want | vs | need-
WANT: feather headbands
NEED: mardi gras indians. Great NYT article.
I withstood this trend as long as I could but now i am obsessed with peacock feather headbands. the delight of having an alternative lifestyle haircut is that it’s particularly well suited for adornment.
and while i’m at it, let’s go whole hog.
Also- re: mardi gras indians- Is this a gross appropriation of indian stereotypes, is it permitted because of the shared history/geneaology of many Louisiana blacks, does that make it less problematic, is it less problematic because it’s one marginalized group appropriating another? Let’s chat.
