This business manipulates and screws up women's - and men's - views of what we're all supposed to look like: My gender-bender style is apparently a bore.
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About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker critiques the fashion industry's narrow standards and rejection of gender-fluid styles.
- In plain terms
- Fashion pressures people to fit a specific look.
- What can you take from it?
- Industry standards can exclude diverse expressions.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Who defines beauty standards?
- How do clothes affect identity?
Another view
It generalizes all fashion industry practices.
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