My epic tumblr temper tantrum over "funeralcore".

Seriously, I was sputtering in fury for HOURS over that. Pete understood my ranting, but also found it hilarious.

Yeah, "Isn't this cool?--but it's not like THOSE people, you know, the weird ones we took it from" is an excellent example. "Enjoy the look without being dangerously non-middle-of-the-road!" I guess it's aimed at the parents instead of the kids who are heading for the edges of the road as fast as they can.

Funeralcore? Lol.

I'm wearing a funeralcore fleece jacket from Lands End right now because I am SO EDGY.

wanted to know the best way to DIY one

Do you think just suggesting the canopy with, say, a framework of flowers or something, would be an acceptable variant? There are so many ways to get the effect without getting all grabby hands.

edit: and I bet there's a bride somewhere who wants to do the breaking of the glass, too. Sigh. Glad you appreciate the idea, dear, please think a moment longer.

And Jewish people would say, hey, this is actually an important part of a religious ceremony, not just a backdrop.

And from the outside, it's hard to know what is important and what is just style, you know? No one's saying those warbonnets don't look cool! But that is actually not what they are for.

And from the outside, it's hard to know what is important and what is just style, you know? No one's saying those warbonnets don't look cool! But that is actually not what they are for.

Exactly!

I've seen some of the babygoth SJWs work themselves up into a tizzy because wearing ankhs is appropriative oMG! And then myself or some other old goth wades in, gives them a brief lecture about the history of the symbol and the background radiation of Victorian Orientalism, and finish up by pointing out that there are a LOT of us who wear ankhs because of the symbolism, and isn't it time for you kids to have your bat cookies and milk and take a damn nap?

wanted to know the best way to DIY one

Do you think just suggesting the canopy with, say, a framework of flowers or something, would be an acceptable variant? There are so many ways to get the effect without getting all grabby hands.

That's what generally happened, like "Hey, how about an arch? Here's some Pinterest links." And generally the people who didn't realize the chuppa was an important religious symbol would say, oops, I didn't know, thanks for the links to the arches and such.

re: ankhs: Throw in some Golden Dawn stuff and really make their day.

And, cultures aren't a monolith

Heh, I actually asked a guy at work about the offensiveness of something (else) and prefaced by telling him he was speaking for ALL of India. He joked about being qualified to be the voice of all memfault-number million of them.

I use this blog with my students to talk about the difference between cultural appropriation and cultural appreciation: [link]

It’s a good read and makes the concepts pretty clear, I think.