Author Archives: pamaba11

So I have been attempting to write an outline for my paper. I am in the middle of a 24hr final exam right now, I have an exam on Tuesday and another on Wednesday and this paper is due at … Continue reading →

I was writing an outline for my paper and a part of the instructions asks for “research on the cultural, social, political, and historical contexts”. I was working udner the impression that the rasta movement as a whole is the … Continue reading →

I’m at work and for once, the cafe isn’t looking like Grand central terminal. So anyways, since I’d like to pretend I’m not in this place right now and since I’ve been agonizing over my presentation on Thursday, I thought … Continue reading →

When I decided to change my research topic, I started by preliminary research by making a schedule of the order in which I had hoped my posts would follow. However, this was before my laptop broke and had to be … Continue reading →

After Africa night last night, I was exhausted and fell asleep at about 11:00am. Anyone who knows me knows how uncharacterisitic that is of me. That being said, now I’m awake. So, might as well be productive. I came across … Continue reading →

At work, and deciding to kill time by researchign cultural appropriation. Some links I might have to read more indepth later “Logiques métisses”: Cultural Appropriation and Postcolonial Representations Dreadlocks: The Hair Aesthetics of Cultural Resistance and Collective Identity Formation M. … Continue reading →

[youtube M4Do1v5m32g] For my next post, I was hoping to find a scholarly article that I find particularly interesting. However, I came across a post yesterday about the viral video of Miley Cyrus doing the WOP. In this video, she happens to … Continue reading →

It is spring break and I’m enjoying it at the library. Yay me!  But on that note, I was tempted to delve into my topic of dreadlocks under the controversy of cultural appropriation. However, I realized that I should tackle … Continue reading →

I never heard of the term “cultural appropriation” until I became a regular visitor on tumblr blogs. And as anyone who frequents tumblr can attest to, certain topics seem to arise frequently, depending on the types of blogs you visit. … Continue reading →