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14 Aug

Honey Ross is the body image activist reclaiming what

Growing up in leafy North London, 22-year-old screenwriter and body image activist Honey Ross had a sophisticated childhood. With each her mum and pop noted for his or her successes within the TV and film industries, she spent her youth somewhat in the general public eye, which she explains gave her a “huge desire for attention, but additionally incredibly severe anxiety.” So whilst spending her teenage years securing internships and odd jobs within the film industry – which paid off when she landed her first skilled screenwriting gig at 18 – her ambition was combined with crippling teenage insecurity and body image struggles. “I really hated myself growing up,” Honey says. “I believe it was a mix of that typical low-level teenage...

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31 Mar

The zine exploring what it means to be a

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The zine exploring what it means to be a

“How will we transform ourselves, lose ourselves, or how are we kept back, limited, or marginalised: each due to and despite our bodies?” That is the central query posed in the newest issue of arts and culture magazine Orlando. Previously exploring themes of memory and history, and notions of discourse, for its latest issue, Orlando has turned its attention to the body. “Throughout art or literary history, using the body as a primal, raw material, has been central to questioning facets of identity in contemporary culture, particularly the intersection of gender, sexuality, race, dis/ability, and illness,” says editor Philomena. Inspired by the tense and turbulent political climate, Philomena desired to create something that “considers what it physically seems like to be a...

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3 Sep

What the Taliban’s beauty salon ban means for Afghan

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What the Taliban’s beauty salon ban means for Afghan

In early July, the Taliban ordered the closure of beauty salons and gave salon owners given a month to shut their doors. Beauty salons were also ordered to shut when the Taliban was last in power, between 1996 and 2001, but many reopened after the US-led invasion of Afghanistan. Many remained open even after US forces withdrew from the country in 2021 and the Taliban regained power. They provided women with jobs, services, and a community space to fulfill and connect with other women – spaces which are already hard to return by for Afghan women. It’s estimated that these closures will lead to a loss of around 60,000 jobs (the vast majority of that are women), cutting off their income...

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23 Nov

This Spice Dealer Is Redefining What “Made in South

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This Spice Dealer Is Redefining What “Made in South

From the ingredients they share to the wealthy cultures they reflect, the worlds of beauty and food — and the individuals who merge them — are in constant conversation. Welcome to Well Feda column that celebrates how we nourish our bodies, from face to plate.Sana Javeri Kadri and I even have been speaking for roughly three seconds before she starts hyping other people up. She's also bleeding. "I used to be silly. Do Hedley & Bennettthat basically cool apron company?" she asks, collecting herself over Zoom. "[Its co-founder] Ellen Bennett is amazing; she's on our board. She sent me their recent chef's knife and said, 'It's super sharp, rejoice!' and I had a lot fun that I sliced my...

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