#if that constitutes wholesale fetishization then everyone who wears a Shein dress is fetishizing unfair labor practices

[marzipanandminutiae]

did you match with me just to say that

I match with a girl on a dating app

"hi! is fetishizing the Victorian era ever problematic for you?"

I unmatch with the girl on the dating app

(it's not that I'm unwilling to have this conversation at all. there's a reason "Vintage Style, Not Vintage Values" pins exist. I'm just unwilling to start a potential romance with an Internet argument)

#personal #dating app #okcupid #basic answer: I try not to fetishize it. I admire their aesthetics and find it fascinating to study but #if that constitutes wholesale fetishization then everyone who wears a Shein dress is fetishizing unfair labor practices #and also art theft #I don't believe that's true so why would it be true for dressing in a Victorian-inspired manner? #some people may be wary of me because of the way I dress (as a cis white woman). that is fair and I understand #their wariness #and I will do my best by my actions and words to help them feel more comfortable and supported