“Unappropriated Beauty“ is a poster ad campaign tackling the issue of cultural appropriation in a non-accusatory, educational way. These adverts are size-compatible to fit in different settings, including bus shelters, billboards, mobile devices, and magazines. The goal of this project is to educate the consumers of appropriative media so that they are better equipped to decide for themselves what is and what is not cultural appropriation, and therefore lowering the tolerance for appropriation being applauded in the media.
As you know, today is Christmas. We were over at my parent’s house opening up gifts before our additional guests started to arrive. I had two gifts in front of me. One tiny box and one huge one.
I opened the tiny box and I recognized a jewelry box inside. Opening up the jewelry box, it was empty. Not a damn thing inside. He looks at me and says “get fucked” and cackles. Literally doubled over in tears. I start laughing and my family is watching from the side, horrified.
So then I opened the large box. There’s tissue paper everywhere. After digging around, I found another box inside… Which is full of tissue paper again. I eventually get to the bottom of the box.. and there’s another damn ring box.
I sigh. I glare at him as I open the box. Then I see the ring that I have been in love with for months. He says, “Do you wanna get hitched?” and I said, “sure.”
Completely non-romantic and hilarious. It was perfect.
