Feminist fashion: Wear Gloria Steinem on your sleeve

For reals: bell hooks used the bathroom at my house once a few years back. (I was her host for a book reading and we hung out for a few days). I would tell all of my hipster feminist friends, "bell hooks used that toilet!" as they walked back there. Most of them were unfazed.

But, I was thrilled about it.

I think these clothes are an awesome idea. And they look cool, too. A friend of mine has an Angela Davis shirt that I covet. Now I can get my own.

I think, that is great. I would totally wear shirts and hoodies. Another thought on that crossed my mind though: This fashion line can make feminism more popular. It leaves space for many interpretations to the ones, who see someone wearing a shirt e.g. Or worse, the interpretation is lost and it is bought just "for fun". To be hip and new. To be on top. Like it happened to the whole Che Guevara shirts. I guess, that is the same. I see so many people waering these red shirts without knowing anything about his life. They assume, he might be a hero, but in fact, they have no clue.

I'm not sure, if I want this to happen with feminism.

I'm gonna get something with Gloria Steinem on it. love her haha

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I think eight years of the G.W. Bush administration has made "feminism" a scary word. There is nothing wrong with a women who believes she is equal to a man -except maybe she's short-changing herself?:)

It's ADMIRABLE - not silly or bitchy - for a woman to hold the belief that we are equal to men and to react to the many things in our culture that still undermine this idea. Plenty of studies have shown that females are treated differently from the day they start kindergarten. It's our job to be aware of these discrepancies and to change them.

The aversion to 'feminism' (in both name and concept) goes way back before Bush, although the last eight years haven't helped. The backlash has pretty much been up and running since the second wave first took hold; and it's not just conservatives/the right wing either -- 'liberals' have frequently proven themselves just as capable of hating women and belittling the cause too.

And for anyone who doesn't 'get' feminism, I think the best definition I've come across is: 'feminism is the radical notion that women are people'.

Anyway ... I like the idea of the clothing line. Although I get the point of the comment above that the 'message' might get lost, it's nonetheless a great opportunity to draw attention to, not just feminism itself, but some of the great women who made what change has occurred possible.

WOW, I just checked back 8 hours later and the Steinem shirt I wanted to buy is gone :(

LOVE these featured women, except I'm not crazy about Angela Davis.

I'm surprised they haven't used a stencil of Kathleen Hanna for their items, I would buy them all :)

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