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Fast Fashion, Slow Commitment: Fashion Brands and Human Rights in the Garment Industry
Image by Rio Lecatompessy on Unsplash By Katie McMillan In a society wherein overconsumption and influencers’ fast fashion ‘hauls’ perpetually receive critique from climate activists (and rightfully so), it is hard to be ignorant of the negative environmental effects of fast fashion. It does seem, however, rather easy to forget that this is only oneContinue reading “Fast Fashion, Slow Commitment: Fashion Brands and Human Rights in the Garment Industry”

Famine, Forced Migration and Fear: Tigray One Year Later
Image by Gerald Schombs on Unsplash By Sarah Rennie In April 2021, when I last wrote about the Tigray war, four months of violence had plagued this northern Ethiopian region. At the time of writing this article (exactly a year later), the brutal conflict is still ongoing. While there are now many different factions involved,Continue reading “Famine, Forced Migration and Fear: Tigray One Year Later”

Politics and Plastic Surgery: Eugenics, Race and Social Mobility in Brazil
Photo by Olga Guryanova on Usplash By Charlotte Lang While the Brazilian butt lift has supplanted itself into popular celebrity culture, oft-neglected is Brazil’s unique relationship with plastic surgery. It is the second-largest consumer of plastic surgery in the world and since the 1960s, free and low-cost plastic surgery has been available through the publicContinue reading “Politics and Plastic Surgery: Eugenics, Race and Social Mobility in Brazil“
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