Okay friends, strap in, this is going to be quite a rant about cultural appropriation and all the interactions that have been bothering me lately. I am just sick of hearing from my (predominantly white) friends how indignation at cultural appropriation is so "extra" and unnecessary, so here is my attempt to explain through my south Asian/desi lens exactly what I consider to be cultural appropriation and why it bugs me. Basically it boils down to this: If I get fun of for a certain part of my culture or heritage, but a white person can do the same thing and is applauded for being "boho chic", it's cultural appropriation. If a bunch of white people start profiting off of a part of my culture or start a "trend" without acknowledging the source, that's cultural appropriation too. Golden Milk Lattes This beverage has been making the rounds on all the health-focused hipster health blogs, and is essentially an up-cycled version of a tr
I really love Rainbow Rowell's writing, it's a shame you haven't read anything by her yet!
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Haven't read these except for Susan Ee and I was quite surprised by how quickly I fell in love with her book!
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Join the crowd. Lots of us haven't read all of these authors.
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I really recommend Rainbow Rowell's writing. I like Colleen Hoover too. :-)
ReplyDeleteI've heard! I'm planning on reading something by her this year :)
ReplyDeleteI've heard only good things about Angelfall so I'm excited to stat!
ReplyDeleteI really want to read something by Rainbow Rowell too. I think it's time to get on it :)
ReplyDeleteI've heard lots of good things about all of these authors - I just haven't gotten around to reading them yet! Thanks for the recommendation :)
ReplyDeleteThat's the plan! I'll let you know when I get to reading some of these.
ReplyDeleteI've read six of these, I love Perkins and Ee, and I liked The Night Circus. King can be pretty good, too! I hope you get to branch out to some of them soon!
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