First, I'm finally back for the long term - HUGE spiritual overhaul, long story, maybe I'll blag about it later
Second, I'm usually better at placing these things in the right forum but I'm both really confused and upset about this topic and therefore not stopping to think AND I think the entirety of Tumblr is twelve years old and I'm currently blinded by fury.
Now...
Someone talk to me about cultural appropriation. I've been looking for witchy blogs to follow and this is apparently the argument du jour.
Let's take wearing the bindi as an example. It's been worn a lot lately by folks who aren't aware of it's spiritual meaning. To what degree is that wrong? Is it the same as racism to take a practice and remove it's cultural meaning? Is it considered a bad thing to accept something from another culture or religion and add it to your own beliefs, even if you keep it in it's context and understand it's original purpose?
Second, I'm usually better at placing these things in the right forum but I'm both really confused and upset about this topic and therefore not stopping to think AND I think the entirety of Tumblr is twelve years old and I'm currently blinded by fury.
Now...
Someone talk to me about cultural appropriation. I've been looking for witchy blogs to follow and this is apparently the argument du jour.
Let's take wearing the bindi as an example. It's been worn a lot lately by folks who aren't aware of it's spiritual meaning. To what degree is that wrong? Is it the same as racism to take a practice and remove it's cultural meaning? Is it considered a bad thing to accept something from another culture or religion and add it to your own beliefs, even if you keep it in it's context and understand it's original purpose?
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