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Politician Raises Over $26k For Charity By Auctioning Off 'Shouldergate' Dress After Being Criticized For Her 'Revealing' Attire
13 February
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People are somehow still criticizing women based on their outfits in the year 2020.
The latest target was an off-the-shoulder dress worn by UK politician Tracy Brabin in the House of Commons.
But she flipped the script by raising over $26,000 for charity by selling the dress.
<p>Brabin was forced to defend her attire last week after the dress slipped down her shoulder when she leaned on the despatch box due to a broken ankle.</p><p>The final bid for the controversial dress came in seconds before the auction ended at 6.41pm, with the winning bidder paying £20,200 (over $26,000).</p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image shortcode-media-rebelmouse-proxy-image"><img type="lazy-image" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vY29udGVudC5hc3NldHMucHJlc3Nhc3NvY2lhdGlvbi5pby8yMDIwLzAyLzEzMTg0ODIzLzUxZDdhMDY5LWQ1MzAtNGMxNC05ZjgyLWI5NzQ2ODcwMTUxNi5wbmciLCJleHBpcmVzX2F0IjoxNjQ5Mjg5NDkxfQ.ebGar9q4FxsCTMD-UEC1UiNu_Vp3dEz8xlzmIaI-kRs/img.png" id="fedd3" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="1e66ba793192c0ae10c2551567b5b276" alt=""><small class="image-media media-photo-credit" placeholder="Add Photo Credit...">The winning bid came in seconds before the auction ended. (Ebay/PA)</small></p><p><div id="action_button_container"></div></p><p>"It's extremely humbling to be able to do this for Girlguiding, and I am looking forward to attending a meeting tonight and celebrating with the girls," Brabin told the PA news agency. </p><p>"I want to encourage them to really be proud of who they are, to support each other as girls, and to not take any criticism from anyone — particularly boys – as I have found in my experiences with Twitter."</p><p><div id="c7da91bc-8e44-492f-b7fd-c382c0e55bda"></div></p><p>After reading the comments, Brabin took to Twitter to defend her attire. </p><p> She wrote she is not a "slag, hungover, a tart, about to breastfeed, a slapper, drunk, just been banged over a wheelie bin."</p><p><div data-conversation-spotlight=""></div></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image shortcode-media-rebelmouse-proxy-image"><img type="lazy-image" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vaW1hZ2UuYXNzZXRzLnByZXNzYXNzb2NpYXRpb24uaW8vdjIvaW1hZ2UvcHJvZHVjdGlvbi80NTQ1NGRkYzE0MzAyNTU3Y2Y2Y2Q0YTJhMDYwNTAyMlkyOXVkR1Z1ZEhObFlYSmphQ3d4TlRneE56QTBNemM1LzIuNTAxMzIxMzEuanBnP3c9NjQwIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYzODc2OTc2NH0.unsevP04igcFomfk3IvVZ_yuPQpK-NvORw2WzmafvQU/img.jpg" id="33a29" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="0b97bee2d3438d4fafeb4800bf52111b" alt="Tracy Brabin\u2019s dress"><small class="image-media media-photo-credit" placeholder="add photo credit...">Screen grab image from the auction site eBay of a page set up by Tracy Brabin. (PA)PA Media - eBay</small></p><p>More than 180 bids were placed on the dress. The starting bid was of £10 ($13) and was originally bought on ASOS for £35 ($45).</p><p>Brabin said she listed the dress as a way of standing up for women in the workplace.</p><p>"I thought I would maybe get £500 for it, which would have been amazing," she said.</p><div id="f5a55" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="X87O301581890713"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1224723177278001152" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">Hello. Sorry I don’t have time to reply to all of you commenting on this but I can confirm I’m not....
A slag
Hungo… https://t.co/5DBUlZN6bq</div> — Tracy Brabin MP 🌹 (@Tracy Brabin MP 🌹)<a href="https://twitter.com/TracyBrabin/statuses/1224723177278001152">1580831734.0</a></blockquote></div><p>"I do not think in three years being an MP anything has made quite as much an impact like this," she said.</p><p>"You could say that I'm foolish for wanting to be an MP. As #shouldergate has shown, female MPs are often vilified for their looks, not their actions," Henrietta, a 15-year-old member of Girlguiding's Advocate Panel, said.</p><div id="b05a4" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="ZQ48S71581890713"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1228002636231827464" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">Thank you @HelmetHall for my ‘little black dress’ poem
Last few hours of the auction and currently £18,500 for… https://t.co/vsQMRZm6Ej</div> — Tracy Brabin MP 🌹 (@Tracy Brabin MP 🌹)<a href="https://twitter.com/TracyBrabin/statuses/1228002636231827464">1581613618.0</a></blockquote></div><p>"This demeans girls and our aspirations to be politicians. But Tracy Brabin – and all the people who supported her and Girlguiding by bidding on the dress – have shown that oppression is never acceptable," she continued. </p><p><strong>The internet agreed.</strong></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
</p><div id="d547a" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="682RPY1581890714"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1224736472001138689" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@TracyBrabin If I had a quid for every time someone had commented on what I wore rather than what I said... 🙄 This… https://t.co/eQbrXamxjV</div> — Professor Katy Shaw (@Professor Katy Shaw)<a href="https://twitter.com/ProfKatyShaw/statuses/1224736472001138689">1580834904.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="33d80" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="2PQAAA1581890714"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1224802872271036420" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@TracyBrabin Here’s MY bare shoulder... #sistersinmischief 🤣🤣 https://t.co/UVSDgDOrRo</div> — Aisha Ali-Khan (@Aisha Ali-Khan)<a href="https://twitter.com/aak1880/statuses/1224802872271036420">1580850735.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="6db9a" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="XNODFD1581890714"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1224867110561599488" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@TracyBrabin Good lord woman! Your shoulder is showing! How dare you. Don’t listen to the haters. If a man had his… https://t.co/gvL95dLzEC</div> — Netty Save’ 💃🏻 (@Netty Save’ 💃🏻)<a href="https://twitter.com/NuttyNannette/statuses/1224867110561599488">1580866050.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="6b58b" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="BJ240V1581890714"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1224738790385864704" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@TracyBrabin I'd hazard a guess that the same people who are horrified at you exposing too much flesh, are the sam… https://t.co/jxMatUg0Lg</div> — Dr Nilufar Ahmed (@Dr Nilufar Ahmed)<a href="https://twitter.com/ahmed_nilufar/statuses/1224738790385864704">1580835456.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p></p><p>"Girlguiding helped me persevere against the judgment of my looks," Henrietta said.<br></p><p>"I'm elated that the money raised is going to an organization that inspires girls and builds our confidence at a time where women's concerns are dismissed as 'humbug.' Girlguiding makes the future brighter for girls and young women."</p>
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