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One of the many powerful dimensions of this image is portraying the presence of toxicity in everyday products. Fashion could point to many different kinds of clothing, but I think the choice of the T-Shirt is purposeful. Like the mass media addressed in the title chosen for the image, the T-Shirt is aimed at a mass audience. While the presented item is a "regular" or "unisex" version, the pink color in the background could indeed communicate a more feminized dimension of fashion production.

In addition to addressing the toxicity of a mass-produced object like the T-Shirt, the image makes a claim about toxicity in on the scale of the domestic as well as personal space. The interpellation of the individual reader is quite clear in the sub-headline. Here, the clothing closet is invoked as an intimate but also opaque space, where toxicity is not expected to be found.