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Alla is a gender researcher and activist. She has been a member of the Georgian Young Greens for five years and currently works for the Equality Movement as a project coordinator.
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Opinion | Misogyny and Armenophobic hate underpins the furore over Armine Harutyunyan

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The public outrage over Armine Harutyunyan walking down the runway at a Gucci fashion show reveals deep-seated sexism and anti-Armenian sentiment in Georgian society and shows the failures of Georgia’s media.  While the Gucci fashion show on 22 September, in which models dressed in outfits ‘inspired’ by mental illness, could have inspired a discussion about the commodification of a serious social issue, instead it was the appearance of a particular model that caused a firestorm of outrage i