(The Cruelty of) Happy Narratives
In lifestyle and fashion magazines, celebrity profiles tend to unfold as stories about successful overcoming of difficulties. Magazines present fame...
Ira Solomatina
Freedom!
‘Freedom’ is a word that is shamelessly overused in fashion media and fashion marketing. The term is a staple of...
Un Veritable Cachemire
The idea of time as a crumpled handkerchief offers a welcome alternative to the notion of time as a linear...
The shaping of Indian-ness
How Vogue India reiterates right-wing rhetoric
Vogue India, with its four million online readers and audience of seven million on social media, mostly catering to educated...