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lord-kitschener:stalinwasabasicbitch:fuckyeahwomenprotesting:stalinwasabasicbitch:lord-kitschener:martharain:artmesohard:Many cancer patients can be overwhelmed with the physical and emotional difficulties of their disease, and the loss of their hair from chemotherapy treatment certainly doesn’t help. Henna Heals, a rich community of nearly 150 henna tattoo artists worldwide established by a team of 5 women in Canada, helps women with cancer feel confident and beautiful again by drawing elegant henna crowns on their bare heads:The intricate patterns that the artists create with all-natural henna paste are a unique and empowering substitute to the hats and wigs that many women use to cover their heads after losing their hair to chemotherapy. “For cancer patients, the henna crowns really are a healing experience,” claims Frances Darwin, the founder of Henna Heals. “This is all about them reclaiming a part of themselves that would normally be perceived as ill or damaged or not nice to look at and making it more feminine and beautiful.”The traditional South-Asian temporary tattoos, which are made with 100% natural home-made henna paste, last for around two weeks and have no harmful side-effects. Henna Heals also offers henna services for special events and does belly painting for mother-to-be, but they always donate 10% of their proceeds to compensate the cost of the henna crowns they make for cancer patients.Badass!Tumblr is not gonna take this wellOh they already haven’t. “That’s cultural appropriashun!!!1” has already happened before, don’t look for the comments, it will make your BLOOD BOIL. ‘Sorry you can’t have this thing that makes you feel better about losing all your hair and potentially dying, sorry but you’re REALLY contributing to the suffering of POC like that’ *goes out and buys shit from walmart, made by children in horrific Bangladesh sweatshops*People on tumblr are fucking stupid as hell. I wouldn’t call people who want their culture respected “stupid as hell”. And also just because someone is sick doesn’t make them a emotionally fragile magical being that can’t take criticism or be told their actions may be inappropriate. Like your entire argument is incredibly disrespectful in the way it’s treating people of other cultures by completely disregarding and not caring about them. Also your whole “buys shit from walmart” comment reeks of economic privilege and is a fucking shitty and unrelated comment. You clearly just said it so anyone who comments disagreeing with you can be set up to look like a hypocrite. Seriously you don’t come off as someone trying to stand up for cancer patients you just look like a huge fucking dick.No, sorry, it makes you a dick to trivialize issues of cultural appropriation and colonialism by jumping on EVERY SINGLE instance of cultural exchange and calling it cultural appropriation, ESPECIALLY when our daily purchasing activities (for example) do a whole hell of a lot more damage. 'Reeks of economic privelege’ yes because I can afford to never shop at Wal-Mart right?? No. I just recognize the horrible problems and colonialism involved in that level of capitalism. I didn’t say it to 'set people up!!!’ more like, I said it because it’s true. Go to those blogs and read and see what these people focus on. 90 something percent of the time it’s sure as hell not going to be any sort of in-depth or meaningful analysis of western hegemony or capitalist/imperialist abuses. If tumblr’s vast sjw crowd gave one tiny shit about changing stuff in any meaningful way, they’d be a lot more invested in challenging big industries and powerful groups, but it’s so much easier to seek fault in perceived ‘micro-aggressions’ by average, weak people, isn’t it? It’s because they’re not REALLY invested in change. All they’re invested in is being king of oppression olympics and exerting this near constant sneering moral superiority, brooking no alternative viewpoints or discussion without resorting to nasty name calling (it’s really very similar to crazy religous folk).If I saw half of the rage tumblr reserves for white women (or non-perfect women in general, you see racism on here often, especially against non-Americans) spent on white men I wouldn’t be nearly as annoyed by this whiny bullshit. But it’s so, so much easier to target a group society already kind of hates, isn’t it? But by all means continue your glorious aktivism by reminding people struggling with cancer that they’re racist assholes, you’re really fightin’ the man therefuckyeahwomenprotesting had better leave a tip, because god damn did you morons get servedSorry chief, if I have to pick between the woman who’s dying of cancer and wanted to have some beautiful art on herself, or the incredibly brave and noble defenders of segregation, I’ll go with the woman, thanks. -- source link
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