says "Ask me anything" so I am going to ask away. I am a self-reporting ignorant white boy who's extent of Native American culture is when my class talked about the Oregon Trail in grade school.

So, here is my question... I see all of these pictures of people with Native dress and face paint and such, and I get how that is completely inappropriate for a...

Feb 26th

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Anonymous asked: Do you actually feel like calling people racist on the internet makes a difference? (protip: it doesn't.) You are also most likely college students, probably getting degree in some type of liberal arts; this alone makes people not take you seriously. However, my main point is that as societies evolve so do cultural trends, the appropriation and assimilation of cultural trends which seem...

Feb 24th

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Feb 24th

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“This is late because I just found your blog…but I personally have always...”

– More science from our comment threads. This is a safe, open space for discussion. I grew up on the reservation with a mother who hated hearing people use Indian as a point of reference - but mostly when it was used by white people. A lot of my friends from home have varying feelings on the term. ...

Feb 24th

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mothcub asked: Personally I don't feel too comfortable about the use of "grow the fuck up" as it props up that false child/adult dichotomy and the stereotype that kids or teenagers are stupid/ignorant/whatever, when clearly adults are no less ignorant in general, and you get a lot of very open minded kids and people of all ages, so perhaps that would be another concern for this blog. Thanks.

Feb 23rd

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Anonymous asked: "Sometimes you get so blinded by your rage that you end up throwing around terms that have just as much harm to other communities."

This is from your post apologising for ableist language. Do you realise that your use of "blinded" in this manner is considered ableist too?

Feb 23rd

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Feb 23rd

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Anonymous asked: Why did you start this blog?

Feb 22nd

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Question box queue

We maintain this blog on top of a job or school, so we may not get to your questions in as timely of a manner as you’d like. Don’t worry, we will get to them eventually! We’re not ignoring you!

Feb 22nd

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“So shall it be in the state Senate Appropriations Committee tomorrow, Tuesday,...”

– Russell Pearce’s “Hate Humanity Tuesday” Targets AHCCCS, ABOR, and the Undocumented (Natch) - Phoenix News - Feathered Bastard of the proposed legislation: 1. the required “counting” of students in public schools—those who documented and those who are not. 2. those who can not produced notorized...

Feb 22nd

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Reality check, and welcome new followers

Hey folks - thanks for coming, and we can’t thank my culture is not a trend enough for the tip. We’ve gotten a couple critiques of some ableist/sexist language we’ve used in posts - namely “dumb” and “chicks”. We’re currently editing those, so bear with us. We’re actually pretty embarrassed by this, but we’re learning. Unfortunately,...

Feb 22nd

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pigblog: mycultureisnotatrend: Hipster Appropriations - a great catch-all for some culture/race reality checks. I would support this if it didn’t use sexism in the process of calling out racism. There is much debate over the word “chick” but as far as I’m concerned the use of the word in this blog is undeniably sexist as it is used as a derogatory term and is a gendered one, just like...

Feb 22nd

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Tumblractivism against cultural appropriation!

I really hate Tumblr today. I just browsed the headdress tag for the first time in ages and I was just disgusted, per usual. The volume of new headdress posts seems bigger than ever. And I haven’t even made time to sort through all of the NY Fashion Week runway shows for cultural appropriation, which always seems to pop up without fail. So I propose an idea: go to your search box, make...

Feb 21st

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Feb 21st

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Feb 21st

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Feb 21st

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Poem: Indigenous Is, by Anishinaabekwe

I found this lovely poem via Urban Native Girl. A slight change to all the appropriations that I’ve been noticing since I discovered yours and other people’s sites. Thanks for the continued education ladies. Indigenous is not a skin color, Indigenous is not my nose, Indigenous is not my eye color, Indigenous is not my lips, Indigenous is not romanticizing ancient teachings, To...

Feb 18th

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tasteherflesh asked: I know this sounds like the "My friend said i could call you guys that!" excuse, but I'll try to seem more articulate than that. Marquita said in one of her posts that you should use the word "Native American" rather than "Indian". Now, a lot of Native American people I know (friends and otherwise) prefer and ask to be called "Indian" than "Native...

Feb 14th

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