All of it all too funny and all too true. Check out the video clip bellow.
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Protest, Chanel style.
First the Chanel Shopping Center, and now Boulevard Chanel No.5! Karl you pull at my heart strings! Chanel's ready to wear runway show for Paris Fashion Week is inspired by protest. The finale of the show was followed by a protest for WOMEN'S RIGHTS, of course in Chanel Style!
Model Cara Delevingne with megaphone in hand led the demonstration chanting "What Do We Want?"
Emma Watson United Nations Women Goodwill Ambassador speaks about Feminism, its misconceptions, and formally inviting men to the fight for gender equality in the campaign HE FOR SHE.
As if my inquiries were heard and answered. My motto goes, if Feminism doesn't have a little bit of glitter and dancing, then I want no part in it. I am completely down for Karl Lagerfeld's idea of today's Feminist being fashion forward. And if there were a fashion brand to be all for women, women's rights it would be Chanel. Let's not forget Coco Chanel who paved the way for women's sportswear and her iconic Chanel pantsuit. It is a great time to be a young woman. Check out Jane Grazia's video on instagram
For sometime I have been researching Feminism, specifically the baggage that comes with the label. And for the longest time, I had always distanced myself front the label. It made me uncomfortable. But of course, I have come to understand where the negativity comes from and the true meaning of the word and movement.
I wish that this rediscovery happened sooner. Or better yet, I had understood Feminism from the start! But what has made this process far more comforting and equally interesting if watching different women (of my generation) in popular culture discover and embracing Feminism. So from Beyonce, to T-swift, the beauty industry and all things pink. There is a reinvigoration of the word Feminism, and I love watching it happen! Women Against Feminism is social media movement where women have been expressing why they do not need Feminism via a selfie and written statement. In exploring the movement's Tumblr pages I could not help but feel disappointed and upset. Many of the statements speak of not wanting to feel like a victim, wanting to reach equality, that women need and or need men. What was difficult is reading these statements and trying to understand what experience had lead these women to believe such radical ideas about Feminism. What these statements confirm is that the idea that Feminism is this radical, militant, in your face, hating men and demands supremacy of women. What is difficult, is I understand where those ideas can come from. Journalist, Cathy Young has been following the movement. Recently Young visits the topic again for the Boston Globe she asks "DO AMERICAN women still need feminism?" Young writes, "some commentators suggest that pro-equality women who reject feminism are misguided. After all, the dictionary defines feminism as belief in the social, economic, and political equality of the sexes. But these women usually know that (and often sarcastically stress that they do). They simply think that real-life feminism has come to mean something else: vilification of men, support for female privilege, and a demeaning view of women as victims rather than free agents." The term equal rights is used heavily. But I think there is confusion as to what that means. I wish these women making these statements would elaborate. I think that yes, women have far greater opportunities then our predecessors. Whether I can say men and women are equal, what I can say confidently is that I am treated differently because of my sex and gender which directly affects whether I am welcomed.
Another step further back, overall detrimental to the progression of Feminism is the back and forth between the "Feminist" and "Anti- Feminist." Attacking each other does not make it better for any of us. That is another direction I wish Feminism overall would turn. This girl for girl sake. The girl for girl power. Girl for Girl!
If the number of people going under the knife in order to obtain western ideals of beauty, I am curious as to how many choose the non-surgery alternatives. "Tape," is a common trick used to achieve a double lid. I find that it is more popular among the younger generation. And from my experience, it has become a staple for many young asian girls. My recent discovery, the MERSUII Magic Eyes Double Eyelids Trainer Glasses is really another step. The mechanism sits on the users nose, like a pair of glasses and advertises that it will coax one's mono eye lids into a double lid. More non-surgical contraptions to augment one's face.
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