'Sleeper'
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
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.
Very interesting, Pix, thanks for posting.
Are there Amanda Downum fans here? she's having an art contest giveaway for Dreams of Shreds and Tatters: [link]
Have any of you read anythign by Marcus Selfridge? He's coming to speak to my class in two weeks and I haven't read anything by him yet.
Has anyone else here read Station Eleven? It's one of the more unusual (and easily one of the best) post-apocalyptic stories out there. It's surprisingly hopeful and cozy, and I love the conceit of a traveling symphony/theater troupe going from outpost to outpost to put on concerts and perform Shakespeare.
Have any of you read anythign by Marcus Selfridge? He's coming to speak to my class in two weeks and I haven't read anything by him yet.
Never heard of him. What does he write? I can't find any listing for that name on amazon.
Anne, I downloaded the sample chapter of Station Eleven and liked what I read, but I've got a backlog of reading to do, so I haven't picked it up yet. Maybe for my plane ride in a couple of weeks...