Trigger warning: Here are 20 of our most unhinged unpopular opinions
Pranay Baidya, 39, fashion designer
Fashion doesn’t have an inclusivity problem; it has an ageism problem. The industry isn’t youthful. It is panicked about growing old, papering over that fear with buzzwords, token casting, and earnest captions, while designing almost exclusively for bodies that haven’t yet lived, changed, or asked for comfort. The joke is that fashion’s most dependable customers are women over 40, with taste, confidence, and serious spending power. But they’re treated like an embarrassment, rather than the backbone of the business. If your clothes only work on a 23-year-old body, that isn’t modern, it’s unimaginative. Real inclusion requires money, intelligence, and proper pattern-making; tokenism is cheaper, which explains the industry’s enthusiasm for it. Age-blind branding is cowardice in good lighting. Do better.
Meena Kandasamy, 41, writer
Writer’s block is bullshit. Read Lenin. Dude is thirsting for a revolution, priming you almost. Writing is so much more doable than that.
