<div dir="ltr"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Dear friends, </font><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">We have a <a href=" https://radicalecologicaldemocracy.org/beauty-fashion-the-rise-of-the-fashion-industry-in-the-20th-century-part-2/">new article</a> on REDWeb written by Alessandra Monaco.<span style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(17,17,17)"> </span></font></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(17,17,17)"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(17,17,17)">This is the second article in a three-part mini-series on beauty and fashion. </span><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(17,17,17)">The <a href="https://radicalecologicaldemocracy.org/beauty-fashion-confronting-commodification-advancing-alternatives-part-1/" style="box-sizing:inherit;background-color:transparent">first article</a>, which has also been <a href="https://vikalpsangam.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Confronting-Beauty-Comic.pdf" style="box-sizing:inherit;background-color:transparent">adapted into a comic</a> by Shaunauk Sokey, investigated the meaning and role of ‘beauty’ through history. In this subsequent piece, Alessandra explains how key events in the twentieth century such as the two World Wars, the Countercultural Revolution and the Second Wave Feminist movement of the 1960s have shaped, influenced, and resisted societal narratives of beauty</span><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,17,17)">. The article also </span><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">examines</span><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(17,17,17)"> how globalisation, neoliberalism, and profit-driven industries have commodified health and beauty into marketable good</span><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,17,17)">s</span><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(17,17,17)"> and have led to the rise of the fast fashion industry.</span><br></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Read it here: <a href="https://radicalecologicaldemocracy.org/beauty-fashion-the-rise-of-the-fashion-industry-in-the-20th-century-part-2/">https://radicalecologicaldemocracy.org/beauty-fashion-the-rise-of-the-fashion-industry-in-the-20th-century-part-2/</a> </font></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Please do share it within your networks. I have also copied Alessandra on this email, in case you would like to share any thoughts or comments with her. </font></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Lastly, REDWeb also has a presence on social media now. Please do follow </font><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">us on </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/radecologicaldemocracy/" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Instagram</a><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">, </span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/radical-ecological-democracy/" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">LinkedIn</a><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">, and </span><a href="https://x.com/FutureOfEcology" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">X</a><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">. </font></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Happy reading! </span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Best,  </font></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Pooja </font></div></div>