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10 Aug

The irony of those Frida Kahlo-themed tweezers is… an

The irony of those Frida Kahlo-themed tweezers is… an
It’s almost Christmas! So, as is the way in which within the capitalist society we live in, brands are rushing to push out every unnecessary trinket so that you can snatch up – prone to be thrown aside and forgotten before we see the 12 months out.  Amongst these things are a pair of Frida Kahlo-themed tweezers by Sass & Belle. In the event you’re unfamiliar with the brand, it sells cutesy homeware pieces at inexpensive prices. Just in time for the vacation season, the brand has released an entire range of Kahlo-themed products from plates and baubles to shopping bags and keyrings – more on why that’s problematic here.  But, back to the matter at hand, a tool used to remove body...
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9 Feb

The irony of those Frida Kahlo-themed tweezers is… an

The irony of those Frida Kahlo-themed tweezers is… an
It’s almost Christmas! So, as is the way in which within the capitalist society we live in, brands are rushing to push out every unnecessary trinket so that you can snatch up – more likely to be thrown aside and forgotten before we see the yr out.  Amongst this stuff are a pair of Frida Kahlo-themed tweezers by Sass & Belle. Should you’re unfamiliar with the brand, it sells cutesy homeware pieces at reasonably priced prices. Just in time for the vacation season, the brand has released an entire range of Kahlo-themed products from plates and baubles to shopping bags and keyrings – more on why that’s problematic here.  But, back to the matter at hand, a tool used to remove body hair,...
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19 Jan

6 things we find out about Frida Kahlo’s complicated

6 things we find out about Frida Kahlo’s complicated
On what can be her 112th birthday, we unpack Frida Kahlo’s unique approach to beauty Sixty-five years after her death, Mexican painter Frida Kahlo continues to fascinate along with her introspective self-portraits, delivered to life with a charisma that was haunted by chronic pain (the results of a bus accident when she was 18 years old) and an insatiable appetite for love. She is taken into account one the of the best artists of all time, not just for the paintings she created but for her feminist spirit which trickled all the way down to everyone who knew her or of her.  After which there was her complicated relationship with beauty. On the time,...
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10 Oct

A recent TV show will reveal the reality about

A recent TV show will reveal the reality about
A recent television series based on the lifetime of Frida Kahlo is on the best way. Variety reports that the artist’s estate has collaborated with the Miami-based company BTF Media to create a show offering a faithful and more authentic perspective on the artist’s turbulent life.  Few figures within the art world have undergone quite the extent of speculation that the celebrated Latinx artist has been subjected to. Her legacy has been exhaustively excavated, inspiring a number of biographies, documentaries and movies – including the Oscar-winning biopic Frida [2002], starring Salma Hayek. And, despite the iconoclastic nature of her work and her personal ideology, her image has been appropriated endlessly as an icon of spurious girl power values across popular culture,...
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