October Five Four Club Review
Hello lovelies! I bring you the October Five Four Club review. This will be our last month subscribing to Five Four Club so we were hoping for a good finish. We only subscribed for two months because it's pretty pricey, at $60/month, and didn't want to fully commit just yet.
Five Four Garnet Button Down Shirt, $60.00
I really like the color of this shirt (Carolina blue!). Last month's shirt was way too long for my boyfriend and this one is about the same. I feel like maybe the shirts are a miss for us. Perhaps if they sent us casual shirts, we would like it more.
Five Four Robertson Jacket, $92.00
This is a nice piece for fall. It has a good fit but is a tad bit long for a letterman jacket. The material is also REALLY thin. I wouldn't wear it for warmth of any sort.
Overall, this was an okay box for us. The button downs don't do well for us and the jacket doesn't seem worth $92.00. We paid $45 for this box and feel like paying $60 would bring down how we feel about the clothing. It was fun getting new clothing but perhaps there's something better for us. What do you think?
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ReplyDeleteI tend to think that we attack what is not normal out of fear of the unknown. IN cases of sex oriented discrimination it is likely, but not necessarily, our own discomfort and fear that provoke some sort of dissonance within ourselves. Until we can quantify notions such as suffering or discrimination they remain unimportant (that may not be the best terminology). People tend to see discrimination as a natural consequence for what is perceived as a challenge to the norm, or even the “natural” way. IN this case transgender can elicit homophobic responses and be viewed as an ambiguous state of being, and people are not necessarily proficient when confronted with discomfort and ambiguity.
ReplyDeleteLivingston’s piece cast light on the issues that arose from a perceived challenge to patriarchy and traditional social norms. As you noted, women were placed in inferior social positions and as a result seemed to not be taken seriously in any capacity. Harassed at work, little to no protection from abusive relationships, women who were killed were blamed for their untimely demises. Because they challenged norms and because they fed into the prevailing notions that they were subject to male rule, many women passed unnoticed and unsung. There is a social arrangement pictured with the factories being at the top, then came the men and the state. The Maquiladoras were a way to create or end employment, as such the state will defend the interests of the bearers of the gold. Then the women, easily exploitable, great in numbers. If one woman becomes too much trouble or becomes pregnant, it is easy to dismiss her and hire another to take her place. Perhaps one tactic would be for the women to unify and strike?
You mention that it was not long ago that people with disabilities were segregated from society. In American History it was not long ago that women and children had less legal protection than livestock. Learning to accept one another is one part of the puzzle, but so is learning that we are all created equally regardless of sex, nationality, ethnicity, race or disability. We need to learn to recognize what it is that makes us human and what we share in common.