“You write in order to change the world, knowing perfectly well that you probably can’t, but also knowing that literature is indispensable to the world… The world changes according to the way people see it, and if you alter, even by a millimeter, the way a person looks or people look at reality, then you can change it.’’
- James Baldwin
From protest threads to political statements: The Legacy of Fashion Activism and the current uprising for a Ceasefire
Students (and people of all ages around the world) have been rising up and shaping their own opinions on what is right or wrong in this world. Even when this doesn't coincide with the political powers at be in the West. Therefore they are being "discouraged" left and right from standing up for the oppressed, especially when it comes to the Palestinian people. I believe their courage should be celebrated and acknowledged, by showing the history of activism through fashion.
