Beauty ideals were as tough in the middle ages as they are now: After turning up at this year’s Grammys, Madonna was subjected to a vitriolic online attack over her appearance, particularly what was deemed her excessive use of plastic surgery. The irrepressible 64-year-old instantly hit back, saying: Once again I am caught in the …
South Africa in the news: Gandhian ideals the “greatest weapon” to give direction to the country, says Stalin: In his address after unfurling the Indian tricolour at Fort St George on the occasion of the 75th Independence Day, the first as chief minister, M K Stalin also recalled Mahatma Gandhi’s “deep …: “South Africa” – …
South Africa’s higher education funding system can be more realistic without betraying ideals: Students protesting over financial exclusion on March 2021 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Sharon Seretlo/Gallo Images via GettyImages Ongoing student protests in South Africa have once again highlighted various problems with higher education funding. They boil down to challenges of affordability and sustainability. …
Revolutionary ideals of the Paris Commune live on in Black Lives Matter autonomous zone in Seattle: A new autonomous zone set up in Seattle by the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement bears some striking similarities with the Paris Commune of 1871. Despite its brutal ending, the seminal event in the French capital 150 years ago …
Slim and skinny: how access to TV is changing beauty ideals in rural Nicaragua: The more television people watch the more they prefer a thinner female body type. Jean-Luc Jucker, Author provided Think about the last time you watched a film or picked up a magazine. Chances are the majority of models and actresses were …