?Photo by Sophie Klafter @klaftron ? Much progress has been made towards a more inclusive representation of our differences. Embracing gender fluidity, the diversity of bodies and beauty types, regardless of race and ethnic group, is a conquest that is changing the aesthetic standards of our time and people’s cultural and identity codes in terms of inclusivity, openness and dialogue. And yet, much still needs to be done, for instance, with regard to the representation of disability. According to philosopher George Canguilhem, norms and behavioural codes are never something biological but rather the result of the relationship between a human being and his environment. In other words, they are the social consequences of a shortfall that cause a handicap. This is why we want to take a commitment in giving voice on Vogue.it to some of the artists that are offering themselves and their experience to tear apart, challenge and reshape these social consequences. We need to see people being represented without cliques, in cinema, fashion as well as in all aspects of high and popular culture, while now too often we fall into the trap of presenting them as brave, pitiable or some mix of the two. Perhaps, what art can achieve – that aesthetic revolution that only art can carry through – is worth more than a political battle. Politics can enact laws and impose, for instance, the term ‘differently abled’ in place of ‘disabled’. But it does not change people’s gaze. Art and fashion have instead the chance of changing it. They have the opportunity of representing life beyond prejudices and social labelling. There exists many of such examples on social media. The situation is instead more complex with regard to traditional media. The rigidity of such platforms, the complication of possible legal actions make it difficult for them to find a way of representing the matter in such a way that is not deemed conflicting, if not utilitarian, or even accused of exploitation.?Read the interview with #SophieKlafter by @alessiaglaviano

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