Chaotic Diva

Hi, I don’t usually use this account to complain about anything but, with all this cultural appropriation madness. I felt that I have to express myself. First of all, I wanna apologize for my english, I know it sucks, I hope you can understand me.

I recently saw a post that says that “if you are not mexican, you can’t makeup yourself as a Catrina or as a sugar skull”. This post really annoyed me, cause, as a mexican, I’m totally glad that other cultures thing that our traditions are beautiful and intresting, I don’t understand why It is supposed to be forbidden if you are white, black, or whatever the fuck you are, to paint yourself as something you find interesting from other culture.

Now, I know i can’t speak for every culture, but I can speak from mine,Mexicans are known worldwide for being shared and open with their culture, we actually feel proud every time foreign people shows interest in our culture, we are the kind of country that actually loves when people from another countries shows interest in our traditions.

It’t really peases me of that now, a bunch of people says that its forbidden for foreign to show their admiration from our country, i personally fell glad that the world is seeing the beauty in other countries, in other cultures, and not just in european or american (usa) cultures.

As a MEXICAN i can tell you that, if you are white, black, asian, latin, or whatever the fuck you are, you can totally dress as a catrina or paint yourself like a sugar skull. If you understand the meanings behind all that i think It’s totally fine to use it.

I can’t find it offensive at all, i don’t understand, the word is so big, and there’s something called “globalization”

now:

THIS IS OFFENSIVE:

NOT THIS:

THIS IS OFFENSIVE:

NOT THIS:

The whole point with the Catrina is that, no matter your class, your bloodline, your nationality, we’re all skeletons on the inside. That’s literally what Posada was trying to tell with the Catrina pic. Catrina/Catrin is actually a term to refer to a elegantly dressed person.

“Baby Ballet, a sequence eliminated from Fantasia (1940), was to be set to Chopin’s Berceuse.

Sylvia Moberly-Holland was the piece’s principal designer and Mary Blair worked with her. Concept art is lifted from the Fantasia “Legacy” DVD.”

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Hair on older models:

Extra-fancy hair:

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