Good morning ❤️
Another beautiful week of wellness, and we’re holding ourselves to that. Michelle is in Hawaii, getting some much MUCH needed rest and relaxation, and I am trying to take some quiet moments to myself because it’s easy to forget we still have over 300 days to go in 2022 and a LOT can happen.
So what did we get up to this week, and what will you find interesting? We’ll cut to the chase! We have a NEW brand that is perfect for anyone looking to hone their green thumb. We found these gorgeous body-positive ceramics, and we talked about balaclavas (not the Greek dessert but the trendy hood you see everyone wearing).
Hopefully this will be a better companion than the work from home fatigue we’re all feeling✨ See you in your inbox, every Wednesday.
-Jaclyn + Michelle, Founders
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Busy Doing What?: Our Founders Keeping it Real
Jaclyn’s Busy…
- Learning that Chanel has entered the Clean Beauty game ????
- Watching history get made as the first ever Transwoman graces the cover of Cosmopolitan UK ????
- Considering home-composting now that I’ve discovered this Lomi ????
- Reading up on the relentless anti-fatness of fitness ????
Michelle’s Busy…
- Rewatching this woman upcycle and make her (incredible!) furniture ????
- Obsessing over these body-positive small-business-made voluptuse ceramics– embrace those rolls! ????
- Excited to see Nisolo changing the industry, they spent $500k to create new sustainability fact labels ????
- Finally learning what happened to all those holiday returns ????
ICYMI While You Were Watching Euphoria…
- We picked our favorite wellness products
- We were obsessed with this aila imagery
- We followed 5 people who make us want to move our bodies
Diving Deep: Are balaclavas just the latest step in cultural appropriation?
Dreadlocks, rap music, curvier physiques, balaclavas: what do all these have in common? Well, they were considered “cool” and “trendy” only after white people showed interest. In this case, some muslim women are having mixed feelings on the latest winter fashion trend: balaclavas.
For those of us who don’t know, the balaclava is a type of knit headwear that covers both head and neck, leaving only the face– sound familiar? Now the main difference of course is while the balaclava graces fashion magazines, the hijab has been discriminated against in countries like France and Quebec.
One woman, Ms Fairooz, even discussed the dual perspective of hijabis and balaclava-wearers: “while [Hijabis have] argued that we’re choosing to wear [the hijab], but then with the balaclava, no one’s saying ‘you’re being oppressed to cover your hair. The color of your skin dictates how people will perceive you. Whether it’s cool and edgy, or whether it’s backward.”
It’s important to take note of our own perceptions and how we consider fashion in society. Meaning, that we need to be conscious as a community of our biased perspectives. It’s more than cultural appropriation, though that is a major major factor, it’s about understanding, catching, and changing how we think. How society sees curvy Kim K versus Cardi B. How we harmlessly put on a balaclava and disregard the hate crimes head-scarf wearers face.
