Fashion world
Vietnamese fashion designer talks about the wave of feminism in fashion
2017 is the year that marked the pink color covering all cities in America, the #MeToo movement (#Me Too) of the group `The Silence Breakers` has become a movement representing women’s rights.
The large and reputable dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster (USA) said that `2017 was the year when the movement to protect women’s rights took place most strongly.`
Peter Sokolowski, editor of Merriam-Webster, commented: `No words can most accurately describe all the issues and events that take place throughout the year.
Feminism in politics
According to Sokolowski, the first milestone of this movement was the event of thousands of American women taking to the streets to protest in January this year.
(Source: New York Times Magazine)o
In the second half of 2017, the phrase #MeToo was born and quickly spread in the community.
In parallel with #MeToo, the #morewomen campaign was also organized by ELLE magazine, to honor the beauty and strength of Vietnamese women.
Movies also play a very important role in the movement to fight for women’s rights
A good example is the movie Wonder Woman.
(Source: Warner Bros)
Or like the movie The Handmaid’s Tale, inspired by the novel of the same name and set in an extreme totalitarian society, where women are deprived of all rights and forced to become slaves.
(Source: IMDb)
Following the glory of The Handmaid’s Tale is Big Little Lies, a short series about outstanding American housewives in 2016 with the participation of big stars such as Nicole Kidman, Resse Witherspoon, Shailene Woodley, Zoe
In addition to The Handmaid’s Tale, Big Little Lies, Veep or the breakthrough of this year’s series rookies, many television works present at Emmy 2017 bear the creative mark of women.
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Vietnamese cinema in 2017 also witnessed the rise of feminism in recent works such as Miss Saigon or Mother-in-law… In the film, the image and power of men are almost overshadowed.
More and more women, especially Vietnamese women, are leading large companies and corporations.
