notes on glamour

Our time is defined by intersecting crises: genocide, climate collapse, and countless other humanity-threatening titans that feel indomitable.

Simultaneously, the beauty and fashion industries have materialized as fully complementary arms of fascism, force-feeding people the most homogenized and amnesiac versions of infantile female “beauty.”

Some of the most glamorous people have created themselves in the face of immense violence. True glamour is not about escaping contemporary realities, but about seeking — against all odds — a beauty that emerges within crisis: a visual language that reflects the world’s wild contradictions and, through cunning beauty and rebellion, hints at a world beyond.

— Women’s History Museum