December 16, 2015
It makes perfect sense for techno-capitalism to co-opt yoga as its ideal religion.
December 1, 2015
Takeaway: White people around the world make fun of the idea of cultural appropriation in yoga. They do it with arguments that ignore South Asian voices. In the process, they obscure the issues with which cultural appropriation intersects: examinations of white middle-class privilege, structural racism in yoga and meditation spaces, cultural inequality, accessibility issues, and the creation of safer space.
November 1, 2015
An earlier version of this article first appeared in Yoga International. ____ The 2010 publication of Yoga Body: The Origins of Modern Posture Practice, marked a watershed moment […]
October 27, 2015
Perhaps Trudeau's hotness is scrambling the male gaze amongst women and men and everyone else. He can be looked at, and it seems he can see you. His soft eyes can't cut into you like Harper's. You can gaze at him and actually wonder what deep feelings he's feeling. What does he feel about you? It can feel good to just admit that you wanna tap that energy, or be caressed by it, or hang out with it in the sauna at Davos. Way better than the reflex fear of a powerful man who's there to fuck you over, because that's how it’s always been.