This show has the potential to explore some important lessons about intersectionality - class, race and gender - although of course, being reality TV it is partly cynical in creation. Good to see some privileged people being made aware of the oppressive conditions that are imposed on people by corporations and institutions that we take for granted. I hope they will do more than simply feel guilty about it, but actually encourage some real change. By the end of the series, the bloggers are transformed, particularly Jørgensen, who described the workers’ lives in Episode 1 as “just okay; they have a job!” “I have this idea that so many people around the world are unnecessary,” she tells the camera in the final episode, her cheeks moist with tears. “They are nothing and they do nothing all their life.” After hearing a story from a woman whose mother died—essentially of starvation—when she was still a baby, Jørgensen breaks down crying. “Her mother did not die because of illness or because she was killed,” she says. “She starved to death because they did not have money for food.” Ottesen jabs her finger at apparel giants like H&M. “I don’t understand why the big chains, like H&M, don’t act?” she says. “H&M is a big company with massive amounts of power. Do something! Take responsibility for your employees.” ~LA ecouterre/reality-show-sends-fashion-bloggers-to-work-in-cambodian-sweatshop/
Posted on: Sun, 25 Jan 2015 00:44:29 +0000
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