i don’t care if it’s size inclusive! i don’t care if it’s accessible to poor people! what about the poor people making those garments! like for fucks sake the LEAST you could do is shop at the million other fast fashion companies that do an 1/8 as much damage as shein. or thrift ! or steal ! or just don’t fucking buy bullshit if it comes from the single most damaging clothing company in the world! im not saying you’re a bad person for buying fast fashion !!!!! im just saying that avoiding shein specifically is literally the bare minimum!
The curse of modern fandom is that it has allowed fans to get even closer to artists, but they won’t view the artists as people.
Human limits, human mistakes, human feelings, human needs, are never ascribed to artists, and when other fans rightfully point out, “hey, humans are making this, maybe don’t harass them or demand they cater to your personal tastes,” it gets shut down under, “uh, people who make popular mainstream things are automatically Public Figures who are also probably rich, so eat the rich and destroy artists over every perceived minor fault. <3”
Even though there’s, y'know, a really big strike currently going on because those artists are very much not rich or influential or in control of the bullshit.
The more friends I make in the various facets of the entertainment industry, and the more widely my own art gets shared, the more I realize that a lot of y'all genuinely don’t see artists as human beings if they meet some arbitrary standard of Being Known Online.
There is no amount of online fame that makes someone subhuman and a valid target for blatant disrespect and harassment.
Contrary to popular belief, you do not actually own and control a piece of art just because you like it a lot. The artists are not subject to your personal whims and tastes. They owe you nothing.
