Dear Friends: It will be my pleasure to be a guest on Canto Talk this Thursday, May 10th at 10 am PT/12 noon CT/1 pm ET. Please click HERE then for the live podcast, or after for the archived show.
Our topic will be cultural appreciation, as Legal Insurrection is hosting a Cultural Appreciation Day on its website this Saturday, May 12:
If you’ve followed the news lately (and we assume that if you’re a regular reader, you do), you’ve been MADE aware that something as innocuous as a thrift store prom purchase triggers half the internet. The social justice warriors beam in from social justice utopia to be judgy, vile, and completely ignorant bullies over something they call “cultural appropriation.”
I’m so old, I remember when our elementary teachers taught us America was a great big ol’ melting pot made of people and cultures from the furthest reaches of the globe. Put together, the cultural cocktail made for something admirable and unique.
But anyway, on Saturday, May 12, we will celebrate our celebrations of other cultures. Look for pictures and stories from LI authors appreciating other cultures, a social justice sin these days.
We are hoping fans will send in pictures, comments and stories to: newsletter -at – legalinsurrection.com
We will contrast this with clear, cultural appropriation…as demonstrated at the Met Gala this week.
Catholics have vented their fury at last night’s ‘disrespectful’ and ‘blasphemous’ Met Gala theme, which encouraged celebrities to wear outfits inspired by Christianity.
The annual fundraising fete in New York brings out Hollywood’s elite to celebrate the spring exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute, with this year’s titled: ‘Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination.’
Pop star Rihanna created the biggest stir, attending in a short skirt, robe and mitre-like hat reminiscent of the Pope’s headgear.
Katy Perry – who met Pope Francis on April 28 – also drew a lot of attention by coming dressed as an angel, complete with huge feathered wings.
Social media users were up in arms over some of the more outrageous outfits – with some saying they had been left ‘upset and distraught’ over the choice of theme.
And, as always, we will have a round-up of what’s hot in the news…which is always a lot. I may have to try predicting tomorrow’s topics by looking at President Trump’s Twitter feed.
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