Tag: politics
We Want Pockets Now
Anahit Hovhannisyan over at the Polytechnic wants pockets. She writes “Our country has successfully overlooked and intentionally idled on one of the most essential problems in the United States of America: missing pockets. Once upon a time, there existed a world where both women and […]
We need pockets
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] “We need enormous pockets, pockets big enough for our families and our friends, and even the people who aren’t on our lists, people we’ve never met but still want to protect. We need pockets for boroughs and for cities, a pocket that could hold […]
Politics of Pockets
“Much has been written about how sexism dictates whether a garment gets usable pockets. While class unquestionably plays a part, men’s clothing tends to have capacious, visible pockets; women’s clothing tends to have small pockets, if any at all. Content with their pockets, men have little to say about […]
The Weird, Complicated, Sexist History of Pockets
People have a lot of feelings when it comes to pockets. In short: They are great only when you have them and only when they are large enough to stuff anything you want inside of them. A snack? A phone? A condom? All of that should be able […]
The Disturbing Reason Women’s Clothing Historically Never Had Pockets
“If there is one thing women can communally agree on, it’s that we love pockets. We cannot get enough of them. Literally. We can’t, and don’t, get enough of them. It’s not news to any of us that still, in 2017, women’s clothing either completely […]
Why Women’s Pockets are Useless: A History
“The conversation hinges on the company’s decision to release a gigantic phone. However – and we’re not the first to point out – the “pocket problem” would be more accurately described as a “men’s pocket problem.” Most “pockets” in women’s clothing, are, pretty much without question, useless. Some won’t open at all.” Read more […]
The Gender Politics of Pockets
But the biggest problem [In the fashion industry] might be the lack of pockets in the first place: women’s slacks, dresses, and blazers often have no pockets, or worse, “fake” pockets that serve no utilitarian purpose besides sartorially leading the wearer on to believe they have a […]