May 2013
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Guy: What do girls do at sleepovers?
Me: Pass the Bechdel test.
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Dress: “Asking for it?” →
This is a shout out to all my girl friends, who have constantly been scrutinized about how they’re dressed on a night out, or even go out to the supermarket or show up to school. Because what our society has established is this: a minidress is an open invitation for molestation. A low-cut tank top a ticket to ride. Any item revealing the flesh other than the arms and legs allows others to behave...
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hi everyone, since I’ve been offered a few jobs that require writing, I decided to start a Wordpress blog. It’s to help me see my own progress, as well as share with you guys fashion content. Anyway, hope you’ll read it (I only have two posts) and tell me what you think. If you’ve got an account, please follow me. Thanks!
http://allyshanila.wordpress.com/
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"Fashion is shit" →
vroomheid:
WWD: After your Y-3 10th anniversary show in New York, you said that “in the world right now, fashion is s–t.” Can you elaborate on what you meant by that? YOHJI: Let me talk like an old man. Young people, be careful. Beautiful things are disappearing every day. Be careful.…You don’t need to be [shopping at fast-fashion stores], especially young people. They are beautiful...
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The true punks — those who lived and survived that moment — should find an...
– Suzy Menkes, EVERYTHING on the “Punk: Chaos to Couture” exhibit
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April 2013
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foudre:
people still flipping shit about galliano. christ. there are actual problems in the world that don’t involve a mentally ill man being drunk and saying things he should not have said. coco chanel was a nazi sympathizer and widely-known anti-semetic yet she remains one of the most romanticized and beloved figures in fashion. there exist vast racial inequalities/underrepresentations in...
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March 2013
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I’m an English major. It is a language of conquest.
What does it say that I’m...
– Monica Torres, “Majoring In English,” The Feminist Wire 3/29/13 (via racialicious)
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guess who's meetin' and hangin' with her favorite...
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hapsical:
It’s the news we’ve all been waiting for. Alexa Chung is writing a book. Her debut oeuvre, entitled It, is set to be released this autumn.
Now, forgive me if I’m being ignorant, but for the life of me I can’t imagine what Chung (whose main exploit is wearing inoffensive clothes while looking so emaciated it is surely just a matter of time until she appears on the red carpet with a...
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