Friends, A new article, "Beauty and Fashion: Confronting Commodification, Advancing Alternatives" has been uploaded to the Radical Ecological Democracy website. “People’s longing to give expression to their individuality has evolved through time and survived the ebb and flow of history, but in these modern times have we done enough to preserve that instinct from getting overawed by the sterile and mechanical functioning of capitalism?” In this first chapter of a three part series, Alessandra Monaco scrutinises the fashion industry to understand its troubled past and its inherently exploitative present to search for an alternative, which blends human creative desires with the societal need for egalitarian cultural standards. https://radicalecologicaldemocracy.org/beauty-fashion-confronting-commodific... Please take a look and share the article with your networks. The author is copied here in case you would like to contact her directly. Best, Pallav