Aja Barber, Consumed: The Need for Collective Change

Aja Barber is a writer, activist, creative teacher, and fashion consultant. She’s fierce, she’s smart, and today Aja joins the Stitch Please podcast to share her book, Consumed: The Need For Collective Change: Colonialism, Climate Change and Consumerism, and the inspiration behind her words surrounding unethical and unsustainable consumerism in the fashion industry. Aja shares her perspective on how consumerism and capitalism feed on our insecurities. This opened up the conversation as we talked about the exploitative nature of the fashion industry, why transparency doesn’t equal sustainability, and the interlocking systems of oppression that coincide with capitalism. Aja also shares how consumers can use their collective power for positive change and why we need to start investigating our shopping habits so we can change how we participate in the system.This episode is an insightful lesson on the perils of fast fashion, the reasons why,as a society, we tie our happiness to consumerism, and how to make more sustainable and ethical choices with our clothes. So tune in and be inspired by this impactful episode. [Photo Credit for Aja's podcast cover photos: Stephen Cunningsworth]