Comments on: What is UO thinking?

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By: Jai

Jai — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:37:00 +0000

Rocking a kefiyyah is an NYC thing as far as I see, and as a Muslimah I think it’s cool, but I hope that those who are choosing to wear it are aware of the symbolism behind it.

By: Stella

Stella — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 12:21:00 +0000

programmer craig:

Thank God we here in the Flyover States have people like you to tell us what is cool and what isn’t. We Without Culture bow down to your wisdom and guidance.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 12:10:00 +0000

From the item description: “Give ‘em enough rope.”

Gee, that’s not ominous at all. WTF?

By: Joe

Joe — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 22:37:00 +0000

""I think the question of motivation is very key. If it's haphazard exposure without any deeper understanding, then it really seems like commodification to me""

Commodification of culture is a good thing for everyone, and one more positive benefit of globalized capitalism.

Oh, and Craig is wrong. I'm from LA, and they're everywhere.

By: Maytha

Maytha — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 08:56:00 +0000

Anon 11:29,

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peace

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 23:06:00 +0000

Kabob isn't reporting videos like this. I wonder why. Remember when we heard about Hamas breaking legs of Fatah collaborators in Gaza? It's all so neat and clean in black and white letters. Behind each pair of those broken legs is a human being.

Watch for yourself how acts the Palestinian government of Gaza.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:12:00 +0000

I actually like the wristband and would consider wearing it. The style is very earthy and natural. The only problem – UO doesn’t acknowledge its meaning. Why can’t they just say what it is? It’s as they’re refraining in fear of sale drops.

By: nadia

nadia — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:01:00 +0000

Allah pendants/necklaces are all over thrift stores these days I have no idea where they came from, unlike keffiyehs I’ve never seen anyone actually wearing one tho.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 23:29:00 +0000

This is just like people thinking that bagels and locks are a "Jewish" deli thing. It is a commercialization of the perception of ethnic identity.

No one will be learning anything about Islam by wearing this bracelet, and yes, it WILL find its way into a girls gone wild video, and many many more unholy occurrences off camera.

Remember when people were into Japanese characters? They would get tattoos of them, or wear necklaces or bracelets, even though they didn't know what those symbols meant? Or even if they did know, it was just a conversation piece at a party,

"hey that's a cool tattoo, what does it mean?"

"it means the moon is the eye of the sky"

"wow, that's deep. so... are we gonna go to my place or what?"

It's kind of like that. No one really cares. The subculture is just looking for fresh symbols.