This book is a great entry-point for folks who haven’t yet, or are very newly considering their position within systems of oppression. And that's not to say what happens to the environment around these production centres, it is horrific exploitation on every level.

She has a talent for distilling complicated environmental and fashion concepts for a layman’s audience. Hotjar sets this cookie to know whether a user is included in the data sampling defined by the site's daily session limit. While I wish the content was a bit more organized and backed up with more sources and statistics, I think the format is perfect for someone who is learning about climate change and consumption for the first time. Reading this book was like willfully surrendering my head to someone screaming loudly into my ear for a few hours about topics I already knew. They target countries with lax labour laws, with poor safety and where they can save as much money as possible to inflate their profit margins.All of a sudden, you’re a climate activist, fighting for the rights of garment workers in countries you’ve never heard of, let alone visited.

I think that Attenborough's 'A Life On Our Planet' is a great way to format books like these: start off with your witness statement (how the issue has personally impacted you), then delve into the reality of the issues (here is where the facts come in handy) and then a 'how we fix it' to tie it all up at the end. Despite my criticisms, Aja’s work as a plus-sized, Black, sustainable fashion advocate cannot be underestimated, and I hope that her future work continues to positively influence her readers. The video also put a spotlight on the disparity between fast fashion brand billionaires and their unpaid factory workers during the Covid-19 economic downturn. I liked the illustrations and the physical book is beautiful, but also felt like the structure was a little disjointed, and although the personal anecdotes were helpful in some places, I thought they were way overdone.She is passionate about racial justice and exposing endemic injustices in our consumer and fashion industries. Maybe it's a reflection of how much target audiences' attention spans have disintegrated over the past decade. Regardless, Consumed misses the mark, as its shortcomings eclipse some of the most important discussions in the book: the impact of textile waste in Ghana's Kantamanto Market, Anannya Bhattacharjee’s take on labor rights for garment workers in Asia, and Aja’s tips on how to get off the hedonistic capitalist treadmill as a Global North consumer.

Aja talks in depth of most topics that surround sustainable fashion and links history into it to explain and back up what she says. i wouldn’t say it was like WOAH mind-blowing if you’ve explored the topic before, but i do think it covers enough ground that there’s something new to take away for even the most seasoned of sunrise movement warriors! Secondly, the writing style is incredible sloppy and most of it reads more like a really aggressive social media post. All the while simultaneously - and explicitly - telling the reader that she's not interested in other perspectives or interpretations.However, it became apparent to me that she never intended the book to be a scholarly or journalistic piece, as some reviewers seem to expect. It is a failed opportunity to inform readers about the truth of the fashion world and what we are oblivious to in late-stage capitalism. Neither did I read the reviews on “Consumed” prior to reading it, as I wanted to form my own opinion. The only time a source is referenced, it’s jus the occasional in line citation to a recent internet article.