Interesting piece for reference and research

[smokingboot]

This is from the Spectator apparently. Interesting.

http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/2015/07/the-suns-photo-of-the-young-queen-playing-nazi-is-an-important-historical-document-it-should-shock-us/

I am surprised to see something as hard-headed as this turn up in the right wing Spectator, while the left wing Guardian is being oddly conciliatory. Personally I think the greatest result from all this could be the opening of the private archives. The insights into another world would be utterly priceless.

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Re: Google has failed me!

[semyaza.livejournal.com]

And no, I don't think it's monstrously insensitive. All cultures appropriate other cultures. Context is truly everything.

Context is Everything

[smokingboot.livejournal.com]

It really is. As far as I can tell, cultural appropriation is like art. No-one can clearly define it but everyone can tell it when they see it.