tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698623.comments2023-10-11T09:11:45.658-06:00Plucky Punk's Happy Land...Grr...Spit...Vanessahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08897350435770099399noreply@blogger.comBlogger532125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698623.post-76599577327231903732012-09-08T20:13:38.015-06:002012-09-08T20:13:38.015-06:00Despite what Will wrote, you're pretty much on...Despite what Will wrote, you're pretty much on the money about Australian Aboriginal art. Most of what's sold commercially is made in China (as is everything in Australia these days it seems - down to the flagwaver's flags).<br /><br />Aboriginal Australians are still fighting to have their rights recognised. Mis-appropriation of indigenous culture is disgusting.Special Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11492833543705132714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698623.post-55183129589063382912012-02-26T21:21:16.561-07:002012-02-26T21:21:16.561-07:00No, that's cute. It's not like your ancest...No, that's cute. It's not like your ancestors killed them all or anything.<br />But seriously. I'm a Cherokee woman, and honestly, a lot of the new native print stuff going around doesn't particularly offend me. I've always loved the look, and it's really awesome now that the prints are more accessible in cuter styles. That being said.<br />The head dress thing has got to go. Native American warbonnets are not made to be worn randomly or as a fashion accessory. These head dresses are also, in point of fact, typically worn by men. And not any men: these were worn by heroes of war. The best example I can give of equivalence is someone wearing a purple heart as a fashion accessory. It's just weird. It's a cultural symbol. And if you must wear one, please do not do so wasted at an indie concert. Please.<br />I don't know where she got this one, but if anyone does plan to purchase one, it's best to do so from a cultural practicing Native American, as it is part of their heritage. And in point of fact, we all kind of owe the entire culture more respect. Native Americans experience constant racism, whether it's mascots in the NFL or "casino gambling" stereo types that are precipitated with no kind of stigma attached. I think that Americans have shat on the Native American culture more than enough without wearing pieces of their cultural heritage, war paint, and nonchalantly smoking what is most likely an American Spirit cigarette as a fashion pose. <br />That being said, the girl in the photo looks beautiful. I'm just not a fan of her wardrobe choice. The only one allowed to wear one of these is Cher. Do you hear that hipsters? You haven't earned what she's earned. <br />-end rant-Katrinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10162020684104533388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698623.post-5561456975304615582011-07-09T14:24:46.124-06:002011-07-09T14:24:46.124-06:00It must be an age thing, because I can't even ...It must be an age thing, because I can't even figure out how to READ tumblr, much less post on it. I've been upset that blogging is going the way of this newfangled thing I can't figure out, but I guess it was inevitable. (sigh)<br /><br />I see tumblr as "the line" between young and old in the digital age. I know if *I* don't get it, after 4 years of active blogging, most other people my age probably don't either. <br /><br />Thus, tumblr is extremely age-segregated, the way Facebook used to be racially segregrated...Daisy Deadheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17993200276152025235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698623.post-59176026418549726942011-04-07T17:53:23.474-06:002011-04-07T17:53:23.474-06:00Hey, girl. You like the old punkUation? I do. I lo...Hey, girl. You like the old punkUation? I do. I love’m. Black Flag? MDC? GBH? DRI? SocD? I saw’m at the Outhouse, Lawrence, KS. They kick, some, ass. Not that wimpy, wussy GreenDay/WingoStarr cr@p. *barff'n* That's also taken on a new angst in my finite existence: try to git U.S. punks to not look so much at the whorizontal, but at Heaven Above where the sky‘s the limit. God blessa youse -Fr. Sarducci, ol SNL-blessed holy socks, the non-perishable-zealothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00241446130197185049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698623.post-89164782683416287682011-01-08T04:51:19.212-07:002011-01-08T04:51:19.212-07:00That is SO bad ass!That is SO bad ass!Gryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297192389242888437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698623.post-90916377545098572702011-01-06T06:04:42.685-07:002011-01-06T06:04:42.685-07:00Yes, happy new year Vanessa... a little late!
Iro...Yes, happy new year Vanessa... a little late!<br /><br />Ironically, jst read your post about Native American culture being appropriated, right after posting on Billy Jack, the guy who started it.Daisy Deadheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17993200276152025235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698623.post-40317879461052333352011-01-04T21:33:05.502-07:002011-01-04T21:33:05.502-07:00Peace and Light, Vanessa
I enjoy your blog!
All t...Peace and Light, Vanessa<br /><br />I enjoy your blog!<br />All the best to you in 2011!!!<br /><br /><br />Bright Blessings & Stay well,<br /><br />Ten Nebula<br />www.Tennebula.Blogspot.comTen Nebulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17637213138691766275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698623.post-32636093962575162692010-12-19T17:32:50.307-07:002010-12-19T17:32:50.307-07:00"The “more innocent time” these images are he..."The “more innocent time” these images are hearkening back to is not to some imagined time of pre-Colombian noble savagery but the time from my childhood when middle America felt free to stomp all over Native American culture without guilt."<br /><br />You just kinda blew my mind. I mean, I agree with everything else you said, but this part in particular is an amazing piece of analysis.<br /><br />And it's so cool to find that you're also a fan of bfp!<br /><br />Also, <a href="http://nativeappropriations.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Native Appropriations</a> is another good blog dealing with this topic.<br /><br />@wanrey: "...with hipsters its all about being a cool as motherfucker while acting sad..." Best description of hipsters I've read so far.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698623.post-87514101245335435432010-11-17T14:46:28.694-07:002010-11-17T14:46:28.694-07:00Right on point! I have grown to appreciate the nat...Right on point! I have grown to appreciate the native culture more and more as I have gotten to know my indigenous brothers and sisters. I've realized they have similar struggles as myself growing up as a low-income person of color. Its just another piece of the puzzle of privileged (mostly white) cultures taking advantage of what they deem cool about us in order to be more cool (since with hipsters its all about being a cool as motherfucker while acting sad), yet they never take into account the robbing of cultures, the complete ignorance of the people who have built up that culture, and their unwillingness to be enlightened on that culture besides what they can gleam off of it to appear cultured. The hipster indian look definitely is bullshit, yet its only the tip of the iceberg of the pattern of privileged (again mostly white) people stealing the good ideas and culture of people of color. Oh the world we live in!wanreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06104272524017569831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698623.post-41625391865613840722010-11-14T18:57:39.401-07:002010-11-14T18:57:39.401-07:00I couldn't find anything about the film, but t...I couldn't find anything about the film, but <a href="http://www.wipo.int/tk/en/studies/cultural/minding-culture/studies/carpetscase-main.pdf" rel="nofollow">this PDF</a> talks about the same case that was in the film. And it looks like it was the early 90s, not the 80s.Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08897350435770099399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698623.post-18075605147533855122010-11-14T18:35:03.162-07:002010-11-14T18:35:03.162-07:00Ah! I remembered!
The documentary was called &qu...Ah! I remembered!<br /><br />The documentary was called "Copyrites."Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08897350435770099399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698623.post-78526054156561965682010-11-14T18:14:57.947-07:002010-11-14T18:14:57.947-07:00Admittedly, my knowledge on that particular subjec...Admittedly, my knowledge on that particular subject comes solely from a documentary I've seen about an aboriginal woman who had her work stolen from her - both in the sense of appropriation and in the sense of literal stealing.<br /><br />I wish I could remember the name of it. But I've never lived in Australia and am probably missing some nuance. I apologize.<br /><br />But yes, denying the artists agency is the absolute last thing I'd want to do (it's funny you mention that, because I've been arguing against doing just that on tumblr all day).<br /><br />If I may nerd out again, another great book that deals with just that subject (artist's agency) amongst other things, is Sound of Africa by Louise Meintjes.Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08897350435770099399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698623.post-38560231877789072492010-11-14T17:21:39.344-07:002010-11-14T17:21:39.344-07:00I take exception to your comments about Australian...I take exception to your comments about Australian Aboriginal art in the 1980s. While it's that early in the 20th century there was a brisk ethnographic trade in Aboriginal artifacts, by the 1980s the art that was being sold in galleries around Australia (for a lot less than a jillion dollars--the record at auction in the last decade was more that $775,000 Australian) was produced for sale to just those commercial art galleries by Indigenous Australians who knew quite well what they were up to. Not to say that all those who bought them really cared much about the culture, but it's wrong to deny the artists themselves the agency they exercised in creating and selling their art to white audiences.Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02181649233291697602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698623.post-88238107949025243962010-11-03T18:14:09.181-06:002010-11-03T18:14:09.181-06:00So awesomeSo awesomeVanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08897350435770099399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698623.post-86806603101702662592010-11-03T11:01:15.488-06:002010-11-03T11:01:15.488-06:00That blue belt kid is one trick wonder. Next time ...That blue belt kid is one trick wonder. Next time he gets in your grill Abbie, PUNCH HIM IN THE FACE!<br /><br />Best soundtrack ever.Daverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00245144987692256473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698623.post-88139651599539328372010-10-18T21:51:11.004-06:002010-10-18T21:51:11.004-06:00No, go ahead!No, go ahead!Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08897350435770099399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698623.post-14386283676708567922010-10-18T08:35:26.628-06:002010-10-18T08:35:26.628-06:00Wonderful, wonderful post, definitely one of the b...Wonderful, wonderful post, definitely one of the best pieces of writing I've seen on the Internet in a long time. Your Dad is a genius -- his words are just so completely epic and uplifting. Do you mind if I share this?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698623.post-34129059390709379482010-08-26T06:40:41.672-06:002010-08-26T06:40:41.672-06:00Wonderful post!Wonderful post!Sumayyahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14967451590100699501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698623.post-29836653754840454922010-08-26T01:46:30.886-06:002010-08-26T01:46:30.886-06:00Good for you.Good for you.Lynn Gazis-Saxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16775215056055972392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698623.post-30660737577626190842010-08-24T15:23:11.874-06:002010-08-24T15:23:11.874-06:00I love the metaphor of hatred as a beast that is r...I love the metaphor of hatred as a beast that is ripping the heart out of people! Like you, I absolutely refuse to allow this horrid creature to trick people into hatred.<br /><br />We always have the choice to be fearful, cruel and racist. Choosing to say no to hate does take effort and time. The results are worth it.Ravenmnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11578771107514349258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698623.post-83731255986593513832010-08-24T09:50:20.951-06:002010-08-24T09:50:20.951-06:00truly righteous.truly righteous.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11900094572353683074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698623.post-2813245334944195272010-08-14T14:06:58.607-06:002010-08-14T14:06:58.607-06:00Adorable! :)Adorable! :)Daisy Deadheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17993200276152025235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698623.post-71352332421927594302010-08-02T18:41:38.549-06:002010-08-02T18:41:38.549-06:00Right? The arrogance of both thinking our presenc...Right? The arrogance of both thinking our presence is helping and the arrogance that their readers won't notice the obvious bait-and-switch.Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08897350435770099399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698623.post-2740317540717642982010-07-31T22:21:01.509-06:002010-07-31T22:21:01.509-06:00Good call out. The arrogance of the text on that c...Good call out. The arrogance of the text on that cover - outrageous.blue milkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15341937205299573052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698623.post-79709828494140496942010-05-20T20:07:04.390-06:002010-05-20T20:07:04.390-06:00There was this "conservative Bible" meme...There was this "conservative Bible" meme on Twitter, with a rewrite of Bible verses, and we had a field day. My own verse was re-Tweeted a bunch, I'm proud to say: <b>"The last shall <i>remain</i> last, suckers!"</b> <br /><br />But really, in answer to your question: this country was unduly influenced by puritan Christianity, which is Calvinist. Calvinism's emphasis is on BELIEF and what you THINK; one must <i>believe</i> they are saved, John 3:16 uber alles, etc. ... their Christianity is NOT about what you DO. Because of that, there seems to be this over-riding sentiment among American Christians that if you just THINK RIGHT and BELIEVE, that is being a good Christian and that's all that is required. In fact, when I once jokingly blurted out that I donated blood to stay out of purgatory (which happens to be the truth) I got a whole roomful of southern Calvinists very upset with me, as if donating blood meant a goddamn thing. I think its pertinent <i>none of them donated blood</i> and therefore became especially defensive when I tied it to faith. FAITH ISN'T ABOUT WHAT YOU DO, they said, in unison. I stood my ground, but they were actually MAD AT ME for suggesting such a thing. <br /><br />The counter-reformation criticism is that this idea (Sola Fide)<br />reduces salvation to what one chooses to believe, thus, <i>one has in fact saved themselves,</i> Jesus has not saved you by what He did 2000 yrs ago. This is why Hilaire Belloc thought Calvinism was a heresy.<br /><br />BTW, I got a cool atheist argument going on at my place, featuring an ex-Yippie old friend (now working for Microsoft!) vs. the redoubtable Snowdrop Explodes... feel free to come over and jump in! Love ya.Daisy Deadheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17993200276152025235noreply@blogger.com