bell hooks would comment mostly on how class is represented because it acknowledges the oppression that people of the lower classes go through for example all the articles about how the magazine has changed the vendors lives and shows the homeless as people and not as the stereotype everyone thinks them to be
the magazine is also against generic patriarchal views an example of this is the Grayson Perry article and how it explains that we should champion people with different gender identities instead of oppressing them it also shows how he experienced. abandonment and poverty all things that bell hooks would say most media products fail to bring light to these issues but the Big Issue succeeds in giving a voice to the voiceless
it also acknowledges the idea that feminism is a constant struggle to end oppression and domination by certain sectors of society by constantly seeking new vendors to change their lives and start selling even in this edition where most other magazines would be congratulating themselves they are instead still trying to recruit new vendors by showing them how selling the magazine has changed peoples lives
it also shows peoples success after selling the magazine for example a vendor called Jon Brown who was selling the magazine until 2015 and now illustrates children's books after an author noticed his drawings and decided to give him the job bell hooks would say that this is proof of the magazine genuinely changing peoples lives who otherwise would of remained homeless and oppressed
finally the magazine agrees that feminism is a political commitment as instead of just saying help the homeless it gives them an avenue to get out of poverty and destroys the borders between us and them it also openly supports movements like the socialist party this understanding could come from the magazines creator John Bird who says that the magazine gives people a chance he didn't have he also projects those views into the house of lords on a regular basis
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