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Director Jacob's avatar

Fantastic essay.

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Bella Blue Bloss's avatar

thank you <333

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Blythe Brunt's avatar

Incredible essay !! Beautifully written with thought provoking points like always. <3

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Bella Blue Bloss's avatar

Thank you Blythe!!! <333 Can’t wait for Garb Gazette 🫶🏻

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Anna de Waal's avatar

loved this, so well articulated <33

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Bella Blue Bloss's avatar

thank you so much <33

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Kiara's avatar

This is brilliant! I loved the part on nudity being a dress, really thought provoking. That “brain rot” pornography mindset is becoming more prevalent sadly, it’s baffling in such a woke society, as you said. Your commentary is spot on. Really interesting, I loved reading this!

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Bella Blue Bloss's avatar

Yeah it is actually mad how normalised it is.

Thank you for reading Kiara <33

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Cat's avatar

interesting how even praying looks like a limp penis. really great piece !!!

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Bella Blue Bloss's avatar

That is such an interesting observation, I hadn't even noticed their logo...

Thank you for reading!!!

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Emily Ambrusko's avatar

Thank you for writing and sharing this! I love when my interests meet and this was a great read. Curious to see whether we will continue to see fetishism in fashion and if so, how they will push it to be more extreme.

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Bella Blue Bloss's avatar

Aw thank you so much for reading!! I think we will continue to see it, with the way the internet is going it will probably be much more explicit

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malina's avatar

this made me think of Angela McRobbie’s ‘The Aftermath of Feminism: Gender, Culture, and Social Change’ (2009)!!!

.“The phallic girl gives the impression of having won equality with men by becoming like her male counterparts. But in this adoption of the phallus, there is no critique of masculine hegemony,” and she maintains a subordinate status, even allowing the denigration of her sexual agency for the maintenance of the sexual double standard.”

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Bella Blue Bloss's avatar

This is a brilliant quote! I love McRobbie's writings.

Thanks so much for reading :)

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