Over the course of the last year, the pace of life has drastically slowed down, allowing a number of important conversations to take place. Important power structures, from Hollywood, to the royal family, to our own university have been called upon to begin the momentous task of dismantling institutionalised patterns of discrimination. However, the fashion […]
Gigi Hadid in dreads for Marc Jacobs, Gucci models in Sikh-style turbans, Victoria’s Secret angels in Native American headdresses. We have witnessed a good deal of cultural appropriation over the last decade. Culture appropriation has become a sizzling hot button issue for the fashion industry today. The world is a big melting pot of diversity […]
As Halloween fast approaches and cobwebs begin to emerge through the damp autumnal mist, shops up and down the country are beginning to stock up on a plethora of fancy dress costumes – many of which, unfortunately, are appropriative. A quick search online reveals a multitude of subpages entitled ‘Around the World’, in which ‘Day […]
Halloween is the perfect excuse to become someone else; a cheeky nurse, killer clown, or your favourite 90s TV character. It’s the time to have fun with fancy dress, to get creative, but there are boundaries. Cultural appropriation is a growing problem in modern society, and this scary ignorance becomes far more prominent at Halloween. […]
Amy Schumer’s recent ‘tribute’ video of Beyoncé’s ‘Formation’ is yet another demonstration of the actress’ whitewashing of feminism. Her video, in which she reenacts Beyoncé with female co-stars from her upcoming movie, only highlights her lack of knowledge and sensitivity of the issues raised by the original song. ‘Formation’, one of the most powerful tracks […]
Once more Rowling comes under scrutiny for her portrayal of minorities in her literature. The main seven novels of Harry Potter are undeniably heteronormative and white; thus it should be of no surprise that her “spin offs” on Pottermore and other new releases follow a similar trend. In anticipation of the film Fantastic Beasts and […]
Cultural appropriation is a relatively recently spotlighted social issue that has been subject to much debate, but no firm conclusions seem to have been reached as to how to distinguish between acts that do or do not carry its negative connotations. Exemplifying this is the widely-circulated recent news that a free yoga class held at […]