“After quarantining for two weeks in my teenage bedroom, I decided to get to work cleaning out the room. I started with the magazines, first methodically flicking through, then my page turning became more frantic as if I was searching for something in the gutter of each page. A sea of white faces staring up at me, I felt sick and really angry. ⠀
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To be clear this was not a feeling of shock, just a stern reminder of what I had grown up with. Always my freckled nose pushed against the pane of glass looking in on this fantasy world. Always on the outside.” – @alvaclaire ⠀
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Alva Claire – London-born, Brooklyn-based model – flips through the pages of fashion’s past while cleaning out her childhood room, reflecting on how far we’ve come & the road to change ahead. Read more on this week’s SupportSystem. Link in bio. 📸 @piffbutt