#inezwashere

THE ZOMBETTES, Summer 2017

“We pass in front of a flower shop. A small, warm air mass touches my skin. The asphalt is damp, and I catch the scent of roses. I can’t bring myself to speak to her. She wears a white sweater, and in her right hand she holds a crisp white envelope lacking only a stamp. So: She’s written somebody a letter, maybe spent the whole night writing, to judge from the sleepy look in her eyes. The envelope could contain every secret she’s ever had.”

On seeing the 100% perfect girl one beautiful April morning, Haruki Murakami

“Undress me in your temple of heaven” 

Tropical Barbie, Danielle Gonzalez.

”A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having.”

Chloe Chotrani, March 2016.

#UnfairandLovely; A social campaign that celebrates dark skin. A transgression against the belief that fair skin is the most attractive. In response to the advertising around several South Asian countries that promote skin whitening products, leading to people who eventually bleach their skin.

Inspired by a campaign project by Mirusha Yogarajah whom posted a series of images of her South Asian sisters; "promoting colorism and the under-representation of people of color on the media." Her series "Unfair & Lovely" inspired the hashtag campaign #UnfairandLovely named after the Indian skin-lightening cream Fair and Lovely.

Unfortunately, fair skin has blindly become a yearning for many South Asians. Rather than a focus on complexion; we should commit to blurring the lines of these boundaries that divide people. To dream of a world where people are judged not by color but by their character.