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A Hairy Situation: The History and Modern Tropes of the Hairy Woman
By Madalena Juma It’s lockdown. Naturally, you might have let things go. You’re eating whatever the heck you want. Maybe not exercising as much. You don’t have the pressures of the outside world looking in so maybe you forego your shaving/waxing routines. Who’s going to see? Time passes, and now you can’t remember when you last shaved. Suddenly- you are aware. Aware of all the… foliage growing. You panic. May even go into a mini crisis. Women aren’t meant to be so hairy, surely?? What you see before you isn’t shown in the media… Even adverts for female razors (bar one or two- check out Project Body Hair by Billie!)…
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Fashion Fraudsters
What is the definition of conscious fashion?
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Luxury Lunacy
How is the fashion industry impacted by a recession?
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Mindless Consumerism and our Fast Fashion Habits
Fast Fashion is making us want more, spend more and waste more. Accessibility through low costs and an abundance of styles has boosted our need for newness and we’re topping up our wardrobes at an expedient rate. It taps into our need for conformity and our desire for self-expression, but at what cost to our mental health?
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The Rise of Conscious Fashion
Fashion is a million year-old gown bedecked with the dazzling jewels of evolution, appealing to some of our most basic drives. It taps into our need for conformity and our desire to attract attention. It connects us with the outside world. It expresses who we are and how we feel. It plays with our emotions. It transforms us.
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From Corporate to Conscious: Saying Goodbye to my Fast Fashion Addiction
Fast Fashion is like speed dating for fabrics; we’re falling in and out of love with our clothes so quickly that many are lustless after one date. It's an industry worth $3 trillion churning out 80 billion garments per year and going from concept to checkout in a week. We weren't born into Fast Fashion, so how did we let it take over?