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westshellos · 1 year

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preface to “a few of my favourite things”

coming across @/dieworkwear’s tweets on ethical fashion while coming home to a perpetually-full wardrobe everyday really made me reconsider some of my sartorial purchases.

one thing he pointed out was the fact that the average american spends $600 on clothes a year. with that kind of money, he argued, you could buy a good piece of quality clothing that would undoubtedly last you more than a year and that didn’t involve slave wages and inhumane working conditions in the production process. this was in response to somebody defending SHEIN—what i like to call TaoBao lite for people who can’t read chinese—an ecommerce website that was recently crowned 2022′s most popular fashion brand. with the countless number of labor law violations we’ve seen from other brands (nike, zara, h&m, or most of what’s on the market right now) over the years, it’s no surprise that SHEIN too was found guilty of all these violations and more.

this isn’t news to anyone. if anything it’s become something that’s almost a given for any fashion brand that’s able to put out new stuff on their website every week (or day). as someone who knows how sewing works (sort of), i of all people should know that ethical fashion is expensive fashion: clothes aren’t easy to make, and sewing is one of the few things left that hasn’t been fully automated because it’s a meticulous, arduous process that takes immense skill and dexterity. the closest we’ve come are automatic electric sewing machines that still have to be operated by skilled tailors. it’s why clothes from a label like los angeles apparel (not the best example for dov charney reasons, but that’s a whole other topic that i don’t have the space to get into here; point is, they pay their workers a living wage of US$20-35/hour) charges US$24 for a plain cotton t-shirt and not $2. it’s why a hand knit sweater from a small business on instagram costs US$300 and not $30. making clothes is hard, and when SHEIN charges a suspiciously low amount of money for clothing, it’s because it is suspicious.

a common defense for buying from SHEIN is that it’s one of the only options for people who can’t afford to buy from ethical brands. but as @/dieworkwear has already pointed out, the average american (and arguably, singaporean in my context) probably has enough money to buy what they need (good quality things, too) and have it last for a year or more. this “defense” is, more often than not, a thinly veiled excuse for people who want to do $1000 SHEIN hauls without feeling guilty. using “there is no ethical consumption under capitalism” as a reason is arguably even worse, as it’s co-opting a phrase that’s supposed to describe the unethical nature of capitalism as a whole. it’s not something you say when you want to consume as unethically and freely as you want.

the point is that despite there being no ethical consumption under capitalism, we still have the ability to make it as ethical as we possibly can. working on an honor’s thesis on labor, capital and the ethics of care, it’s become increasingly clear to me that this tweet (pictured below) was exactly right. capitalism would want you to care less, because pessimism and resignation paves the way for compliance. they would want you to say “screw it, i’m going to do that $1000 SHEIN haul because nothing i do matters” because then you’d be doing exactly what they want: buying stuff you don’t need to line the pockets of gajillionaires.

drawing from many feminist philosophers and scholars, i wrote (or rather, am intending to write at this point in time) that love and care, under a system that promotes and reproduces itself through carelessness, is inherently radical. apart from loving and caring for the people around you, i’d say loving and caring for the things you have now can be an act of resistance too: after all, what’s not anti-capitalist about refusing to participate in the cycle of endless consumption?

despite knowing all of this for a long, long time, i was, sadly, a culprit of all these things i’ve listed. in the past, i’ve been guilty of buying way too many things when i didn’t need to. i’ve also been guilty of buying things from places with more-than-questionable ethics (i’m looking at you, TaoBao). reading these tweets and working on my thesis has imbued me with some sort of hope—that even if i don’t manage to lead the proletariat to revolution and dismantle the system from top to bottom, there’s still some point in trying. that the little things do count. so to atone for my previous sins and to help me buy less and more ethically, i’m going to start a series titled “a few of my favourite things” to appreciate the things i already have rather than feel the need to buy more. this is just the preface.

#fashion #fave things series #rambles

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miraku39 · 4 months

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haha what do you mean i’m into blondes lol

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juneviews · 4 months

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cooking crush (2023) | not me (2021)

#cooking crush #cooking crush the series #not me #not me the series #seanwhite #tenprem #offgun #off jumpol #gun atthaphan #thai drama #my gifs #bypiningbisexuals #parallels #GUN COMFORTING OFF MIGHT BE MY FAVE THING EVER

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onstoryladders · 2 years

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isn't this how the conversation went?

stranger things + text posts // prev ❀ next

#if you see i posted this again yes you do #this is my fave in the series so far #and no one reblogged the other one :(#so i'm posting it again #byler #stranger things #stranger things textposts #st text post #st txt post #will byers #mike wheeler

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candyje11yfish · 1 month

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IM SO UPSET THIS PART WASNT IN THE ANIME??? What was the point of removing that?? why??? trigger keeps taking out parts that make them so found family....

#mari.txt #dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon #dunmeshi #Besides this im REALLY looking forward to the next episodes... you anime-only fans are in for a wild ride 😈😈#GUHHHH NOOO IM ACTUALLY REALLY DISTRAUGHT THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVE MOMENTS😭😭😭😭😭😭😭#studio trigger is so perfect for the anime but pleeeeassee stop removing cute parts...#i know its small but things like this make the series charming.....#in the past i praised the anime for being so close to the manga but whyyyy did u have to remove this part!!!! AUAUUGHHHHH #MY HEART HURTS #chilchuck #chilchuck tims #chilchuck dunmeshi #dunmeshi chilchuck #he and izutsumi are my faves :>#literally same w the misc monster tales. that BETTER get something #those are the best they have some of my fave moments in the entire series

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fereldanwench · 2 months

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🍿 NOW PLAYING 🍿 Immortal in the Code: A Cyberpunk 2077 Series

Compelled by a desperation that only Night City can incite, two Arasaka veterans become unlikely partners in a quest for atonement and salvation. Just renewed for a fourth season!

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todayisafridaynight · 2 months

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salemoleander · 2 years

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3rd Life SMP Webweave // sources under readmore

Pt. 1: thatsbelievable // Cliffs of the Upper Colorado River, Wyoming Territory / Thomas Moran // Caernarvon Castle / George Elbert Burr // Study for "Science Instructing Industry" / Kenyon Cox // mr_froodo // The Beheading of St. John Baptist / Fortunato Duranti // Wolf in White Van / John Darnielle // Slow Dance / Ron Hicks // Ancient Castle / Georgette Agutte // screenshotsofdespair

Pt 2: Brooding Silence / John Carlson // thatsbelievable // a-doctor-not-a-fangirl // Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead / Tom Stoppard // Tiktok comment by anothersomebodie // mountainqoats // stigmate // Suite Vénitienne / Sophie Calle & Jean Baudrillard

Pt. 3: Grief Lessons: Four Plays by Euripides / Anne Carson // Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead / Tom Stoppard // God's Idea / Da Loria Norman // Tangiers / Arnold William Brunner // molabuddy

#third life smp #third life series #life series #grian #desert duo #3lsmp #webweave #web weave #salem tag #my art #life smp #yall do not want to know how long it takes to source a bunch of random things you have saved to your phone #i didnt have to! half of them were from CC0 licensed things #anyways the 3rd panel is probs my fave #if anyone has opinions let me hear em bc i havent rly done this before #or if im violating some rule of webweave culture or something

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artsyunderstudy · 5 months

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I think about how hungry I've been for this—and ask myself for how long I've craved Baz. Ask myself honestly, for the first time, how long he's been my heart's desire."

Dance Like a Flame by @nightimedreamersworld

Carry on Countdown | Day Eighteen: Hunger

This year I decided I wanted to honor the incredibly talented fic writers of this fandom, so I chose one fic per prompt to do an illustration for. I didn’t double up on authors so that I could do this for as many people as possible. I realized while planning this that there are way too many fics and authors that I love, and even after having picked 30 of what I consider some of my very favorites, I could have easily kept going. Please check the fics out if you haven’t, they all come highly recommended.

@carryon-countdown

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rottingraisins · 15 days

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meet cute: i find you in my motel bathtub covered in blood with neither of us able to recall the events of the previous day

+ bonus wren and penny designs under the cut

#fanart for the eternal mxtape which is one of my fave currently ongoing series on the scp wiki... if u like gaw AT ALL i recommend #its one of those things that will just kill u and be so endearingly dumb about it while doing it #scp #wren masterson #penelope gore #gaw #art

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wolviez · 1 month

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i dont think 97 would do it but morph should just have boobs sometimes

#x-men #xmen #x-men 97 #xmen 97 #morph #sorry why is this what i tag #ANDA ALSO SORRY I KEEP MORPHPOSTING LOLL THEYRE NOT THE ONLY THING ON MY MIND JST. HAPPEN TO DECIDE TO POST MORPHSTUFF #listen its not everyday an oldass series just suddenly comes back and i get to see my 'obscure' fave again #and they accidentally make them like the weird version of them in my head i imagined while rewatching but its canon now #im allowed to be a little annoying abaout that ok.#anyways moobs (morph boobs)#actually it would be fcking hilarious if they prove me wrong. definitely not anytime soon w the way 97s going rn ACTUALLY COULDYUO IMAGINE #the horrors. dont look at morph

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themyscirah · 5 days

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Complaining abt Suicide Squad yet again but the fact that they have Waller exposing the alien community to space racist attacks and talking abt how she got to her position through deceit and being a terrible person and stuff is just. Ahsfiwueh JUST SAY YOU DONT KNOW WALLER.

Anyways literally the 3rd mission of the Squad ever (and the first framed as smth Waller picked and not orders from above) was the Squad discrediting and stopping a rogue vigilante who was only arresting POC and funneling white people into white supremacy groups (of which he was the most prominent member) in SUICIDE SQUAD #4. and it's explicitly framed as this mission being personal for Waller that she's hiding from the government bc its illegal like. Guys. Please why are we having her incite (space bc comics) racist attacks now

Also the whole "Amanda got her position through deceit and being a terrible person" NO. she KEPT her position through being shitty and playing complicated political games!!! She wasn't always that way like there is a difference and it is IMPORTANT ppl PLEASEEEE. In Secret Origins #14 we learn Amanda's backstory and she used to be a normal, caring person! Like even after she entered into working in government and politics she wasn't automatically morally bankrupt like please people. She was originally given control of the Squad by Reagan (*sigh* 80s comics...) to distract and get rid of her because she was so successful at pushing progressive social policy in Congress. Acting like she's this static pillar of evil is such a waste of her character and so fucking uninteresting and disrespectful to her arc it drives me MAD.

Like I am NOT saying Waller is all sunshine and rainbows, she fucking SUCKS (said w love <3) but like there's a human being there. It's a progression, she has a character arc like please, DC, please!!! They've fucked up Waller so bad and made her so opaque and uninteresting she can't even be the protagonist of her own story for fucks sake!

Like I don't know how many times I have to scream it until DC hears me or remembers but WALLER IS THE MAIN CHARACTER OF SUICIDE SQUAD. ITS HER BOOK. yet right now she's a cutout to be used as the villain wherever the writers please. Even in her book we get none of her perspective really displayed, no exploration of her thoughts with any kind of understanding of the role she traditionally has played and was made to play in the story.

#its like youre unable to root for her in any form. which is annoying bc shes actually awesome actually #also having her say “actually im the good guy fuck you'' w/o any actual deep analysis of her psyche or whatever while doing these things #doesnt count as development or showing shes 3 dimensional. its just having 2 dimensional waller say shes right when everyone is obviously #supposed to believe shes wrong #anyways i want real waller back please i miss herrrrrrrr #anyways hope mr john ridley has read secret origins no 14. i know its from 1987 but please guys please. my only hope #also it was a few months ago but i think they tried to push certain elements of a diff backstory in dream team and sorry but fuck that. and #any mention of another waller background like my eyes are closed sry. im a preboot truther #actually im just ignorant of most squad comics outside the original series. im gonna do a readthrough and become knowledgeable on other #stuff i just need to find time. so if im wrong then sorry if its smth factual and if you disagree with my opinion then uh sorry for ur loss #anyways shoutout to the time i had a nerd night w my one friend and she was asking me abt dc and said my favorite villains and i said waller #and silver swan. and she had a “yuck WHY” to waller and a ???? to silver swan. love shouting out my faves and explaining them to the less #informed. didnt say a number 3 but would probably be parallax ig. idk hes kind of slay. or maybe someone else honestly i like hal but waller #and nessie are blorbo level for me i could think abt them for hours #or maybe it wouldnt be parallax actually idk who my 3 would be. hes definitely up there but way below the other 2. maybe the cheetah #interpretation that i personally have. v different from the popular cheetah interpretation esp rucka vers actually. much closer to the pérez #and esp develops some subtext there surrounding barbara and the exploitation and theft of sacred cultural artifacts and pieces but also #like british colonization a lil bit #but i actually despise the cheetah that lives in my head but think shed be interesting to use narratively and see diana fight #vs the other guys who i find interesting and sympathetic and like for themselves #whereas my fave interpretation of cheetah can rot in hell #i got off topic here #blah #swishy rant #also disclaimer that w the main character ik dreamer is the main character of dream team. im talking more in general and that amanda should #always have a huge role as shes the main character of the squad and yet is treated like its villain and not its protag #sui sq

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raiderlucy · 2 years

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Stranger Things Tarot Cards (1/38)

The Fool

Upright: Will Byers never expected a late-night bike ride to lead him to an alternate dimension. Nevertheless, his journey began! The Fool portrays the start of a great adventure, and when it breaks through into your reading, it means you are about to set out on a new path.

Upside Down: It’s perfectly reasonable to fear the unknown, but it’s worth asking yourself whether what you’re really afraid of is not being in control. Life is filled with surprises - some larger than others - but you can’t let that prevent you from forging ahead.