my favorites (& reccomendations

can project the idea of ethical consumption through the false perception of environmental sustainability. Clothes make up part of our immediate identity, however, its important to remember they also carry extreme political weight. Our clothing can have the greatest impact on others and sustainability and ethics is highly important for the future of clothing and the fashion industry.

My favorites (& recommendations)

PODCASTS My favorite podcast currently has been ‘Pod Save America’. Hosted by former Obama aides Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, Dan Pfeiffer and Tommy Vietor it’s a clear and informative conversation about American politics hosted by. They break down the week’s news in American politics with clear and concise discussion. Recently, Obama joined them on the podcast and examined the effects of right wing media on the public in compassion to when Obama was running for president. https://crooked.com/podcast-series/pod-save-america/

The ‘Same but Different’ podcast, co-hosted by sisters Ellie and Keelin Moncrieff, similar in morals and looks but even with a small age gap have vastly different outlooks on life. Opinions and views on topics ranging from politics and socialist issues to sexual liberation and masturbation from the perspective of a teenager and a 20-something will give a fresh, socialist voice of the youth to your ear holes. (Keelin also has a very popular youtube channel that will be linked below). https://open.spotify.com/show/4xRXwvD8lVWrx30Le8SoYc https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpEafrVmXKOepvXK-b2HEYA

INSTAGRAM @queernightstands on instagram presents a voyeuristic look inside the bedrooms of the UK’s queer youth through images of night stands. This instagram account has given me so much joy over the recent weeks as I momentary glance into others cosiest happy places of their rooms. The past several

months have seen us all become very well acquainted with our bedrooms and the items that fill them. Bedrooms are deeply personal, and for most, a microcosm of our wider interests and identity, every individual’s bedroom is telling in some way. Our bedrooms are where we feel safest. The Queer Night Stands grid is chock full of queer clichés; books on queer and feminist theory, journals, house plants, ceramics, art pieces, healing crystals, and sex toys — are cliché for a reason, and are part of what unites us as queer people. It’s in our bedrooms that we’re able to be our truest self, tucked away from societal constraints, the pressure of performativity and heteronormativity. This account clearly showcalses the things that connect LGBTQ+ around the world, and Instagram account Queer Night Stands perfectly captures and celebrates them. https://instagram.com/queernightstands?igshid=eofg261zrg5e

BOOKS ‘The Female Eunuch’ written by Germain Greer (published in 1970) is a highly important text in the feminist movement outlines Greer’s thesis is that the ‘traditional’ suburban, consumerist, nuclear family represses women sexually, and that this devitalised them, rendering them eunuchs. Although this novel is certainly of its time, (some sections have some TERF (Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminist) messages) it still rings true that women must embrace sexuality, ‘imperfection’ and themselves to become women and not hold the burden of perfection in societies eyes. In sections titled “Body”, “Soul”, “Love” and “Hate” Greer examines historical definitions of women’s perception of self and uses a premise of imposed limitations to critique modern consumer societies, female “normality”, and masculine shaping of stereotypes quoting, “The World has lost its soul, and I my sex.”

‘Fight Like A Girl’ written by Clementine Ford (published in 2018) Fight Like A Girl is an essential manifesto for feminists new, old and soonto-be. A much more modern and introspective view of feminism then Greer’s ‘The Female Eunuch’ speaking directly to Ford’s own experiences. Ford uses a mixture of memoir, opinion and investigative journalism to expose just how unequal the world continues to be for women. 25