Is patriarchy to blame for steadily rising male suicide rates?
Men continue to experience disproportionately higher rates of suicide, homelessness, and addiction. When will we finally admit that patriarchy is just as damaging to men as it is to women? Every International Womenβs Day (8th March), Twitter is harangued by angry men asking, βand when is International Menβs...
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How to manage seasonal affective disorders
The term seasonal depression is on the rise in social media, but what is seasonal depression? What can we do to manage our winter blues and summer sadness? Seasonal affective disorder or SAD is a type of mental health challenge similar to depression. The chief difference is it...
Opinion β social media is stifling our style and individuality
We now live in a time where the term βmicrotrendβ doesnβt suffice to describe the short lifespan of social media trends. βNew year, new usβ right? And with that, new conversations online about how weβll improve our unique style and find our identities this year. But are we truly trying to...
Why we should be redirecting our gaze towards male bodies
Thereβs a distinct lack of body positivity discourse for male, masc, and non-binary bodies. We need to challenge the attitude that views a specific type of body as more beautiful than another and start to praise all kinds of peaches. Scrolling on social media, I come across a before and...
Leviβs net-zero action plan gets scientistsβ seal of approval
In efforts to cut company emissions and pollution by 2050, the denim brand Levi Strauss & Co. has announced its new climate transition plan detailing its road to net-zero. Itβs no secret that the fashion industry is now one of the worldβs most unsustainable, with textile waste, pollution, and greenwashing...
Indigenous craft is still being co-opted by the fashion industry
Actor Lily Gladstone has called out Valentino, the latest brand to copy Indigenous designers. Protecting these cultural crafts from the capitalist machine is a longstanding β and often exhausting β battle. By now, itβs a familiar cycle: a fashion house unveils its latest collection, the press fawns, social media unearths its problematic...
Opinion β a womanβs business is not to be beautiful
From the 1874 Ugly Girl Papers to the overt normalisation β and promotion β of harmful practices such as preventative botox, are we looking at the end of variety and youth in faces which have all been touched by the same needle? βThe first requisite in a woman toward pleasing others is that she should be pleased with herself,β begins chapter one of The Ugly Girl Papers;...
LFW ban on exotic animal skins criticised by experts
Scientists from one of the worldβs leading conservation bodies have condemned London Fashion Weekβs decision, warning that itβs ill-informed and that exotic animal skins are often far more sustainable than alternatives such as leather and synthetic materials. Amid continued protests against the use of exotic skins (think snake, crocodile, and other reptile species) in fashion, many brands, celebrities, and designers have chosen to begin pivoting away from it. Years of animal...
Cosmetic vagina surgeries are hugely popular among Gen Z
βDesigner vaginaβ surgery is one of the fastest growing cosmetic procedures among young people worldwide. Recent research has uncovered that this is due to a lack of education and diverse representation. Itβs never been easier to look at a vagina. In the digital age β unless parental controls are active β a quick dig through the less-regulated social media platforms like Twitter and Reddit will bombard users with a torrent of...
Gen Zβs latest accessory? Ear plugs
The unlikely trend has made ear safety stylish. Whatβs the harm? The soundtrack of your teens and twenties usually involves crowded festivals, loud nightclubs, and headphones dialled up to high-volume. But Gen Z are starting to reject this cacophony with help from an unlikely accessory: the earplug. Studies have shown that for many young people, noise exposure poses a serious risk to the health of the ears and can even lead...
