Ribbons are Nice

Jennie Bristow, reviewing Sarah Moore's Ribbon Culture for Spiked, nails the self-obsessed culture of advertising one's moral quality by fashion accessories. Her review is called Untying the 'ribbon culture'. The moral virtue of wearing ribbons is to show awareness or solidarity with a group of victims. Being a victim has become a way of attracting attention, building political support, explaining the lack of joy in one's life, and selling media product. Cry, cry, cry. Frank Furedi's column about faked victim memoirs, History-as-Therapy, complements the ribbon piece.