Christina Fallin
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Christina Marie Fallin March 18, 1987 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. |
Christina Marie Fallin (born March 18, 1987) is an American businesswoman, model and singer.
Fallin was born and raised in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She is the eldest child and only daughter of Dr. Joseph Price Fallin II and Governor of Oklahoma Mary Fallin. She has one brother, Joseph Price Fallin III (born September 27, 1990).
Fallin attended the University of Oklahoma.
Fallin was a lobbyist starting in January 2010 and resigned when her mother was inaugurated as Governor of Oklahoma on January 15, 2011. She has since started a consulting business. She has also been involved in music projects, including a band called Milk on Milk with her former husband Matt Bacon, and a more recent project called Pink Pony.
In March 2014, Fallin was photographed wearing a native headdress. She posted the picture to Facebook with the caption "Appropriate Culturation", a word play on the phrase "cultural appropriation". After receiving criticism for the picture, Fallin later issued a statement stating her motives including the phrase, "Please forgive us if we innocently adorn ourselves with your beautiful things." regarding Native American culture.
Fallin's statement outraged members of the Muscogee Creek Nation prompting an XoJane article by Joy Harjo titled, "I am of the Muscogee Creek Nation and Christina Fallin should have known better."
In April, 2014 Pink Pony performed at the Norman Music Festival. That morning, the band's Facebook posted a status saying "I heard Pink Pony was wearing full regalia tonight". Fallin appeared in a shawl that was made from her drapery with "sheep" written on the back. Native American protesters, led by musician Samantha Crain picketed the show with signs such as "I am not a costume." Native activists, such as Summer Wesley (often cited as Chahta Summer) and other members of Eradicating Offensive Native Mascotry (EONM) had been called "sheep" by Pink Pony supporters, during the earlier incident surrounding the headdress photo, and Fallin's display was perceived as an intentional act of continued disrespect.
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