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MEDIA INDIGENA 176

Added 2019-09-08 04:44:34 +0000 UTC

ON THIS WEEK'S INDIGENOUS ROUNDTABLE:

From the second it hit social media, the new ad campaign for the House of Dior’s so-called ‘Sauvage’ cologne sure kicked up a stink. In fact, as soon as Native Twitter got wind of the new video—starring the notorious Johnny Depp—the blowback was fast, furious and less than fragrant. In our return to all-new episodes, we try to make ‘scents’ of why Indian Country’s collective nose is so out of joint.

Back at the roundtable are Candis Callison, Associate Professor at UBC's Graduate School of Journalism and Kim TallBear, Associate Professor of Native Studies at the University of Alberta.

OTHER LINKS DISCUSSED / CONSULTED THIS EPISODE:

'Rumble' by Link Wray, reputed to be "the only instrumental song ever banned for radio play in the U.S." (Learn more about Wray in the excellent doc, Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World )
An awesome Twitter thread by Cutcha Risling Baldy (@cutchabaldy) on "the #SettlerNonsense in the Dior description of its "NEW Savauge"
"Dior's SAUVAGE campaign is deeply offensive, racist, and cultural appropriation at its worst": editorial by Crystal Echo Hawk (Executive Director, IllumiNative), Indian Country Today
"Johnny Depp’s Dior Co-Star Tanaya Beatty Speaks Out About Controversial Ad Campaign Following Complaints Of Cultural Appropriation": ET Canada
Americans for Indian Opportunity (AIO)'s brief statement on Twitter as to why it "deeply regrets its participation in the Dior campaign"
"Spraying Your Perfume Apparently Produces as Much Air Pollution as Car Emissions": Allure