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The debate around dressing for work hit the headlines last month, with high heels taking centre stage. PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) came under fire for sending temporary receptionist Nicola Thorp home for not wearing shoes with the required ‘two to four inch heel’. The debate erupted in the press and on social media, culminating with Julia Roberts leading...
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On Saturday a rare and beautiful creature was shot dead after an a four-year-old boy ‘slipped’ into the gorilla’s caged enclosure during a visit to Cincinnati Zoo with his family. The incident, which has triggered outcry the world over, has left us all with one harrowing and regretful question: did Harambe, the 17-year-old 450 pound...
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Following one of the biggest campaigns in recent times comes a new wave of war against the unfair inequality between the sexes. And even though the ‘tampon tax’ debate has still not been resolved, light has now been shed on the sexist pricing of everyday products which has resulted in more fuel being added to the...
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Recently I came across a petition that I needed to sign! It was a petition calling for the UK Government to stop taxing Women’s sanitary products due to it being categorised as a ‘non-essential’ luxury product. I had no idea this was happening! I had always thought that tampons were so expensive, and being a...
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If like myself you will be heading to the cinema to see Fifty Shades of Grey this week I’m sure you’ve been met with multiple people scorning and rolling their eyes at you, I know I have. Having not read the book I actually don’t know much about the plot or its characters, I’ll be...
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You may remember not so long ago we shared the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals’ (PETA) video, encouraging fashion outlets across the UK and US to stop selling angora fur products in their stores. The terrifyingly disturbing footage – shot by PETA Asia – shows innocent angora rabbits in China having their precious...
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