{"id":4815,"date":"2008-09-17T20:43:25","date_gmt":"2008-09-18T03:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogbullet.wordpress.com\/?p=828"},"modified":"2008-09-17T20:43:25","modified_gmt":"2008-09-18T03:43:25","slug":"miss-navajo-reconceptualizing-native-american-beauty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=4815","title":{"rendered":"Miss Navajo: Reconceptualizing Native American Beauty"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/p>\n<p>Renee <a href=\"http:\/\/www.womanist-musings.com\/2008\/09\/miss-navajo-reconceptualizing-native.html\">blogs<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Yolanda Charley, recently won the title of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reznetnews.org\/article\/feature-article\/yolanda-charley-crowned-2008-miss-navajo-nation\"><strong>Miss. Navajo Nation<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 I am normally against beauty contests, as I see them as nothing more than the performance of femininity for the male gaze.\u00a0 The Miss Navajo Nation is like no other pageant I have ever come across.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>What I love about this contest is that it is more than women parading around with fake smiles, with their bathing suits taped to their skin, to avoid being swallowed by their asses.\u00a0 Miss Navajo is about celebration, and the perpetuation of\u00a0 culture. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/categories\/blogbullet.wordpress.com\/828\/\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/tags\/blogbullet.wordpress.com\/828\/\" \/> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/gocomments\/blogbullet.wordpress.com\/828\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/comments\/blogbullet.wordpress.com\/828\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/godelicious\/blogbullet.wordpress.com\/828\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/delicious\/blogbullet.wordpress.com\/828\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/gostumble\/blogbullet.wordpress.com\/828\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/stumble\/blogbullet.wordpress.com\/828\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/godigg\/blogbullet.wordpress.com\/828\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/digg\/blogbullet.wordpress.com\/828\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/goreddit\/blogbullet.wordpress.com\/828\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/reddit\/blogbullet.wordpress.com\/828\/\" \/><\/a> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/stats.wordpress.com\/b.gif?host=blogbullet.wordpress.com&amp;blog=743885&amp;post=828&amp;subd=blogbullet&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Renee blogs:<br \/>\nYolanda Charley, recently won the title of Miss. 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