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i spilled bongwater on your che poster. on purpose

She Pop: Madonna Is Your Dorm Room Poster, And Further Thoughts on Cultural Appropriation

Social Commentary post by SadyDoyle on October 3, 2009 - 1:32pm; tagged appropriation, calling out, cultural appropriation, geishas, i spilled bong water on your che poster. on purpose, i spilled bongwater on your che poster. on purpose, madonna, orientalism, She Pop, spiritual tourism.

You know what I totally appreciate? Being called out when I am stupid! An exciting incidence of this occurred recently, on my Madonna post, where commenter Crys T notes: 

OK, on this point, I get why you're happy to have Madonna around. But it would be nice to see more recognition on the part of Anglo-American feminists on Madonna's extensive history of cultural appropriation. It's not just that she now buys African children (though even I never thought she'd become that monstrous), it's a very long history of exploiting, offending and therefore harming people from cultures that don't have much of a voice in the English-speaking world.

Which is a darn solid point! In that post, I made reference to Madonna's history of cultural appropriation, and that it gave me "serious pause." And then I just kind of breezed on by it like it was no big thing! Because apparently that was the day that I decided to be gross and obviously privileged, SORRY. Madonna's appropriation of other cultures definitely deserves to be addressed and critiqued at length, in its own post. A post such as this one, right here!  

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