Cruel Intentions actress, Selma Blair, is being accused of cultural appropriation after posting a photo on Instagram wearing a turban.
But for every fan criticizing her choice of headdress, there are others rushing to her defense.
Cruel Intentions actress, Selma Blair, is being accused of cultural appropriation after posting a photo on Instagram wearing a turban.
But for every fan criticizing her choice of headdress, there are others rushing to her defense.
But instead of putting on a ball cap or putting her hair in a ponytail, she took a different approach to covering up her do.
She wore a turban.
Since then she has been incredibly transparent about her struggles in the thick of a 10-month long flare-up.
Simple, everyday motions have become an uphill battle for her.
It is an autoimmune disease that targets the central nervous system. More specifically, it attacks myelin, the protective layer that covers the nerves themselves.
It can also cause depression, bipolar disorder, hormonal imbalances in women, and hair loss.
Using a can quickly became one of Selma's full-time accessories, and she is totally rocking it with confidence and style!
While Rachel sports her baldness most often in photos, it is not uncommon to see her wearing head wraps and caps of all sorts.
“One answer to your bad hair days or NO hair days. #alopecia … wraps! (oh and it's been around for thousands of years)," she captioned the photo.
“Has she not seen all the backlash with ‘cultural appropriation’? I mean…,” someone commented.
"I’d be happy to have a private conversation about how this is hurtful to Sikhs if you’re open to it," another wrote.
Fans sympathized with Selma for having MS, but were still irked by the fact that she wore a turban, something so culturally significant to Sikh people, as a "bad hair day" alternative.
Selma, turbans have been "a thing" for thousands of years.
"What I find so ludicrous is the same people screaming about cultural appropriation are the ones who demand multiculturalism yet want none of it to rub off!," someone commented.
“First of all, Orthodox Jewish women wear something similar every day! We call it a tichel! They've been covering their hair out of modesty in this manner for over 3,000 years! As Selma is a Jewish woman, this isn't ‘cultural appropriation’ at all but a long standing tradition of her people," a fan wrote.
As you can see, Selma received a ton of support from fans, encouraging her to keep rocking the turban.
Recently, department store powerhouse Nordstrom made a public apology for selling a $790 Gucci turban named "Indy Full Turban."
So, in order to critically analyze Selma's accessory of choice, this is something to think about.
Sshortly after posting the photo, she shared photos of women of different cultures wearing similar headdresses on her Instagram story with the caption "hold my beer."
Let us know in the comments if you think that Selma is guilty of cultural appropriation, or simply embracing another culture.