In the Republican party, populist discontent is the mainstream. In the Democratic party, that's excommunicable. People who’ve eschewed traditional media in favor of content creators aren’t just looking for information, opinions, or to have preconceived notions validated. They’re looking for aspirational figures – people they can try not just to think like, but be like. That, to some extent, is what a Joe Rogan or a Theo Von or, more regrettably, an Adin Ross offers. It’s also what viewers see in Piker, who posts pics and videos of his fits and his fitness progress in addition to streaming political commentary.

The art of weaving is synonymous within cultural femininity. Textile art has always had a distinct connection to feminine labor, passed down through countless cultures and generations of women.  Yet, this culturally rich feminine tradition now stands in stark contrast against its counterpart of Western capitalism's relentlessness. Today, the textile industry, especially in the exploited global South's satellite garment production hotspots like Bangladesh and Hanoi, subjugates the exploitation of the over 80% female labor force. By turning sacred matriarchal art into a vital crutch that survives off manipulation and inhumane conditions--in the broader, modern global context--it has become reduced to a differential within the fast fashion industry. Fashion is beyond and less than what it is made out to be; it is a commodity structured from the process and creative labor, both a mirror and a maker of our societal trends, a reflection and a distortion. As both parent and child of capitalism, it thrives and relies on all forms of capitalism; a basic human need, yet simultaneously utterly superfluous. Whatever constitutes the truth of fashion literally lies in the intersection of contradiction. 

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Hello very much :) I thought about making a video on this topic but I decided to just write it out in a post instead. Either way, I'd like to speak a bit more specifically about a drunk rant I made o...