music history Devo's "Jocko Homo" inspired by bizarre 1924 anti-evolution pamphlet Mark Frauenfelder

toys Day of the Dead Barbie gets a second edition Elías Villoro

halloween Examining the generational loss of ancient Halloween traditions Thom Dunn

san francisco "American Indian headdresses" banned from major San Francisco festival Rusty Blazenhoff

Disney Petition for Disney to give up "hakuna matata" trademark David Pescovitz

social justice ¡Ask a Mexican! tackles BurritoGate Jason Weisberger

television Culturally insensitive 1979 TV commercial for Faygo's Redpop, starring Jamie Farr of M*A*S*H David Pescovitz

History Cultural appropriation? Hindu nationalists used yoga as an anti-colonialist export Cory Doctorow

offworld One way to avoid cultural appropriation: Seek collaborators, not just characters Laura Hudson

art London police launch manhunt for artist behind "I farted in yoga" graffiti  Jason Weisberger

science fiction Sexy Asian lady robots haunt science fiction Rob Beschizza

travel Writer fabricated stories for Atlas Obscura Rob Beschizza

Japan What is the deal with Japan's smile merchants? Matt Alt

Culture El Pochcast, Talking to Houseplants, and the podcast worlds of Rodrigo Nuñez Elías Villoro

Grace Jones to headline OUTLOUD Pride Music festival Elías Villoro

Food Papa John's Pizza Bowls pose the important question "what is food?" Elías Villoro

accents The history of Blaccent Devin Nealy

plagiarism Academic paper on language colonization turns out to have stolen its language Thom Dunn

video essay Are Tyler Perry's film harmful to the image of Black Americans? Devin Nealy

halloween Bring back the Halloween tradition of throwing cabbage at people Thom Dunn