May 2012
24 posts
Remembering Maurice Sendak for the Good and the...
Maurice Sendak died today, at the age of 83. He was a pioneer (words chosen intentionally) in many ways, and changed children’s literature forever. I, for one, cannot imagine my childhood without him. While “Where the Wild Things Are” might be his most famous, “Mickey in the Night Kitchen” was my family’s favorite and also one of his most notorious (it was...
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April 2012
39 posts
The Suite Life of Zack and Cody in headdresses
Source and analysis of the episode here.
Kellyn Lewis: Killin' It
A reader sent me this open letter about recent “Racist Olympics” (racist Beer Olympics) written by Northwestern University student Kellyn Lewis:
Northwestern Family,
On April 21, I saw something I was not supposed to see. As I was walking down Foster Street to hang out with a friend and do some homework, I heard a foul noise fall on my ears from the sidewalk. As I enter into my...
From the Georgetown Tumblr
When in finals:
Found here
This is just too meta. White people GIF-ing about white people in headdresses in order to complain about their misery at taking finals at an elite university.
OR as the person who submitted it said:
ima use this cute nostalgic lil gif of a white kid in peter pan from my childhood to demonstrate how difficult my current situation is at georgetown university
Fashionista: 10 Coachella Trends that Need to Die
Fashionista included headdresses as one of their “10 Coachella Trends that Need to Die.”
AMEN.
They write,
Are we the only ones who find this trend borderline offensive? I mean, you’re jamming out to Gotye and drinking designer beer, not dropping peyote in the desert trying to find your spirit animal. On top of that, it’s just culturally insensitive.
Well, not the WHOLE point...
Navajo Nation at Beer Olympics? No, just WHITE...
“I woke up to a horde of people in my backyard wearing headdresses. I asked them to explain their outfits, and they told me they were representing “Navajo Nation” in beer olympics. I ran to get my camera, and, by the time I returned, they were gone :/”
- College student.
