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	dandywolves 2011-01-11 01:05 am UTC (link)
	Oh god, this whole thing is just a hot mess. From the "You don't seem to know how repulsive it is to accuse someone of racism" all the way to kit_a_licious's etsy shop "mostly centered around the art of voodoo and Dia de los Muertos". I just... man. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	persona 2011-01-11 01:38 am UTC (link)
	I wish people would stop with the superficial obsession with Day of the Dead as ~exotic and morbid~. Yeah, sorry, it's not Halloween, actually. Same goes for whatever the hell her concept of 'voodoo' is, too. Also, seriously? Are you fucking kidding me? I can't. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

dandywolves
2011-01-11 01:57 am UTC (link)

That doll, Jesus Christ. This girl just doesn't stop.

Also, I just found this gem from torreadora's lj: "After more than two years living in what would be considered a ghetto by any first-world standard, they won't have to dread going back to their shitty apartment, surrounded by people who don't like them because they're white, who smoke pot all fucking day and night, who scream with foul language at their toddlers."

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	kylenne 2011-01-11 04:10 am UTC (link)
	I'm pretty sure they don't like her because she's a racist asshole. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	cimorene111 2011-01-11 02:09 am UTC (link)
	And the doll is copyright, apparently. Watch out that you don't paint traditional Day of the Dead iconography on any bedposts and sell them! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	kylenne 2011-01-11 04:52 am UTC (link)
	A cursory look at her LJ is like an all expense paid trip to Appropriationfest 2011. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dandywolves 2011-01-11 06:13 am UTC (link)
	her icons are especially great. my favorites were the {exotic, knowing} and {enlightened exotic} ones because, like... really? for real? (Reply to this)(Parent)

	b_jellybean 2011-01-11 02:46 am UTC (link)
	...I just like Day of the Dead because of Grim Fandango. There's Bread of the Dead, which rhymes! Pretty sure the balloon animals were artistic license, though. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cmdr_zoom 2011-01-11 03:10 am UTC (link)
	especially Robert Frost. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	cyan_aura 2011-01-12 09:18 am UTC (link)
	hell to the yes for GF. Cat racing FTW! And the demonic beavers. And pretty much everything else actually. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	b_jellybean 2011-01-12 12:07 pm UTC (link)
	My brother and I will still, 10+ years after first playing the game, quote the beat poetry at each other. Don't pet the cat that way! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	kylenne 2011-01-11 04:11 am UTC (link)
	YES, THAT. Also...yeah, the first thing I think of when I think "Juarez" is twee shit that belongs on Regretsy. It certainly isn't the ongoing femicide that's been happening. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	persona 2011-01-11 05:12 am UTC (link)
	I'm particularly disturbed by the scissor-cut pattern and the bloody handprint on the side of it. What the hell made her think that was a good idea. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	tehrin 2011-01-11 07:47 am UTC (link)
	My god. The name. Considering my mind goes straight to this, can anyone be that stupid? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	persona 2011-01-11 03:25 pm UTC (link)
	Yes. Yes they can. See: Juárez as a motif to sell... makeup. People do some ridiculous, offensive, and insensitive things. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	snarkhunter 2011-01-11 03:48 pm UTC (link)
	What. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	luxshine 2011-01-12 05:05 am UTC (link)
	Oh, my god... And there goes any desire I ever had of wearing MAC cosmetics... There's no fucking way I'm giving them any money. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	radiotrash 2011-01-12 08:34 am UTC (link)
	They ended up pulling the whole line and not releasing it and still donating all the money they promised they would. Dunno if it makes it any better but at least they stopped when they realized what they did and refused to even release the products after. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

snarkhunter
2011-01-12 01:34 pm UTC (link)

Maybe that means it was originally well-intentioned? I mean, like it was meant to be a very, very misguided attempt to call attention to the problem? Not that that makes it OKAY, of course, but ... that's a reasonably responsible response.

(I suffer from a form of optimism that I call "Jane Bennet Syndrome." It means I always want to believe the best possible explanation for someone's behavior.)

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luxshine
2011-01-12 07:02 pm UTC (link)

I'm glad that they realized it was stupid, but... I don't know. The Juarez's thing is very close to me, not only because it's happening in my country but because my mother has been working for the last seven years or so trying to solve the cases and change the culture that is allowing that to happen. So knowing that they let the whole line and products long enough for there to be a campaign leaves a very bad taste in my mouth.

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	tehrin 2011-01-11 07:41 am UTC (link)
	I take this is the Disney version of Voodoo. I'm too scared to look. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	demonoflight 2011-01-12 11:56 am UTC (link)
	I dunno, man, the Disney version of Voodoo was a lot more respectful than this. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cmdr_zoom 2011-01-12 06:25 pm UTC (link)
	"I got voodoo I got hoodoo I got things I ain't even tried! And I've got friends On the Other Side." (he's got friends on the other side) (Reply to this)(Parent)

	tehrin 2011-01-12 10:21 pm UTC (link)
	That's saying a lot. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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