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Pink has never been one of the favourite
colours of the fashion industry, as it's often seen as silly and not cool
enough. But this spring, it's having its moment in the spotlight, all thanks to
the fact that the colour is no longer all about being girly and sweet. Instead,
pink is taking on a new meaning of independence and power.
This shift happened last month during the
Women's March. Tens of thousands of women filled the streets of major cities in
the US and in countries all around the world to protest(抗议)against the disrespect to women. What was unusual about the
protests is that a lot of people taking part were wearing pink hats, making the
streets appear like a "sea of pink". Even though the hats were
without any slogan (标语),their pink colour is thought to
have sent out a message that is louder than any words. "We women have
power and we're not going to sit down and shut up," Aileen Gildea, one of
the protesters in the US, told The Boston Globe.
Now young people are changing their attitudes
to pink. They are no longer trying to escape pink, but give new meanings to it
instead.
"Women who came before us had to get away
from the symbols used to make women seem less capable. Younger women don't have
that reaction. They're more interested in breaking and rebuilding those
symbols," Audrey Gelman, a businesswoman in the US, told The Wall Street
Journal.
So sometimes it's not the thing itself that
needs to be changed, but the way we look at it. And in the case of pink, what
used to be seen as silly may be turned into something really serious.
