<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 22:51:21 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/appropriation/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[On Human Appropriation]]></title><description><![CDATA[I just got grossed out by artificial intelligence for the first time. And though I was on my way to bed I now have to write this. I republished one of my old tracks from the steemit days on Blurt.media]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ai/@paradigmprospect/on-human-appropriation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ai/@paradigmprospect/on-human-appropriation</guid><category><![CDATA[ai]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[paradigmprospect]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 24 May 2025 20:46:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4bEjbgCbFMvAGbwxD9CJfJUznpDy21P1gb5kciUwoKrnYbGbNVgJCYqfxLDG1MKEkw7UfWq94DgE4XNZQ5Uk4ddCptz76QK3jYYgt6nHxMyFkBC2eGQjJFKJobFzJnsNk33B7C6wMELYTQbnX8A3CWdTSsNJwybQqAviQbbzVYPXPN5Zb4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[ The overexploitation of water resources.]]></title><description><![CDATA[The overexploitation of water resources. Souce Puebla sinkhole In case Cristiano Ronaldo did not find out during a press conference, he removed a couple of bottles of Coca-Cola placed there for publicity,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-150329/@jorgebgt/the-overexploitation-of-water-resources</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-150329/@jorgebgt/the-overexploitation-of-water-resources</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-150329]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jorgebgt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2021 14:55:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5JTYhfHc4YoCsbQB9B92sscWCgETqGyN1DK7GhynJn5iLUrJonPNRW4ijTTe7bts6Uh9DBXVEsc9yppfBgGdZq9bcTi7CjD2GBnsyAmF72KPKiPuwXNXrjEEmeVfYUYBnkX19RFtqdDAFRxZ5oq5CKraTLhHukBkcWtwWniTEGsrdfbBeijLwnLGTnCPfWCDsDvNLpYFaBiXJU7Q?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Illustrating the concept of free speech. ]]></title><description><![CDATA[When Lionel Shriver, one of my favorite authors (We Need to Talk About Kevin) faced the keynote speech at the Brisbane Writer's Festival in 2016, she railed against "cultural appropriation" as]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/freespeech/@flexbooth/illustrating-the-concept-of-free-speech</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/freespeech/@flexbooth/illustrating-the-concept-of-free-speech</guid><category><![CDATA[freespeech]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[flexbooth]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2021 14:00:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRmaCXZ8UYgPhoud1kjiNX8QokLEZtbBKLuLWQ9yt7K3o4Gk2nmMzZsWTf3jiuBGciGLdLZuJQKmAeZHsmgjPHTNhbaQ3my3BG8azqyaDWku8rDzrvLkBpGbUiSKUBVbrM5QCrWSncRo2snD3nCaRzSEugQ6ZX4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[So, a white actor shouldn’t voice a black character in an animated tv series? ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Does that also mean that a black actor shouldn’t play a white character? Think of Denzel Washington as the Prince of Aragon in Kenneth Branagh’s film version of Much Ado About Nothing. What about that]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/culture/@arbitration/so-a-white-actor-shouldn-t-voice-a-black-character-in-an-animated-tv-series</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/culture/@arbitration/so-a-white-actor-shouldn-t-voice-a-black-character-in-an-animated-tv-series</guid><category><![CDATA[culture]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[arbitration]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2021 10:25:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4GDMGPrU6KTuuW27axCzEyjZonWtNibTWSX2VjAC8vxecq51Ep3XnuzmivZ5jUdedsGYXS8wJj45XpZxzP6Ecaxm2h8hpK1g?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Latching culture to skin color.]]></title><description><![CDATA[We shouldn't be too surprised about the rise of leftist racism. When you latch culture to skin color, it's kinda inevitable. When you latch behavior to skin color, you're gonna breed new KKK members. That's]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/racism/@arbitration/latching-culture-to-skin-color</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/racism/@arbitration/latching-culture-to-skin-color</guid><category><![CDATA[racism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[arbitration]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2020 00:33:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5bEGgqZEHBMe6s3wiPgGFTi3naqHERgdwJew6rJYRaB3RR7sSAdZKnpJsFx5ZTUUrUibFNjXge5YAPyybVqzvj7R9aXBYiYe?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can you have a black friend and be racist?]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is...aggressively stupid. Shouting "Racist!" at people has become the default tactic of idiots who hear something that they don't like. For years, I've been trying to ask the simple question,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/racism/@arbitration/can-you-have-a-black-friend-and-be-racist</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/racism/@arbitration/can-you-have-a-black-friend-and-be-racist</guid><category><![CDATA[racism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[arbitration]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2020 01:19:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5bEGgqZEHBMe6s3wiPgGFTi3naqHERgdwJew6rJYRaB3RR7sSAdZKnpJsFx5ZTUUrUibFNja3jgN85kKbY9JGrbfrapnVsTk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cultural Appropriation. ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here's a thing that's been nagging me about the whole idea of cultural appropriation, and there's a lot, it's a stupid idea out of the gate...anyway: the big deal is that it's not about culture; it's about]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/racism/@arbitration/cultural-appropriation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/racism/@arbitration/cultural-appropriation</guid><category><![CDATA[racism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[arbitration]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2020 01:19:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5bEGgqZEHBMe6s3wiPgGFTi3naqHERgdwJew6rJYRaB3RR7sSAdZKnpJsFx5ZTUUrUibFNjaTnxmtp61yGhc8X639Lf6dxdL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Contradictions of multiculturalism.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Two cultures can exists side-by-side but two cultures cannot exist in the same place at the same time. If we say that the we must tolerate other cultures, the most intolerant thing to say is that a distinct]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/culture/@lifecoma/contradictions-of-multiculturalism</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/culture/@lifecoma/contradictions-of-multiculturalism</guid><category><![CDATA[culture]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[lifecoma]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 23 Feb 2020 16:52:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iNzmtvWsjJyy4y8mbpTsJmsCCggAMpDGphXNufx7jtxcM5xiaXXMqEFXzTqQNJBvTEzFXRSyLNi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Appropriation of internet]]></title><description><![CDATA[Appropriation of internet. Due to misuse of internet for pathological self-presentation, illegal surveillance, misleading and brainwashing, I appropriate entire internet including all technical means necessary]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/appropriation/@poleev/appropriation-of-internet</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/appropriation/@poleev/appropriation-of-internet</guid><category><![CDATA[appropriation]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[poleev]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 09 Sep 2019 09:19:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cultural Appropriation Alarmism]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cultural appropriation alarmism is based on the idea we can’t fully appreciate the experience of another so we shouldn’t perform, celebrate or consume it. Problem is, the only experience we can truly]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cultural/@alexmerced/cultural-appropriation-alarmism</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cultural/@alexmerced/cultural-appropriation-alarmism</guid><category><![CDATA[cultural]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alexmerced]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2018 15:25:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[DEAR WITCHES: YOUR BULLSHIT IS GETTING REALLY REALLY DEEP]]></title><description><![CDATA[So..... accusing Sephora of "cultural appropriation"? WHAT BULLSHIT. Is there no limit to the depths that Assholes like these so called "witches" will sink to to try and make a name]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/witches/@exartizo/dear-witches-your-bullshit-is-getting-really-really-deep</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/witches/@exartizo/dear-witches-your-bullshit-is-getting-really-really-deep</guid><category><![CDATA[witches]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[exartizo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2018 20:24:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iPZR94bEja1RsNiGn2W4fBS45p44LHy4aborb7NX8mcsWANXeaQru1vRMFcnYuhfzHcU1xtHqPU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cultural Appropriation is ridicule.]]></title><description><![CDATA[There are genuinely troubling forms of cultural appropriation. Yes, I said it. Don't believe me? If I were to try to speak colloquial African-American English, I would make a lot of enemies really really]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cultural/@honeybee/cultural-appropriation-is-ridicule</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cultural/@honeybee/cultural-appropriation-is-ridicule</guid><category><![CDATA[cultural]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[honeybee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2018 09:38:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZtBeQMXcYCTJzYD5h6m9wxcpEveuVNVSuwuCVTSXQrXwPHbifTGJ7h9Wh2vUeXWAdrsVoLZuAW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA["She BORROWED Their Culture??" Crazy Cathy Ruins Prom, Tucker Tries His Best]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/tucker/@doctormartin67/she-borrowed-their-culture-crazy-cathy-ruins-prom-tucker-tries-his-best</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/tucker/@doctormartin67/she-borrowed-their-culture-crazy-cathy-ruins-prom-tucker-tries-his-best</guid><category><![CDATA[tucker]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[doctormartin67]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2018 12:12:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e4HvA8xzHFpWUzvFgu2DjN8yZkC6jkC3aNa?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cultural Appropriation or Appreciation?]]></title><description><![CDATA[I'm Chinese-Canadian (local-born). I'm proud of my heritage and consider it an honor for people from other cultures to adopt aesthetic/fashion cues as their own. Apparently so does most of the entire mainland]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cheongsam/@ajwan/cultural-appropriation-or-appreciation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cheongsam/@ajwan/cultural-appropriation-or-appreciation</guid><category><![CDATA[cheongsam]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[ajwan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2018 17:21:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Hypocrisy of "Cultural Appropriation"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Originally Published on Apr 20, 2017 JTOL needs your support to continue. ▸ From Wikipedia: HYPOCRISY: Hypocrisy is the contrivance of a false appearance of virtue or goodness, while concealing real character]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@desiraethinking/g5mjja1t</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@desiraethinking/g5mjja1t</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[desiraethinking]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2018 04:46:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/46aP2QbqUqBqwzwxM6L1P6uLNceBDDCMCVFH6o64LcAMCivdt1nUkDwEr7sS7iG5B87TY6WXYmmJFQ6ozx5HQEyuMG5a?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lack of Awareness in Advertising]]></title><description><![CDATA[Perhaps I am too easily triggered, like so many millennials today. Or perhaps im just reaching for something provocative. Anyway, respect peoples cultures and beliefs, and don't use them to sell your shitty]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/advertising/@daniel.errey/web-2018-2-2-10-10-43</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/advertising/@daniel.errey/web-2018-2-2-10-10-43</guid><category><![CDATA[advertising]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[daniel.errey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2018 09:10:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3HaJVvr6qfoEFgBir1jy4DeK1wwhDm7oNHzc1b8roaJY8MKXLmHMrtx5k81bWkXFRUbzo8j9dzkDU3qTY9NgRxRLMGRSJvh2vLtGi7Y?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steem Power is the attraction..]]></title><description><![CDATA[What does a guy have to do to have a self upvote around here?! Perhaps self upvotes make us feel our voices are worth something... even if nobody is listening.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/self/@bearbear613/steem-power-is-the-attraction</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/self/@bearbear613/steem-power-is-the-attraction</guid><category><![CDATA[self]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bearbear613]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 07 Feb 2018 05:33:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/W5LtFUPm6g774G2LPx8CTVHrbGQ778Sw45DBMcdCrjiAkGecc8JSqK6eLA5B4VtXGsgDWNNYpTxF9e6TnwJv6VeQ1henizZWr9MCVGkeY42D5EMqUzT4aqKuarzQ3zQ5bkSX4uKLT3MQYWUzaoW6Kxm4d7Kdg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[For those who don't understand why I get so angry about cultural appropriation.]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@mateenblossom/for-those-who-don-t-understand-why-i-get-so-angry-about-cultural-appropriation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@mateenblossom/for-those-who-don-t-understand-why-i-get-so-angry-about-cultural-appropriation</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mateenblossom]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2018 05:38:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBS5wvERDA3ZF4P2WKQy2VoZZet1QV2Q1YShy1nuVg6UUJkE1wRvRT52kCb43tw53AvZJjxZebmjZMaHmttBDUcedMTLGYLtcNJJvGvqVv1ze96PZ5cv22?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[פרסומת לסיגריות שהפכה ליצירת אמנות בשווי מיליונים]]></title><description><![CDATA[בשנות ה-80 המאוחרות, יצא האמן האמריקאי ריצ'רד פרינס עם סדרה של צילומים שנקראת cowboys למעשה צילומים אלה נלקחו מתוך פרסומות מגזינים לסיגריות מרלבורו שצולמו בכלל על ידי צלמים אחרים , כאשר השינוי היחידי שחולל]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@shubaca430/7gu6bl</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@shubaca430/7gu6bl</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[shubaca430]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2018 00:41:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/62PdCouTvNPDuXRaduVYiCb9hxbZWDcAb1acVYBWQ1p8AFN7dD7jUEHnCwWJrhuTyrNPJUp2sKxgcBjPynmAdR4kxrEhs3RjxEtdGReVunwVF7t?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[After Years of Cultural Appropriation, Mayan Weavers Want Legal Protection for Their Heritage]]></title><description><![CDATA[In 2011, Alejandra Barrillas, Guatemala’s entrant in the Miss Universe pageant, appeared on stage bedecked in what in the eyes of the rest of the world—and perhaps some Guatemalans as well—looked like]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/upvote/@catalin69/after-years-of-cultural-appropriation-mayan-weavers-want-legal-protection-for-their-heritage</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/upvote/@catalin69/after-years-of-cultural-appropriation-mayan-weavers-want-legal-protection-for-their-heritage</guid><category><![CDATA[upvote]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[catalin69]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 26 Sep 2017 06:59:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLpunQuGfHnXTmxWbRQScCVGspXNWFwLmbyKJirMK4CEN1odbSugiWeMpsrdDLi4oE8pxtvcCKJA9xuia7fb9sPhnApvgv91WDQaVk6sSezp3vtVC7xuSNqVWnzNqp3bzztXp5DbN1PVVwvGR9YenDTS6EWck9GuDnv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>