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17 Aug

How this artist is difficult conservatism in Brazilian political

Brazilian artist and performer Aun Helden desires to tear down the constructs and constrictions around our bodies and begin again. Their work moves towards an understanding of gender and sex that’s free from cis-heteronormative patriarchal definitions. Un-gendering and un-sexing themself of their online artwork, they're rebuilding themself fluidly with seeming full creative autonomy over their appearance. Inspired partly by their mother, and in lieu of a father figure, they've repoistioned themselves as a maternal figure presiding over their very own body. Fertile imagery abounds of their work; glossy black eggs, vulvic prosthetics, phallic facial appendages à la H.R. Geiger, and large, galactic, empty black eyes. With the rise of the far-right and the election of president Bolsonaro in Brazil, the climate in Brazil for...

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17 Aug

Has imperfection develop into the newest unrealistic beauty ideal?

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Has imperfection develop into the newest unrealistic beauty ideal?

We reside in an age of polarization as identity continues to dominate modern-day politics. Nonetheless, such extremism will not be limited to politics, beauty trends too are divisive. Given the prolific rise of the Kardashian Klan and their $1billion beauty business, we have now, lately, witnessed the emergence of the ‘positive’ subcultures, a backlash against the sisters’ surgically-enhanced beauty. While the body positivity preached by these subcultures is a preferable alternative, it also seems somewhat unrealistic on condition that digital marketing experts estimate the common American is exposed to 4,000-10,000 advertisements each day. It is sort of unattainable to flee the sanitised images we're sold. And yet, nowadays the practice of self-love is a social expectation and the celebration of...

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16 Aug

Why we’d like to speak about eczema

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Following recent public comments from Kendall Jenner about her pimples, and Justin Bieber’s playful “pimples are in” story on Instagram, the doors to conversations about pimples have been wedged open within the media. But what about those less talked about skin concerns? Eczema or Atopic Dermatitis (AD) is a gene variation that stops the skin’s natural ability to offer protection against environmental aspects, bacteria, irritants, and allergens. It's chronic, genetic and incurable - a hypersensitivity response that may occur at any age. Even though it’s more common for kids to have eczema, many carry the burden into maturity. Besides the visual oozing, blistery erosions and flaky look, the condition, mostly found on the neck, within the elbows and knees, may result...

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16 Aug

Now we have entered the age of TikTok face

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Now we have entered the age of TikTok face

It wasn’t way back that just about every face online looked the identical. , the Instagram Face with the graceful skin and FaceTuned features. A single, cyborgian look has been the usual for years, dominating social media feeds with its feline eye flick and dissociative pout – the sort that author Jia Tolentino once described as you “coyly but blankly, as if its owner has taken half a Klonopin and is considering asking you for a non-public jet to Coachella”. Well, now it’s getting an upgrade, as we enter the era of TikTok domination. For today’s it-girls, it’s all about creating their very own unrealistic beauty standards for them to adapt to. “Are you cat pretty, bunny pretty, deer pretty...

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