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Cultural Appropriation

  1. island gyal
    Adele ‘Didn’t Read the Room’ When Posting That Bantu Knot Photo“My biggest question is why I felt the need to f**king post that when I’m so f**king private anyway.”
    By Zoe Haylock
  2. clarifications
    No, the Jamiroquai Guy Was Not at the Capitol SiegeIn case you were wondering.
    By Justin Curto
  3. ay dios mío
    Hilaria Baldwin Denies Accusations of Cultural Appropriation “Who is to say what you’re allowed to absorb and not absorb growing up?”
    By Zoe Haylock
  4. food media
    What Did Bon Appétit Do Now?It involves Marcus Samuelsson, Haitian cuisine, and a soup recipe.
    By Zoe Haylock
  5. cultural appropriation
    Cardi B Sorry for Magazine Cover Depicting a Hindu Goddess“I wasn’t trying to be disrespectful. Maybe I should’ve done my research.”
    By Zoe Haylock
  6. cultural appropriation
    Miley Cyrus Is Going Back to Her Hip-hop RootsOh, good.
    By Dee Lockett
  7. party report
    Ariana Grande’s ‘7 Rings’ Co-Writer Hits Back at Appropriation Accusations“She’s allowed to fuse everything.”
    By Dee Lockett
  8. close reads
    Who Really Owns the ‘Blaccent’?While Awkwafina successfully imitates something in Crazy Rich Asians, it’s not black language.
    By Lauren Michele Jackson
  9. What It’s Like to Watch Isle of Dogs As a Japanese SpeakerWhat’s the experience of watching Isle for a person who can speak and understand Japanese? Is the metaphor — and the film — just not made for you?
    By Emily Yoshida
  10. How Do We Talk About Cultural Appropriation Between People of Color?Is the issue so black and white?
    By Craig Jenkins and Frank Guan
  11. Blade Runner 2022, Neo Yokio and Anime’s Endless Ping-Pong Game of AppropriationNew animated works by the creator of Cowboy Bebop and the front man of Vampire Weekend look back and forward at decades-long cultural exchange.
    By Emily Yoshida
  12. controversies
    Jessica Henwick Talks ‘Hard’ Choice to Do Iron Fist Amid Appropriation Firestorm“I’m Asian. I’m an actor. If anyone understands the conversation, it’s me.”
    By Karen Brill
  13. oh dear john
    John Mayer Is Trying to Be Woke NowHe’s trying to put his white-supremacist-penis days behind him.
    By Jackson McHenry
  14. pop music
    Is Culture Borrowing Always Theft?Jesse Williams, Justin Timberlake, and the hotly contested new (and still-simmering old) debates over cultural appropriation in pop music. 
    By Craig Jenkins and Frank Guan
  15. cultural appropriation
    M.I.A. Says She Can’t Release Her New Video Because of ‘Cultural Appropriation’The artist spoke out on Twitter.
    By Dee Lockett
  16. mistakes
    A Very Recent History of Celebrity Cultural AppropriationA depressingly large club.
    By Brennan Carley