i often confuse my gaydar with my overpowering pleasebegaydar
This body of work is an exploration of the extent of cultural appropriation and encourages a discussion about it. I give the appropriator and the appropriated the opportunity to defend themselves and create a dialogue between them, while maintaining a neutral stance myself. I am not attacking those who appropriate, merely educating and creating awareness. I’m also exploring appropriation myself, and discovering the carying degrees of it within this visual conversation.
I’d like to make this a long term exploration, with a lot more participants as a form of generation-wide debate. If you’d like to be photographed to add your point of view, please do not hesitate to pop me a message here or an email at sanaahamid@yahoo.com and we could work something out!
In which Marina Diamandis continues to be a queen and shuts down body policing
I got dressed in my traditional Indian regalia, but there was a man, he was the producer of the whole show. He took that speech away from me and he warned me very sternly. “I’ll give you 60 seconds or less. And if you go over that 60 seconds, I’ll have you arrested. I’ll have you put in handcuffs.”
- Sacheen Littlefeather in Reel Injun (2009), dir. Neil Diamond.
This is awesome
I’ve heard the “She wasn’t actually an Indian” thing a lot, so this is really great
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Anonymous asked: RE: Asking you who you were. I am the vain transsexual with the photo from the lavender menace. I'm fascinated that anyone found that blog, although it happens from time to time.
I like your blog!
Promstuck
It was a lot of fun! The night before it happened I finally caught up on Homestuck. My date was her usual fun/adorable/awesome self! I ran into TWO friends from MIDDLE SCHOOL, which was years ago, jeez! I liked dancing, our esteemed DJ did not disappoint. And the photographer KDoran was super helpful! Just, a big thank you to everybody who organized the event!
aerx:
this is miyazaki rain, which means that every frame was hand-drawn
everyone appreciate this now please
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I also ran into this friend ( viciousviolet ) from just as long ago! I used to call her Cricket. XD There were 3 photos so these are my editing attempts to fix the brightness.
It was such a cool blast from the past!
I got so excited when I ran into an old friend ( insomniasleuth ) from a VERY long time ago! Double bowties all the way across the dance floor, aw yeah!
Some other cute cosplayers at Promstuck!
