I appreciate your commentary Alessa and respect and value your opinion, however, may I suggest you read some of the following: "Sexual Politics of Meat," "Pornography of Meat" or "Animals and Women: Feminist Theoretical Explorations." I think there you will (posted to The Decisive, Successful Woman Wears Prada)
Okay I'm going to be controversial for a moment... I love fashion and Vogue magazine. There are problems, sure, but for me the only things that make this an even somewhat guilty pleasure is the way the magazine portrays women (posted to The Decisive, Successful Woman Wears Prada)
I'll also have to take issue with the assertion that "fashion is also a major (the only?) global industry in which women run the show." As I understand (though I don't really have specific numbers to back this up), an (posted to The Decisive, Successful Woman Wears Prada)
Actually, there ARE numbers to back it up, in the article I linked to above: "The Council of Fashion Designers of America, a trade group that vets those who apply for membership, is made up of 121 women and 156 (posted to The Decisive, Successful Woman Wears Prada)
I agree with you, if only from a pain-reduction standpoint. And there's no doubt in my mind that the brutalization and mistreatment of animals not only in the fur industry, but in the agricultural-industrial and food complexes, has got to (posted to The Decisive, Successful Woman Wears Prada)
I'm glad you posted this. Although I never doubted that there are feminists who are into fashion, it's still a tad jarring to see some saying what amounts to "yeah, yeah, I get that it's racist, sexist, and sizeist, but...". (posted to The Decisive, Successful Woman Wears Prada)
