{"id":15111,"date":"2016-01-08T20:52:35","date_gmt":"2016-01-09T01:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/?p=15111"},"modified":"2016-01-08T20:53:45","modified_gmt":"2016-01-09T01:53:45","slug":"show-me-to-the-fainting-couch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/show-me-to-the-fainting-couch\/","title":{"rendered":"Show me to the fainting couch"},"content":{"rendered":"

While going through my archives, I came across an egregious example of cultural appropriation, recorded several years ago at a performance by a local ballet troupe. Be sure you’re sitting down before you view the horror, lest the shock stagger you.<\/p>\n\n

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\nEye protection advised\n<\/div>\n
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\"Blatantly<\/a><\/p>\n

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Unsurprisingly, a search online for “peter pan cultural appropriation” turns up many expos\u00e9s and testimonies, from The Smithsonian<\/a><\/strong><\/em> on down.<\/p>\n

It’s not just Native Americans who are victimized in Peter Pan<\/em>. Pirate culture is treated without utterly without respect. An otherkin is labeled a “fairy” and reduced to an object of moe<\/em>. This toxic tale in its various forms has warped the sensibilities of innumerable impressionable children for generations.<\/p>\n\n

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\nIt gets worse\n<\/div>\n
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\"Victimizing<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Not<\/a><\/p>\n

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While going through my archives, I came across an egregious example of cultural appropriation, recorded several years ago at a performance by a local ballet troupe. Be sure you’re sitting down before you view the horror, lest the shock stagger you. Unsurprisingly, a search online for “peter pan cultural appropriation” turns up many expos\u00e9s and … Continue reading “Show me to the fainting couch”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,10,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture-and-anti-culture","category-decline-and-fall","category-photo-gallery"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xam3-3VJ","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15111"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15124,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15111\/revisions\/15124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}