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This week, we’re joined by Conrad Qulity-Harper, editor of the newsletter Dark Luxury, and formerly a writer and editor at GQ.
We talk about the dark side of the luxury industry, and the changing relationships between the luxury industry and the influencer economy, and whether luxury brands are slowly weaning themselves off promoting their products via social media. We also talk about how luxury has changed conceptually, and how global wars, tariffs and a rising cost of living has subsequently made fakes and duplicates valuable commodities. We also talk about how our styles and tastes in fashion have changed as young parents, and what kind of stuff you need to wear to the playground to mog other parents.
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Here are some fundraisers to support collective rebuilding and survival efforts on the ground in Lebanon.
-Beit El-Baraka started out as a food bank, but has grown to help people afford rent, cover their essentials, and live with dignity.
https://beitelbaraka.org/donate-directly/ or donate in general https://beitelbaraka.org/donate-now/
-LiveLove was a charity for a number of other matters, but since 2024 has been solely comitted to helping people displaced by Israeli attacks.
https://livelove.org/donate
-Lebanese Food Bank supports displaced and impoverished people
https://lebanesefoodbank.org/take-action/donate/
Solar Powered Lebanon is an initiative to restore people's power using solar panels, since larger infrastructure is at constant risk of attack.
https://fundahope.com/en/campaigns/solar-powered-lebanon
These are some general links you can support collective efforts with!
-The Palestinian Communist Youth Union is doing a food and water effort, and is part of the official communist party of Palestine
https://www.gofundme.com/f/to-preserve-whats-left-of-humanity-global-solidarity
-Water is Life, a water distribution project in North Gaza affiliated with an Indigenous American organization and the Freedom Flotilla
https://www.waterislifegaza.org/
-Vegetable Distribution Fund, which secured and delivers fresh veg, affiliated with Freedom Flotilla also
https://www.instagram.com/linking/fundraiser?fundraiser_id=1102739514947848
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