[Text ID: Tweets from @ ajasayshello Slide 1: Whenever I do a thread about ethical fashion and why I care about all of us changing our habits, I always get asked for shopping suggestions. The first step is slowing down. People want to replace fast fashion one for one with ethical fashion and it just doesn’t work. Slide 2: If you’re tweeting at me, ‘where do I buy this from?’ ... you’re missing the point of what I’m saying. The first urge shouldn’t be ‘must find new shopping resources’. The first urge should be ‘but do I shop too much? Is it a problem?’ Slide 3: I don’t rate and review brands on here (I do that on my Patreon). Every now and then when I’m feeling extra generous I’ll do a thread of brands I like, but I’m not here to encourage daily consumption. I’m here to encourage all of us to slow down and be more thoughtful. Slide 4: The urge to replace unethical consumption with ethical consumption immediately ... THAT is exactly the problem. Most of us aren’t threadbare wondering around with no shoes. We have clothes to wear. We just don’t want to be part of the inconvenient truth about fashion. Slide 5: I could probably wear what I own for the next 5 years and never NEED new clothes except underpants. I like fashion so I do buy things like the 2nd shirt I’m wearing today, but the immediacy is NON EXISTENT. And sadly is always was. That’s what I want you to think about most. Slide 5: I want people to think about their personal style and work on developing that before asking me for brand recommendations. That’s part of the process. And within that process you’re going to learn about ethical brands who are doing exactly what you like. I promise you! Slide 6: I’m going to give you a tip. Pinterest is my FAVORITE place to do that. I spend about ten minutes a day looking at my style boards. (They don’t pay me to do this.) I learn about new brands there and I also get ideas for how to wear stuff I already have in my wardrobe. Slide description continued in comments] This Twitter thread is doing the numbers. Now y’all know I’ve been saying all this for a long time (years ... even when folks showed up to belt me with tomatoes) but it bears repeating.