The link didn't work for me - maybe you could copy and paste the web address? (posted to Women Do Not "End Up Raped")
Joanne, Thanks for the comment. I have decided to delete the posts that are nasty. In my close circle of friends I am luckily enough (or picky enough) that they actually have the same ideological values as I do. Unfortunately, (posted to Women Silencing on FaceBook)
Cank, I am simplifying nothing, and what do you mean by "again"? My last post here was MONTHS ago on a completely different topic. For your information, I am not posting feminist content on my Facebook page. My husband posts (posted to Women Silencing on FaceBook)
Feather, Thank you. I was going to clarify, but rereading what I wrote, it is clear that there is a definite reading comprehension fail. Probably in an effort to be a troll. (posted to Women Silencing on FaceBook)
I've actually met quite a few "New Agers" who were extremely respectful about the various beliefs and traditions they followed. I agree that there are some people who do appropriate beliefs, but I find the lumping of "New Agers" into (posted to When Cultural Appropriation Goes Too Far.)
This subject has been in my mind a lot in the past 5 years. We adopted a daughter from Mongolia and we have sprinkled some Mongolian pictures around the house, she has 2 Dels and we have some Mongolian music (posted to When Cultural Appropriation Goes Too Far.)
A personal observation: I got on the mailing list for a catalog intended for a very different demographic than my own, with a few pages devoted (so to speak) to a vague generic ecumenical spirituality not intended to be burdened (posted to When Cultural Appropriation Goes Too Far.)
I daresay Target would like people who are going to celebrate Diwali to find a way to give Target money in the process. That's neither appreciation nor appropriation, it's capitalism. (posted to When Cultural Appropriation Goes Too Far.)
Gee whiz, golly gosh!! I'm a Slav, first generation American, who happens to love my country - or, better yet, the IDEA of America, the promise of America -- which has not yet been met. I'm a Croat. I was (posted to When Cultural Appropriation Goes Too Far.)
Hi again - sorry been a few days but business has kept me away from my computer! I see where we've been getting confused, and still are a bit now, with what each of us has been saying - you're (posted to When Cultural Appropriation Goes Too Far.)
