On: Sex doesn’t sell any more, activism does. And don’t the big brands know it

[denizen_kane]

This makes any non-branded, non-funded activism effort more difficult. If your actions are drowned out by crowds of hash-tagged brand-led marketing campaigns, it becomes much harder to actually gripe about real issues and expect anyone to hear you. Imagine Nike selling black hoodies for a "#Ferguson" campaign, or other such hypothetical scenarios.

[pjc50 → denizen_kane]

Since you mention Ferguson, brands can themselves be activism, like FUBU.