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Unapologetically Butch: The Women Blurring the Boundaries
Fashion is undeniably gendered. On a rather short spectrum, women are described as beautiful, maybe pretty. The men, they are handsome and dapper. So, what happens to the others stranded somewhere in the middle? Where does butch fashion enter the conversation? Butch or femme? Oh, or kiki? During the period of the 1940s up to the 1960s, lesbian identities were perceived as occupying predominantly two sexual and emotional spaces. Those spaces were either butch or femme, (anyone in-between was labelled the pejorative “kiki.”) However, the occupation of the butch identity has never been an easy option. Historically, butch lesbians have been persecuted for their masculine appearances, they have been perceived…
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Should We Choose Fast Fashion or Conscious Buying?
When it’s easier to turn a blind eye to the problems of fast fashion, how do we even try to start solving the problem? The problems caused by fast fashion Fast fashion is quickly becoming a phrase that is actually starting to mean something to the people spending their money on it. With its utterance conjuring images of sweatshops, mountains of clothing destined to be worn once and never again, and oceans polluted with microfibers, fast fashion seems to be something we hate, but are doing little about. The company Boohoo, now recognised as one of the UK’s online clothing giants and valued at around £4.3 million, has recently been…
