{"id":25675,"date":"2023-10-19T10:56:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T05:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/?p=25675"},"modified":"2024-01-04T14:13:33","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T08:43:33","slug":"brushstrokes-the-many-shades-of-fashion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/brushstrokes-the-many-shades-of-fashion\/","title":{"rendered":"Brushstrokes: The Many Shades of Fashion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For the longest time, I associated &#8216;fashion&#8217; with patriarchy and capitalism, which led me to dismiss it. However, over time, I encountered individuals who have redefined fashion on their own terms. From a friend who donned their best attire for a trip to the grocery store simply because they felt like it to another friend confidently strutting down a fashion runway wearing a bra and proudly displaying their unshaven armpits, I began to realise that fashion could be a powerful means of self-expression and self-love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For far too long, patriarchy has exerted control over the clothing choices of marginalised gender groups, dictating what they should wear. However, for many people, fashion serves as a vehicle for expressing their unique identities, their political beliefs, and their sexual orientation. It is a formidable tool for challenging oppressive norms, allowing clothing to become an integral facet of one&#8217;s self-expression and a means of celebrating one&#8217;s sexuality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Fashion_Pragya-700x700.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Fashion_Pragya-700x700.png 700w, https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Fashion_Pragya-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Fashion_Pragya-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Fashion_Pragya-256x256.png 256w, https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Fashion_Pragya.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For many people, fashion serves as a vehicle for expressing their unique identities, their political beliefs, and their sexual orientation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":493,"featured_media":25743,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,4211,7],"tags":[3330,4334,692,3536,794,121,26,367,1867,25],"class_list":{"0":"post-25675","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brushstrokes","8":"category-fashion-and-sexuality","9":"category-visualcorner","10":"tag-celebrating-sexuality","11":"tag-clothes","12":"tag-clothing","13":"tag-expression","14":"tag-fashion","15":"tag-feminism","16":"tag-gender","17":"tag-identity","18":"tag-liberation","19":"tag-sexualities"},"menu_order":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/493"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25675"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25675\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26106,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25675\/revisions\/26106"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}