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melanieph321 · 1 year

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Ruben Dias x black reader +18

I saw this picture of Ruben and thought whatta hey! 😜

Summary - She was a party girl and he does not party. Two worlds collid when the two of them meet at a party/nutrition conference

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He had been watching her for a while now, out on the dancfloor, her hips moving freely to the ear numbing music under the many sparkling lights. Ruben wasn't much for parties, but since it was arranged by the Gatorade nutrition conference, he felt the need to make an appearance. After all, they were one of the teams biggest sponsors. It would be unwise to make them unhappy.

His attention had quickly been drawn to the woman which keynote speech he had listened to previously that day. It had been quite the keynote about groundbreaking research that had been within the field of the human digestive system. Come to find that the fascinating woman presenting that research was nothing but a party girl.

"I don't dance." Ruben said as the two of them somehow ended up getting introduced to each other. It was Ruben who suggested that they'd talk out in the balcony. The loud music was beginning to give him a headache.

"Not even a little?" She frowned. Her lips were painted red, matching the color of her dress that hugged her shape.

"Why should we dance when no one else out here is doing it?" Ruben looked around. They were accompanied by a few other people from the confrence. They were making acquaintances for future connections. Ruben felt happy to be making acquaintance with the most gorgeous person from the confrence.

"That's the best time to start dancing, don't you think?"

"I firmly disagree." He chuckled. She was brave though, asking him to dance in a formal setting like this.

"I can't say I'm shocked." She said.

Ruben looked away, hiding his smile.

"What can you do then Ruben Dias?"

He searched her eyes, not sure why he felt so challenged by her piercing gaze. " I play football." He said.

"Oh really?" She exclaimed.

"Surprised?"

"Very." She nodded. "A footballer should have some rhythm in his feet, don't you think?"

"Having rhythm and dancing is not the same thing."

"But it is."

Ruben snorted. "So you mean to say that if I put a ball at your feet you'd know how to dribble it like Neymar?"

"No, but maybe like one Ruben Dias who can't dance." She smiled, a challenging smile.

"That's it, I'm taking you with me to the pitch."

"Bet." She chuckled, however did not expect Ruben to actually drag her out of the party and onto his car that stood parked down the street. Despite being complete strangers, she found herself trusting him with her life. Especially since he was doing 130 km/h on a highway with the speed limit of 110 km/h.

"My name is Mayisha by the way." The wind from the roofless vehicle stirring her afro.

"Hi Mayisha, I'm Ruben." He said, stretching out a hand for her to greet. She shook it fast for him to drive with both hands again. She wasn't sure where all of this was going, especially not when Rubens car was headed towards The Ethiad Stadium of all places.

"Um...Ruben?" He came around the car, holding up the door for her to step out onto the stadium parking lot.

"Where exactly are we going?" She said, eyeing the massive building that rose before them.

"You trust me?" Ruben said, offering her his hand. She took with slight hesitation. But it wasn't until they were well inside the actually stadium that she realized what was actually happening.

"I take it you don't watch football?" Ruben said, grabbing a ball from a pit full of them.

"Hardly and if I did it wouldn't be English football."

Ruben paused. "Why not?"

"Cuz I'm Caribbean." She frowned. "Mi don't support colonizers."

"Well then, you won't want to know my nationality."

"Let me guess, Spanish?"

"Portuguese."

"I see." She said, a slight grimace.

Ruben led them through a tunnel, stopping in front of a seald port. "It's not too late to back out." He said, turning to Mayisha. She bit her lip. Perhaps contemplating it. "Proves I'm right though. Just because you have rhythm doesn't automatically mean that you can bust a move. Same thing with playing football. "

She snorted. To Rubens relief. "I ain't backing out of nothing."

"Good." He said, pushing open the giant port. The stadium lights hitting them like a wall.

"No fucking way." Mayisha gasped, goosebumps running up her arms. Ruben placed the ball at his feet, kicking it ahead of them.

"Shall we dance?"

So they did, with Mayisha having to remove her shoes since she wore heels. Ruben only found it fair to do the same. He proved her right though, not all people with rhythm could kick a ball. Mayisha did put up a good fight though, managing to place the ball between Rubens legs.

"Once." He said, making sure he ego didn't get bigger than it already was.

"What now?" She asked as the walk back to Rubens car was too short for any of their liking. The connection between them was undeniably and slightly magical.

"I don't believe in magic." Ruben said, when she brought up the subject.

"No. How about love, do you believe in the most ancient form of magic?"

"Hmm, it depends."

"Depends on what?" She frowned.

Ruben tilted his head down, their height difference forcing him to. He was holding her hands, as the two of them stood in front of his car, the only car in the abandoned parking lot.

"It depends, is it unconditional love?"

"It could be." She said, gazing up at him with those challenging brown eyes of hers.

"Then I believe." He said, tilting down to initiate their first kiss. The second one came close after the first one. This time with a bit more exchange of saliva.

Ruben was egaer, one hand roaming her body as the other went to fiddle for the car keys in his pocket. The door opened with Mayisha falling back against the back seat, her body spreading before him. Ruben placed one knee between her thighs, trapping her as he bent down, serenading her neck with wett kisses.

"You smell so fucking good." He said, his lips not detaching themselves from her skin.

"You too." She said, gasping into the night.

Rubens hand went up her dress, pulling at the lace of her panties.

"Is this okay?" He groand, stopping before a point of return.

"Yes!" She said, voice airy. "God please yes."

Ruben groand as his knuckles brushed against her soft folds, her wettnes testing his resilience."

"Fuck." She squealed, as he entered her with his thumb, putting just enough pressure for her to adjust to. He then gathered her face with his free arm, tilting her chin up before liking her bottom lip. Her warm breath warmed his face. His thumb was now completely glazed with her excitement and he began moving in and out of her, just as he was hoping to do in the meek of time.

"Ruben." She cried, her fold closing around his finger as she came. He gave her a minute to catch her breath. His mouth was too busy licking her breasts anway. He took them in opened mouthed. His teeth careful not to pinch her nipples.

"Ruben please." She begged. She was ready for all of him now.

He unbuckled his belt, then searched his back pocket for his wallet. He pulled out the rubber and took himself out if his pants. His dick was throbbing in his hand as he dressed it with the condom.

"You ready for me." He said, meeting her eyes as she lay down before him.

"Yes, Ruben. Please just fuck me."

He smiled. "As you wish"

He entered her with a violent thrust of his hips.

"Fuck." She squealed.

He lifted his head "Does it hurt?"

"No. It feels good. Really good, keep going."

Ruben did as she pleased, pumping in and out of her with rapid pace and violent force. It didn't take long for his mind to lighten as somthing heavy turned in his stomach.

"Fuck I'm...I'm gonna..."

"Yes, come with me baby" She gasped. Helping with the friction by raising her hips to keep it steady. Ruben gave away one last violent thrust before collapsing on top of her, his body cradling hers, keep her warm in the dark night. Their breaths ran high but came down slowly.

Ruben lifted his head to kiss the lobe of her ear. "Was it good for you baby?" He whispered.

"Yes." She nodded.

"Good." He smiled. "Don't ever say that I have no rhythm."

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codzombiesartwork123 · 1 year

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(A World Divided AU)

After Dempsey tried to cut Mayisha’s hair. The group the following morning had interesting reactions

Cheyanne: *yawns* M’oring May- jesus!

Mayisha: hey

P!Takeo: ... *Doesn't want to hurt her feelings as he is maintaining a straight face*

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selbstparadies · 6 months

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Mayisha | NYC📍

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rebeccavoszphlebotomycareers · 10 months

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19659001 Phlebotomy Technician Graduate Mayisha Montgomery. Northwest Career College has 2 places to serve the Las Vegas neighborhood. 19659003 Smoke Ranch Campus at 7398 Smoke Ranch Rd & 19459006 Henderson Location at 1776 E Warm Springs Rd 19659004 Get Career Ready! 19459006 To learn more, please go to: 19659005 https://www.northwestcareercollege.edu/ OR 19459006 Contact the admissions…

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antoinelebuzzofficiel · 1 year

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joyeux anniversaire à moi même en tout cas Dieu merci pour ta grâce et merci beaucoup maman de votre protection dépuis la naissance jusqu'aujourd'hui ❤️❤️ mayisha ni furah 🎤🪂🇨🇩 (à Lubumbashi) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn-Ah4Wsgxz/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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katz-afterhours · 2 years

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A World Divided Episode names

1-hour special episode 1: The Beginning of the End

(Summary: Summer is almost over and School is around the corner. A group of teens find a mysterious comic that unleash a chain of events)

Episode 2: The world as we know it (Jake’s episode)

(Summary: The dead have risen and the group must adapt to their newfound world. )

Episode 3: Knowing your knots ( Mayisha’s episode)

(Summary: After their rescue, The group builds a foundation for their safe haven. Mayisha wants to prove that she is worthy)

Episode 4: Seep and you shall find( Dakota’s episode)

(Summary: The days pass by as the group learns the ways of the undead. However they must put their differences aside when one of their own is critically injured. Dakota’s leadership is questioned)

Episode 5: My Family’s keeper (Cheyanne’s episode)

(Summary: Running low on food and morals, tensions are high back at the motel after learning about a member going missing. They soon discover that there may be others but they seem friendly. A little too friendly…)

Episode 6: A group divided( Guadalupe’s Episode)

(Summary: Winter has sprung but the group is at a divide. They venture back to their past and soon discover that they’re not alone. A new evil arises)

Episode 7: Revise and add it ( Fredric’s Episode)

(Summary: TBA)

Episode 8: The odds in our favor ( Mimi’s episode)

(Summary: TBA)

Episode 9: Say goodbye to Spring( Kate’s episode part 1)

(Summary: TBA)

Season 1 Finale: For a Better tomorrow (( Kate’s Episode part 2)

(Summary: TBA)

#A World Divided #call of duty zombies #alternative universe #the walking dead #crossover

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slytherinmayisha · 5 years

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Narcissa Malfoy (née Black) This one was done on 5th December, 2018.

https://www.deviantart.com/slytherinmayisha/art/Narcissa-Malfoy-775537107?ga_submit_new=10%3A1544062770

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feministkilljoysrg · 5 years

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Feminist Killjoys Reading Group Open Session - May 2019

This month’s session focused on WORK, in honour of International Workers’ Day (May 1).

(Image provided by Cynthia Florek ♥)

We discussed the following questions: Why do we have to work? What are the impacts of others’ work on you? How do you work for and towards change and what is the toll it has? Why is being in a constant state of work equated to success? Does the work really stop at the time your shift ends? How hard is it for the feminist killjoy in the working class? Do you have to be actively chasing toward a goal to be afforded the same level of respect? How can people be active when they don’t have a choice but to work to survive?

The labour of: love, change, relationships, feeling, the world, listening, understanding, and everything else. What is the work of the feminist killjoy?

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Reading

Selma James - Sex, Race and Class

Other readings and resources

Andy Beckett - Post-work: the radical idea of a world without jobs

Being Lazy and Slowing Down

Chanté Joseph - Puma and the gross fetishisation of working-class struggle

Class Struggle & Mental Health: Live to Fight Another Day

Dom Chatterjee - Fighting Burnout, Rest Debt, and Work as a False Path to Self-Worth

Eliana Buenrostro - Post-Non-Profit Survival: How Unemployment Benefits Improved My Mental Health

Esmé Weijun Wang - I'm Chronically Ill and Afraid of Being Lazy

Georgia Mae Cappocchi-Hunter - Why we need to foster the female Aboriginal leaders of tomorrow

Joel N Jenkins - Reconsidering To-Do Lists: The Deceptive Appeal of Productivity

Juhee Kwon - We are not machines

Kahra Wayland-Larty - Bolshy, sassy, intimidating: words used to deny WOC their voice in the workplace

Larissa Behrendt - Women’s Work: The Inclusion of the Voice of Aboriginal Women

Leah Cowan - Solidarity with Uber drivers whose labour lines the pockets of investors

Mayisha Begum - Garment workers in the Global South are leading a revolution

Mayisha Begum - International Worker’s Day marks six years of struggle by garment workers in Bangladesh

Stephanie Gilbert - ‘Never forgotten’: Pearl Gibbs (Gambanyi)

Timeline of Significant Moments in the Indigenous Struggle in south east Australia

The following links are for articles behind institutional paywalls - please email us at [email protected] if you would like access to them.

Jackie Huggins - “Firing on in the mind”: Aboriginal women domestic servants in the inter-war years

Jackie Huggins - White Aprons, Black Hands: Aboriginal Women Domestic Servants in Queensland

John Host and Jill Milroy - Towards an Aboriginal labour history

Riyad A. Shahjahan - Being ‘Lazy’ and Slowing Down: Toward decolonizing time, our body, and pedagogy

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Take care Feminist Killjoys!

#feminism #feminist killjoy #fkrg #feminist

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miabodiaxo · 6 years

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People are often curious to know how I got into henna. I always had a fascination with the art form, but never dared to try it for myself. I would spend hours doodling on the sides of my notes, but never had the courage to pick up a cone. That is, until @saychowdhury literally forced a cone into my hand. We were at a school event about 10 years ago where a club had a henna booth set up. The artist had bailed and the club's board members were desperately looking for someone to fill in. "Mayisha does henna," Sayeeda calmly stated as she placed a cone in my hand. There was literally no time to protest as students started to line up. Sayeeda placed a cone in my hand for the first time 10 years ago and I've never let one leave my hand since. It's such an honor to call her a friend and see all the wonderful things she not only accomplishes but also pushes other people to accomplish. Check out this INCREDIBLE superwoman and all that she does! #managingmesincedayone . . *** Want to order fresh all natural handmade henna cones or inquire about bookings? DM or email [email protected] for more information*** . . #mehendi #henna #hennatattoo #hennaart #hennaartist #hennadesign #mehndi #mendhi #mehndidesigns #mehndiart #desi #desibride #bridalhenna #simplehenna #eidhenna #hennanyc #newyork #nyc #queens #longisland #hennainspire #hennainspo #organic #naturalhenna #hennastain #freshhenna #hennapro #mehendibymayisha #Repost @saychowdhury • • • • • This Eid, I was so grateful to be decked out with incredible henna by @mehendibymayisha! The stain is amazing and keeps getting darker (48 hours later). I remember when I first volunteered her as a henna artist at our high school event. I believed in her skills then and I love seeing her amazing artistry grow! Please support her work and reach out to her for your henna needs! https://www.instagram.com/p/Bnqzv8ll_is/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1w2za4v4anua0

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lospeakerscorner · 2 years

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Christmas Gospel Concert 2021

Christmas Gospel Concert a San Lorenzo Maggiore le voci dei Mayisha Godfrey & i Millenium Gospel Singers, Karima, Rita Ciccarelli & i Flowing Gospel NAPOLI – Nella Basilica di San Lorenzo Maggiore n ritorno attesissimo, impregnato di spirito natalizio, per rendere le festività ancora più magiche: venerdi 17 dicembre alle ore 21e sabato 18 dicembre alle ore 17.30 e ore 21 si terrà la VII edizione…

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#Basilica di San Lorenzo Maggiore #Christmas Gospel Concert #Mutart Agency #Napoli #Vivere Napoli

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codzombiesartwork123 · 3 years

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(The World Divided)

Mayisha: It doesn’t have to be perfect it’s just gotta be short enough not to get grabbed

#CoDZ #Call of Duty Zombies #World Divided #Primis #Tank Dempsey #AU #My Art #Ask #Answered #Mayisha

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selbstparadies · 6 months

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Mayisha | NYC📍

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comptoncowboys · 6 years

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Wrapping up black history month with a tribute to the woman who is the reason us Compton Cowboys are here today doing what we do -- Mayisha Akbar, Founder of @comptonjrposse . Mayisha moved to the Richland Farms neighborhood of Compton in the late 1980s because she liked the rural layout of the area and the ability to own and ride horses here, something she remembered from her childhood that was so special that she wanted to have for her kids and family. Unbeknownst to her at the time however, the street life had such a grip on the community that many young lives were being negatively affected, including eventually her own children. After experiencing many emotional hardships watching the community losing the battle with the streets, she decided to take a stand and fight back with her heart and her own resources. Mayisha began introducing local kids to horses and the rest is history. This year she will be retiring after 30yrs of service to the community which has positively affected hundreds of youth lives. Please visit www.comptonjrposse.org for more history and to donate to help continue the mission. Lets all say...We love you Mayisha! 🙏❤ (at Compton Jr Posse)

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ohsoethical · 6 years

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LET’S TALK ABOUT ETHICAL FASHION PLS

Ethical fashion: ‘an approach to the design, sourcing and manufacture of clothing which maximises benefits to people and communities while minimising impact on the environment.’ Ethical Fashion Forum

(Source: https://airrclothingblog.com/2015/03/06/brand-profile-beaumont-organic-available-at-airr-clothing/)

Wow. Where do I begin?

Actually let me begin with this disclaimer: ANY CRITICISM I MAY MAKE ABOUT CERTAIN SITUATIONS/ORGANISATIONS/GROUPS OF PEOPLE IS NOT AN ATTACK ON THESE PEOPLE AS INDIVIDUALS BUT THE SYSTEM FROM WHICH THEY HAVE DERIVED FROM.

K lets begin.

So I guess you could say I’ve been in/observing the ethical fashion scene for about 4/5 years now. During my first year of uni I realised I needed to go beyond complaining about the oppression of garment workers and start acting, and decided to create a blog called Oh So Ethical. My first thought was to create an ethical fashion blog where I styled outfits I’d made out of secondhand clothes, and raved about the latest ethical brands I loved (I cringely called this ‘Fridays Five Ethical Faves’ ffssssssss). After a while I stopped, but went back into it when my cousins and I realised we needed somewhere to share our opinions, ideas,and hopefully inspire others to think and act ethically- and so we rebranded Oh So Ethical and made it what it is today.

At the beginning I tended to place a large emphasis on ethical brands that we liked and bought from. ‘Ethical is the new black’ was my favourite slogan. However, as the years have gone on, and with more interaction with activists, friends, random people I’ve met, and having witnessed the ongoing exploitation of garment workers continue year after year, I have become extremely cynical of the effectiveness of ethical brands, particularly ‘ethical fashion’.

Indeed, through learning from others and seriously thinking about ethical fashion, questioning whether it is an actual means of empowerment for workers,and if it will ACTUALLY dismantle the system of oppression, I have come to a conclusion:

It’s a resounding NO.

Here’s y.

(Source: https://fashionindustrybroadcast.com/2017/06/12/sustainable-ethical-fashion-faux-has-never-looked-so-real-or-this-stylish/)

I recently read an amazing article in The Guardian by Martin Lukacs, which really helped me understand the underlying processes behind ethical fashion. To sum it up, we live in a neoliberal society, where we are taught to act and thrive individually. When it comes to activism, we are taught to focus on how we, as individuals, can change the situation, and are made to feel personally responsible and guilty for the world’s problems. Due to the guilt created by this individualism,we feel the need to relieve our guilt by acting in a way that makes us feel better, and as we are seen as consumers (as opposed to citizens) within neoliberal ideology, our means of creating change is through buying and consumption e.g. buying ethical clothing.

While these individual actions are undoubtedly important, by placing such a great emphasis on individualistic activism, we are intentionally being steered away from focusing on the real perpetrators at large: CORPORATIONS- who are out here exploiting workers and the environment, and continue to get away with it. In turn, we are made to neglect the fact that we need to be targeting the root causes of exploitation, including the deregulation of state power that allows corporations to get away with murder, and the capitalist system that puts profits over people, encouraging exploitation and greed. By steering our attention away from such issues, corporations can continue making profits and getting away with their bullshit, while we discuss the pros and cons of bamboo leggings. (see more: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2017/jul/17/neoliberalism-has-conned-us-into-fighting-climate-change-as-individuals)

Author of Stitched Up: The Anti-Capitalist Book of Fashion’ Tansy Hoskins provides a similar discourse, adding that we are encouraged to trust in capitalism to make change and better the world; that companies can be made ethical through our consumer actions. However, the contradiction is that corporations have only become stronger and continue to exploit workers/resources, despite their greenwashing and attempts to come across as ‘green’ and ‘sustainable’. More shopping is not going to free workers from this system. By using consumerism as a sole means of empowering workers, we are utilising the very system that has led to the exploitation of workers in the Global South, namely capitalism, without even acknowledging or striving to challenge or dismantle it. (see more: https://oxfordleftreview.com/olr-issue-14/tansy-hoskins-neoliberalism-and-fashion/)

In an insightful article on White Saviour Complex and Fair Trade, Bani Amor delves into the colonial connotations of attempts to ‘save’ the world via ethical companies, which are argued to share parallels with the colonial activities of the West going into the Global South and attempting to civilise the ‘Other’ with its saviour tactics, thus ensuring domination over the GS and its resources, validating supremacy. I’m not saying ethical companies are going to these countries on colonial conquests, but we really do need to understand the historic relevance of colonialism in interactions between the Global North and South such as these. If you go to these countries, get products made, sell them in the name of ‘liberating workers’ while not giving them a say or listening to them, and continue to stay silent on the structural system that has resulted in your existence as an ethical brand, you are falling into dangerous territory.

The article also reviews research on cause-related marketing, which is basically when corporations and nonprofit charities combine to promote sales and causes simultaneously. By tying serious social causes such as poverty and exploitation to making profits, this results in the depoliticising and downplaying of such causes, and provides an undignified, extremely simplified solution to a complex, very dire situation.

Finally, one pivotal point made is the fact that coloured women, through this process of ‘saviourism’ are made both “hypervisible, but also invisible- ‘seen but not known’”. Their existence is highlighted, but they are simultaneously being silenced, as workers are spoken over, dehumanised and patronised by brands and movements that are supposed to be ‘empowering’ them. (read more: https://www.bitchmedia.org/article/spend-save)

In general, the ethical fashion movement tends to solely focus on how we can individually change the industry and ‘save’ workers in a way that utilises and continues to prop up the very system that is screwing workers over in the first place, conflicting with its ‘empowering’ rhetoric.

GREAT SO WTF DO I DO NOW THEN MAYISHA.

(Source: http://www.vqronline.org/reporting-articles/2014/04/ghosts-rana-plaza)

Okay so I know I’ve painted a very dull image of ethical fashion, and I know not all ethical brands are the same, etc etc. However, when the industry constantly paints ethical fashion as a positive means to an end, neglecting the issues surrounding ethical fashion, alternative viewpoints are needed.

I get a lot of people asking me for advice e.g. about ethical brands, how to be more ethical etc. Ultimately we want our goods to be made by workers who were treated fairly. Personally, I stick to secondhand- it’s cheaper for me and helps reduce waste in landfill. I do like ethical clothing, and knowing where my clothes/jewellery has come from, but if I do buy ethically I will from now on be seeing what that brand is doing to support garment workers and in calling out corporations, so if you’re an ethical brand prepare for a QnA sesh with ur girl.

One thing I would advise is to not simply boycott the high street- this comes from trade unionists and garment worker activists in Bangladesh. They want to produce garments and a source of income, they just don’t want to be tortured in the process (obviously). At the same time, we cannot deny that our excessive consumption is part of the problem, so if you need a new jacket- please just buy your jacket and not a jacket, 5 tops and 6 dresses because they were half price- really think about your purchases. Being a ‘shopoholic’ is a cute insta aesthetic but its seriously impacting the environment and feeding the system of worker exloitation.

Also acknowledge that a lot of people simply cannot afford to buy ethically, and should not be made to feel guilty for going to primark to buy jeans.

One thing I also really want to highlight, as you would have probably guessed from the blog, is that our activism is not limited to our purchasing. We need to be vocal, we need to be out there demanding change from corporations, calling them out, exposing them etc. Something as little as a tweet, an email, and insta post can go a long way guys. I know its not in fashion to support such movements (pardon the pun) but we really have to keep pushing- we cannot afford to wait for another Rana Plaza for us to take action.

This might piss people off. I’m sorry. But understand that a few years ago I was the same as the very organisations and brands I’m talking about, and it took criticism like this to understand that I needed to rethink my activism if I were to truly create change. Plus, you feel pretty helpless after hearing of a factory fire every other week, another worker protest because factory owners didn’t pay their workers that month, stories of sexual abuse of young females from management, refugees being exploited, masses of workers fainting simultaneously, and NO ONE CARING. Not even the very people who by default should be sharing and raising concerns about these issues. It’s surreal.

We have groups and regular discussions on twitter that enable ethical brands to get together, support each other and discuss how we can promote ethical brands and use them etc. It’s nice how such elaborate forms of unity can be created surrounding ethical branding but little is done to address the very problems that has led to the reason these ethical brands exist, and how to put an end to worker exploitation. Again, we are steering towards ‘solutions’ that aren’t actually solutions, but are utilising capitalism and perpetuating the neoliberal stance that we need to individually create the change.

BUN THAT SHIT.

Things are going to start changing.

We are not only going to change the world with our individual practices, we are going to change the garment industry in a way that emphasises our solidarity and support for garment workers, creating a mass solidarity movement. We are going to call out corporates when we clock their messy moves and let them know as consumers we don’t f*ck with them unless they treat their workers with dignity. We are not going to buy our way to change, we are going to collectively DEMAND it.

We have no choice but to.

(Source: http://thechronicleherald.ca/world/1126316-bangladeshi-garment-workers-protest-on-may-day)

#fashion #ethicalfashion #ethical fashion #ethical #ohsoethical #ootd #garment industry #garment workers #garmentworkers #garmentindustry #workers rights #workersrights #rana plaza #ranaplaza #bangladesh #capitalism #neoliberalism

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