More Sustainability Awards – Writing
Author(s): Scott Douglas Jacobsen
Publication (Outlet/Website): Trusted Clothes (Unpublished)
Publication Date (yyyy/mm/dd): 2016
I had another idea. It is related to the notion of awards for the global ethical fashion heroes/heroines/exemplars. And the same idea laid out about the local exemplars themselves. What do you think it could be? I l like the idea of organizations getting together for the same purpose geared towards writers. Writers tend to be in need nearly always; fashionistas an fashionistos are in need too.
People read; folks wear. It’s all part of the same deal. So how might is come about? Well, it’s a little hard, tad difficult, to narrow in on specifics. But the notion seems well supported. Take, for example, the fashion world’s well-published authors. They tend to get the most eye-time. That time is amped up with more exposure. Media coverage begets media coverage.
So once those folks are in the cycle, they stick. It’s like horoscopes and Georgia Nicols in Canada. She has a firm position on the minds of Canadians with her purported abilities. Or the commentators on hockey, there’s some strategy, some gaming, and lots of professional discussion. Highly advanced discussion on a sport. That is more of the same principle: exposure begets exposure. And one way to pass the Canadian cultural torch is through the recognition.
And I say awards. Imagine the Canada Reads fabulous selection of books this year. Imagine (no religion?) the nature of the enterprise of poets and novelists earning awards in this literate country. Many would not be known without those awards. These can be marginalized voices. Individuals are individuals and character content matters, and the same individuals can represent common experiences of communities and groups. Bam! They get known. They get deserved recognition.
And their ability to expand the cultural conversation continues forward. That’s great for everyone. Writers for fashionistas and fashionistos, fancy folk, comes out of this too. Same principle. These individuals can be beacons for the sustainable fashion community. We can award them for productivity, novelty, or creativity of output, timeliness of message, beauty of the writing, or comprehension and delivery of a technical topic. Different categories awarded in blind-to-name-and-associations-submissions (hyphen city, sorry!). That’s the other idea.
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