bindis

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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."
Alice Kemp-Habib
6.9.16
Identity
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.
Yashica Dutt
10.16.15
Music
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.
Neha Chandrachud
7.28.15

Music
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!
Niloufar Haidari
7.20.15
Entertainment
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...
Lore Oxford
8.21.12