https://karadansky.substack.com/p/things-seem-eerily-quiet-on-the-gender?utm_source=publication-search
I recently came across something called “Protect the Dolls” and wondered what on earth it’s about. The Guardian explains it here.
( https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2025/apr/25/protect-the-dolls-t-shirt-fashion-symbol-trans-rights )
(Ives initially saw the T-shirt as a one-off statement, but demand changed that. On sale on his website for £75, about 5,000 orders have been placed in the last month. With proceeds going to the American organisation Trans Lifeline, as of Thursday evening Ives estimated it had raised about £380,000, with “that figure going up by the hour”.)
Basically, a guy I had never heard of called Conner Ives designed a t-shirt proclaiming “Protect the Dolls” and wore it to London Fashion Week in February. Ives is evidently an American fashion designer raised in New York and living in London. This is him wearing his t-shirt in February:........................................................
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