Britain Needs YOU to Buy More Pointless Crap – Ladies

2009 March 5

Posted by Irresponsibility

Hate to say ‘I told you so’ but damn, I told you so. If you missed my post on Feminist Basics: The Beauty Myth and Credit Crunch Economics give it a once-over. Then marvel at the breathless audacity of the Guardian fashion piece headlined: Women of Britain – your designers need you!

I particularly like the juxtaposition of these two images:

Shop for Britain, pleaseFighting the good fight

Once upon a time women were urged to get out of the house and do something. Now we’re meant to go buy something. We’ve come a long way, baby…


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