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[cw racism, fatphobia]
As a result of the last thread, Aja has been recieving fatphobic & racist abuse in screeds from fans (yes, literal dungaree brand stans lol) of the company Lucy & Yak.
As a result of the last thread, Aja has been recieving fatphobic & racist abuse in screeds from fans (yes, literal dungaree brand stans lol) of the company Lucy & Yak.
Lucy & Yak's official-unofficial FB group is filled with people recieving undersized clothes and planning diets in order to fit in them.
There's a toxic thin-white-cis-woman culture around their entire brand while they use black bodies to promote their garments.
There's a toxic thin-white-cis-woman culture around their entire brand while they use black bodies to promote their garments.
Sustainable fashion has a problem with racism and fatphobia.
(Although it's questionable whether a brand who do multiple releases throughout the year of new products and have such size discrepancies is really as ethical as they claim)
(Although it's questionable whether a brand who do multiple releases throughout the year of new products and have such size discrepancies is really as ethical as they claim)
The original L&Y video was essentially a public callout against Aja for her asking accountability from a buisiness- portraying her as an angry fat black woman, and using the threat of job loss for Indian women to silence criticism.
Now they're refusing to remove or really moderate the hateful, fatphobic, racist comments their brand bootlickers are making. Saying they don't violate Instagram guidelines.
They squeezed free labour out of a black plus size blogger but reject the idea of more inclusive sizing.
They squeezed free labour out of a black plus size blogger but reject the idea of more inclusive sizing.
Glad this thread's getting attention but please remember to focus your support on @AjaSaysHello, exploitation of marginalised labour in the fashion industry and the intentional lack of plus size inclusion in sustainable fashion!
For those interested, this was my comment on their white-tears Instagram video. I posted within an hour, and since then have recieved some disgusting replies- and this was just a comment by a white disabled chubby person.
All I did was post a comment and I've recieved ableism, "gotcha!"s, fatphobia and transphobia.
Imagine the vitriol directed at the woman who's tried to hold them to accountability.
Also, the L&Y accountability chats around racism were almost entirely white influencers.
Imagine the vitriol directed at the woman who's tried to hold them to accountability.
Also, the L&Y accountability chats around racism were almost entirely white influencers.
