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• I don't even remember how/when I first saw Feministing, it just feels like it was always there -- a bit like Star Wars. :) Now it's the first thing I read in my feed reader in the morning, and also
  (posted to Feministing Fun Facts)
• About reddit -- there is a cult of macho-ness in nearly all of these forums, you also see it for example in slashdot (and I don't need to tell you about youtube commenters I'm sure). It's basically asshole men trying
  (posted to Street Harassment and Victim Blaiming)
• What makes it even more great is the fact that Blackburn is Greider's mentor. "To have Blackburn and Grieder win the prize is an incredible accomplishment for any scientist, but one that I think will pay huge dividends in helping
  (posted to Quick Hit: Two Women Win Nobel Prize)
• I echo what 'visibility' said above. I'd also like to add that the whole eastern/traditional/natural/holistic vs. western/'biomedical'/etc. distinction is what they call a false dichotomy. The anti-malarial drug Artemisinin for example, was discovered in ancient China more than a thousand
  (posted to Bias, Racism, and Alternative Medicine)
• Just wanted to chip in as an Indian who lives in India. There's no major "position of privilege" issue for a foreign expat who comes to India, so I view adoption of Indian culture as appreciation, not appropriation. A few
  (posted to When Cultural Appropriation Goes Too Far.)

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• 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.)

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