Status Updates From Circle of Cranes

"For a girl to become an initiate in our sisterhood, she must have unherited the gift from a relative, she must have reached the age of thirteen, and she must have demonstrated courage and selflessness."

As time passed, her muscles stiffened. She lay on her back, floating, her arms outstretched. She imagined herself sprouting wings and flying across the marsh as she closed her eyes and gave in to the cold.

"Never make a promise you can't keep, for the consequences of a broken promise could change the course of history."

I read this and no matter how much I don't want to think it, two words immediately jump out at me: "Cultural appropriation." Heh. Srsly.