Critiki is dead - General Tiki

M MrBaliHai Tiki Socialite Behind the Cheddar Curtain Joined: Jun 01, 2002 Posts: 1031	M MrBaliHai Posted posted on Sun, Sep 4, 2022 6:13 PM Wow, my raw reaction to her reasons for shutting down the site would probably get me banned from TC, so all I will say is that it shows a profound misunderstanding of why we celebrate mid-century PolyPop culture and I'd also add that Critiki was not really "her" site, as many of us contributed to it over the years, so for her to use its deletion as some sort of performative absolution for her supposed sins of cultural misappropriation is incredibly frustrating. As for recreating it here, most of it already exists in the Locating Tiki forum, albeit in a less polished format.

Wow, my raw reaction to her reasons for shutting down the site would probably get me banned from TC, so all I will say is that it shows a profound misunderstanding of why we celebrate mid-century PolyPop culture and I'd also add that Critiki was not really "her" site, as many of us contributed to it over the years, so for her to use its deletion as some sort of performative absolution for her supposed sins of cultural misappropriation is incredibly frustrating.

As for recreating it here, most of it already exists in the Locating Tiki forum, albeit in a less polished format.

Post #805336 by MrBaliHai on Sun, Sep 4, 2022 6:13 PM