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The South Asian Women Reclaiming Their Culture and Battling Colorism
How Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr became awash with "bindi-adorned brown girls demanding change."
A Cultural History of White Girls Wearing Bindis
For many South Asian women, the bindi is a significant cultural symbol. For teens at Coachella, it's a shiny thing to stick on your forehead.
No Headdresses Is a Start, But Music Festivals Need to Ban Bindis
Festivals have begun making native headdresses a thing of the past, now it's time for bindis to face the same scrutiny.
Every Single Person I Saw at Lovebox Was Having the Greatest Time of Their Life
Also: men are wearing bindis! Alert! Men are wearing bindis!
Western People Appropriate the Shit Out of Everything
You know what's cool? Disrespecting someone by wearing their cherished, centuries-old culture as a fashion accessory. With that in mind, here are a few ways in which Western culture has made a complete ass of itself by re-appropriating cultures and...
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