I'm drafting a satirical essay about cultural appropriation that I intend to post to my blog soon. For fear of having it read in a biased manner, I will not expose the angle I'm pursuing with it, but I open w/ the sentence "You utter buffoons!"
If you're interested in reading and commenting on an early draft, mention me on #Twitter: @poeticStupid
@beardyunixer In my bedroom I have a poster of the face of Sir Walter Raleigh pinned above my closet, besides similar posters of Emerson and Leo Buscaglia. I quite like Sir Walter, but I have no interest in going out as he did: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Raleigh#Execution_and_aftermath
@bthall I feel like unless (and even often when) you have skin in the game, it is too easy to write irresponsibly, intentionally or not, about the issue. For ppl on one end of the power vector, cultural appropriation is a concept, an idea. For ppl on the other, it's extremely tangible and real.
I'm toying with the idea of going a different track, shifting the perspective. The title would be "Cultural Appropriators are Useful Idiots", and it would not be nearly as satirical. #culturalappropriation
@beardyunixer Tempted as I am to pawn it off on my friend Tommy Flatbottom, I'm in too deep: Google's already cached my too about the title I intend to use, and I dare not deviate from perfection.
@beardyunixer (Read: Yeah, I'll try to think of a good one and an alternate title.)
Here's part of the original draft. I'm surprised and delighted by the voice that I've been able to establish in it; what do you think of it? #satire #personal https://mastodon.social/media/rXohiVU9wT38u9ob1NQ
@bthall That's an excellent point. How many ideas have disappeared due to this want?
I won't release this publicly after all. I shared the draft with my Dad, who liked it a lot, but he then disavowed me of my faith in people's ability to receive it civilly, especially in this political climate. How many works have we not seen for want of emotional maturity social? #personal #politics