Dress to protest: watermelon edition

JVL Introduction

Thanks to Tansy Hoskins, from whose blog the following story is reposted, for collating the images of watermelons as a symbol of Palestinian liberation.

While the establishment unreasonably claims that the streets of London are not safe for Jews, that marches of support and solidarity are “hate marches” fuelled by antisemitic sentiment, we have evidence here that the reverse is the case: many supporters of Palestine do not feel safe wearing Palestinian flag symbols, or black and white keffiyehs and turn to the watermelon instead.

The watermelon is part of the vibrant and vital history of people, especially women, using their clothes as a form of non-verbal protest, writes Hoskins adding: “it is carrying a message, not just of radical street style but of creativity under oppression, of global solidarity, of the flame of the human spirit and the capacity to resist and to love across borders in the face of utter horror.”

RK (h/t PM)

This article was originally published by Tansy E Hoskins' blog on Thu 23 May 2024. Read the original here.