It was a spectacle of outrageous wealth disparity while womens liberation still seems a distant goal <\/p>\n
06 May 2022 - 05:07 Chris Thurman <\/p>\n
The Met Gala is an annual rite of fashionista hedonism conducted in the name of charity (though the funds raised go to the Metropolitan Museum of Arts Costume Institute, which validates high-end fashion as both historical phenomenon and contemporary art form completing a virtuous circle of sartorial excess).<\/p>\n
The organisers of the 2022 event could not have predicted that the night of the gala would coincide with the leaking of a draft opinion from the US Supreme Court that seems set to overturn the 1973 Roe versus Wade ruling guaranteeing a womans right to choose to have an abortion. Nonetheless, the coincidence served as a reminder that there are ethical implications to sustaining the opulent fantasy of the Met Gala by ignoring grim reality...<\/p>\n
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CHRIS THURMAN: The disturbing parallels between the Met Gala and Americas Gilded Age - BusinessLIVE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It was a spectacle of outrageous wealth disparity while womens liberation still seems a distant goal 06 May 2022 - 05:07 Chris Thurman The Met Gala is an annual rite of fashionista hedonism conducted in the name of charity (though the funds raised go to the Metropolitan Museum of Arts Costume Institute, which validates high-end fashion as both historical phenomenon and contemporary art form completing a virtuous circle of sartorial excess). The organisers of the 2022 event could not have predicted that the night of the gala would coincide with the leaking of a draft opinion from the US Supreme Court that seems set to overturn the 1973 Roe versus Wade ruling guaranteeing a womans right to choose to have an abortion. Continue reading