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Blog post written by saffron liberty Celebrating pride month. With the arrival of pride month comes an abundance of celebration: corporations changing their slogans to rainbows, people covered head to toe in glitter and instagram posts with feel good slogans. But the authenticity of these motives goes beyond their face value. Has commercialisation ruined gay pride? It's important to consider whether genuine support is actually being provided. Do the LGBTQIA+ community benefit from this, are their voices being uplifted? or is it just in fact, well, branding? As we watch brands change their social media icons to the symbol of the rainbow, play close...

blog post written by @saffronliberty  'Compulsory heterosexuality'  - (coined by lesbian poet and major feminist Adrienne Rich in 1980) refers to the idea that from the moment we’re born, straightness is imposed on us by our patriarchal society. In a world that prefers heterosexuality, by default homosexuality is oppressed -politically, legally and socially. Society is eager to show straight people how to understand their sexuality. But this conditioning means for others it can be a much more confusing, long winded journey. WHAT MY QUEER JOURNEY TAUGHT ME. It took me an embarrassing amount of tinder dates, shitty heterosexual relationships and just shy of...

 Join the conscious club Doing sustainable shopping right can feel deceivingly overwhelming, but it doesn’t have to be. The key to doing it successfully is attitude. Once your attitude to shopping changes, the rest will soon follow. One of the most problematic traits in fashion is overconsumption. This leads to overproduction which comes at a cost. Who pays for this if we’re not? The people who make it and our lovely planet. The most important thing we can do as consumers is to  S L O W   D O W N !  Fast fashion is a result of the...

We delve into the ethics surrounding fast fashion and why sustainability is the key to our future.

 

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  HELP STOP UYGHUR GENOCIDE. As you all know, enforced slave labor and poor working conditions for garment workers are issues we at Ilk + Ernie care deeply about. Some of you may or may not know about the appalling mistreatment and enforced imprisonment of Uyghur Muslims that is currently going on in China. Regardless, we felt compelled to use our platform to share a super educational article written by our dear friend Roxy Khan-Williams. Roxy works for the anti-facist organisation Hope Not Hate where she works on issues to do with islamophobia and racism towards Muslims. We are sharing her good work in...