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white bandana on every seat in its show. Needless to say the bandanas and #TiedTogether received a lot of attention. Fashion statements like these and celebrity support help give political movements a larger platform, but they also run the risk of sensationalizing the movement, making it trendy as a result of their received attention. Anyone in the fashion industry knows that trends eventually die out. How many Instagram style stars are posting about
their white bandanas now? What does wearing an expensive designer T-shirt do if that same person doesn’t attend rallies or donate? This is where the complicated intersectionality of activism comes into play. How can politics, feminism, capitalism, and fashion come together? Business of Fashion’s donors and benefactors donated $5 to ACLU and UNHCR for every post with #TiedTogether until they hit a goal of $50,000. Gurung’s website says that a portion of
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