What it means for Rwanda to have banned skin

23 May

Rwanda has become the first East African nation to ban skin bleaching creams, with the government sending out a task force which has seized over 5,000 products – some of which have the ability to damage your insides and scar and burn your skin. Mercury and hydroquinone, found in illegal skin bleaching creams worldwide, can have a toxic effect on the nervous, digestive and immune systems, and on the lungs, kidneys, skin and eyes. They can also permanently destroy melanin. In November, Rwanda’s president weighed in on a Twitter discussion, stating that skin bleaching, known as “mukorogo” in Rwanda, was “Quite unhealthy among other things. Includes use of prohibited chemicals. MoH [Ministry of Health] and RNP [Rwanda National Police] need to rein this in very...

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2 Apr

Kai-Isaiah Jamal: What the gym means to me as

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Kai-Isaiah Jamal: What the gym means to me as

Most days I call this body of mine one in all the next; an argument, a conversation or silence. Some days it’s all three. My stomach dips right into a well-honed (even when I do say so myself) v-shape. Across my stomach lays the word ‘home’, tattooed into some pretty solid-ish abs. Whatever this body be, it all the time might be a house. A house that rattles, creaks, one which aches for renovation. For a change, to be re-upholstered. A house that might be warm and loving sooner or later, but just has a lot work to do immediately. I can’t remember the last day I wasn’t completely aware of my body, mainly due to discomfort I feel existing in...

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19 Feb

Latest Holo Taco polishes means recreating #Simplynailogical nail art

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14 Aug

Honey Ross is the body image activist reclaiming what

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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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