“Despite your best efforts, your earnest and totally misguided offensive appropriation can fade from memory with time. Luckily, there’s a way around this. For generations, people have covered their flesh in stereotypical depictions of other human beings and their cultures, and it has yet to go out of vogue. A couple of sugar skulls on your upper arms will lend an exotic vibe to any WASP, and, what with the overwhelming current of xenophobia and racism in today’s society, no actual Latin@ is likely to feel comfortable challenging you on it. If they do, make sure to tell them how much you loooooove their culture and it means sooooo much to you. They’ll look like ungrateful meanyheads and will be forced to back off. If all else fails, ask them how they celebrated the last Day of the Dead. No doubt they’ll say something boring about visiting the graves of their dead family members or something, whereas you made up your face like a Sylvia Ji painting, baked some authentic Mexican bread using authentic internet recipes, and built a shrine to Frida Kahlo. It’s clear who the winner is.”
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entelodont on ontd_feminism
realise one of my friends is doing that “sugar skull” make up for halloween. feel super awkward about it. google it. discover eloquent post on appropriation of Mexican culture.
(via marrowandfluff)
^THIS! FUCKING THIS ALL OVER my dashboard! I am FUCKING SICK and TIRED of seeing members of the Snowface Empire and everybody else who is NOT a *Méxican@ appropriating Día de los Muertos. This day means a lot to my country folk. I personally consider it the third most important day in Méxican history (the 1st being our Independence Day and the 2nd being Frida Kahlo’s birthday.) If I see some member of the Hipster Squadron of the Snowface Empire with Día de los Muertos makeup on at school they are going to get an tongue lashing they will never forget.
*I personally consider a person Méxican@ if their parents are from México, or the family is from México or the y were born in México, or if in their heart they consider México their home.
(via genderqueerdukeofmexico)
I’m being a zombie Barbie. But hey, this quote right here is pretty truthy!
(via sugaredvenom)