Comments on: Hot Pants to Help End World Poverty, Building a Community of Change Makers Online http://feelgoodstyle.com/2008/10/04/hot-pants-to-help-with-world-poverty-building-a-community-of-change-makers-online/ Reclaiming what style means and celebrating beauty that's healthy and fun! Tue, 22 May 2012 15:41:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Martin http://feelgoodstyle.com/2008/10/04/hot-pants-to-help-with-world-poverty-building-a-community-of-change-makers-online/comment-page-1/#comment-2736 Martin Sun, 05 Oct 2008 11:24:56 +0000 http://feelgoodstyle.com/?p=1280#comment-2736 I did some sneaky progressive educating a while back by getting my kids to watch 'Gandhi' I had actually forgotten the part where he got rid of his imported clothes because of the colonial oppression that they where imposing in a figurative and literal way. His movement to favor homespun clothing was a radical departure from the industry of the day. India was exporting raw fiber and the clothing industries in the UK had all the manufacturing employment. Clothing choices can exact societal change. These pants aren't going to make a huge difference, but that doesn't mean they aren't a good idea. I did some sneaky progressive educating a while back by getting my kids to watch ‘Gandhi’

I had actually forgotten the part where he got rid of his imported clothes because of the colonial oppression that they where imposing in a figurative and literal way. His movement to favor homespun clothing was a radical departure from the industry of the day. India was exporting raw fiber and the clothing industries in the UK had all the manufacturing employment.

Clothing choices can exact societal change. These pants aren’t going to make a huge difference, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t a good idea.

]]> By: Martin http://feelgoodstyle.com/2008/10/04/hot-pants-to-help-with-world-poverty-building-a-community-of-change-makers-online/comment-page-1/#comment-56368 Martin Sun, 05 Oct 2008 11:24:00 +0000 http://feelgoodstyle.com/?p=1280#comment-56368 I did some sneaky progressive educating a while back by getting my kids to watch 'Gandhi' I had actually forgotten the part where he got rid of his imported clothes because of the colonial oppression that they where imposing in a figurative and literal way. His movement to favor homespun clothing was a radical departure from the industry of the day. India was exporting raw fiber and the clothing industries in the UK had all the manufacturing employment. Clothing choices can exact societal change. These pants aren't going to make a huge difference, but that doesn't mean they aren't a good idea. I did some sneaky progressive educating a while back by getting my kids to watch ‘Gandhi’

I had actually forgotten the part where he got rid of his imported clothes because of the colonial oppression that they where imposing in a figurative and literal way. His movement to favor homespun clothing was a radical departure from the industry of the day. India was exporting raw fiber and the clothing industries in the UK had all the manufacturing employment.

Clothing choices can exact societal change. These pants aren’t going to make a huge difference, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t a good idea.

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