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Even before snapping selfies was a thing, Eva O’Leary was taking photos of herself when she was 13 years old. At the time, it was just something she felt she needed to do but didn’t understand why. When she was older, she realized that it was her way of trying to understand how people saw […]

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We sit amid a fashion revolution in an industry facing major systemic change. Trend-based talk of hemlines and heel heights is being replaced by more consequential discussions about fashion’s true costs and cultural impacts. We’re stepping outside the confines of certain beauty boxes in favour of healthier ideals and broader representation. This undercurrent of increased […]

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View this post on Instagram me by @heatherhazzan for @modelcitizensvote, styled by @josephcharlesviola ️ model citizens vote is a national instagram based campaign to bring out the youth vote to support democratic candidates for congress on November 6t​h. before we can ultimately defeat trump in 2020, this is what’s happening now! i encourage y’all strongly […]

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Before the morning rush begins, I head to a quiet room overlooking my small Mediterranean garden for my Fajr, or dawn prayers. I light some candles, burn some incense and then drape myself in a long maroon-coloured veil. As a Muslim woman, I have a complex relationship with the draped veil. As an Arab Muslim […]

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In 2012, Rihanna posted a video clip of herself fixing her broken acrylic nail with Krazy Glue. I watched it over and over, squinting to get a closer look at what patterns adorned her always-striking nails. RiRi’s not alone in her love for mesmerizing tips; Cardi B, Teyana Taylor and Nicki Minaj are rarely seen […]

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Salesmen in expensive clothing stores like talking to me. I’m not sure why, except I frequent them often, hoping for some magic (i.e., impossible) fit. When I lived in New York, my therapist’s office was above one such store, and I always dropped into it post-session. That spring, we were working on boundaries, like usual. […]

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I was travelling through India on my own when I finally decided I wanted to look like all the beautiful women around me. So I walked into a jewellery shop in Pondicherry and stood perfectly still as a burly man in a lungi pushed a stud through my right nostril with his bare hands. Today, […]

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I have come face to face with several different types of anti-Semitism in my life: (1) the thinly veiled kind, at a dinner party, where a remark is made about Jews and their connections, (2) the facetious kind, at work, where a colleague jokingly says, “You don’t have to worry about money—you’re Jewish,” and (3) […]

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In Grade 2, Hodan Yousuf wore a hijab because she wanted to look like her mom. It wasn’t until she was in Grade 11 that she understood why she was wearing it and how it influenced her relationship with God. “It’s a decision a woman has to make for herself—if she’s going to wear a […]

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It would be easy to assume that Vivek Shraya doesn’t feel altogether at home in a traditionally conservative place like Calgary. She isn’t the only trans woman in this city of over a million, but since she lived in Toronto for more than a decade, the general lack of divers­ity in Alberta could be jarring. […]

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I was 11 years old when I found out that I’m black. Hold on. Half black. Or “mulatto,” as they used to say before the term matured into the clinical-sounding “biracial.” But I’m getting off track. Essentially, one summer afternoon, I came to learn that I had been adopted and was instantly given a crash […]

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At the surface level, the trends coming out of Milan Fashion Week Fall 2018 were: power suits, flared pants, bright pops of primary colours, capes, anoraks and puffer jackets. But many of the designers also explored deeper cultural ideas and sentiments reflective of these #metoo times. It was all about women taking back the night […]

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