FASHIONABLY TROUBLED
FASHIONABLY TROUBLED FASHION VICTIMS
Today one of our favourite emporiums of the cheap
fashionfix asked customers to vote: Do you want us
to support women clean water the environment or
education? There were even glossy photos of happy
women splashing themselves with gorgeous water in
places like India Pakistan & Cambodia
Trouble is they didn’t mention industrial safety fair wages
or domestic violence Their silence spoke volumes In India:
A newly wed woman is lit on fire every 90 minutes by her in-laws *
Just days ago depictions of Hindu Goddesses as battered women
went viral Lakshmi had a swollen lip while Durga the Great Mother
Goddess shed tears from a bruised eye
Some are not sure if this helps the cause of beaten raped & tortured
women in a country where 68% are victims of domestic violence Perhaps
the cheap fashionfixers might scrap their meaningless vote display the
battered Goddesses around the globe & take up a collection for victims
of violence There is no statistic for un-reported rapes in India (population 1.2 billion)
where women risk death for doing so
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Art is not a mirror held up to reality
It is a hammer with which to shape it
Bertolt Brecht
Late Fall 2013 *(Globe & Mail 22/10/13)
