African-Albino models are redefining beauty in the west

BY: NADIA ZAIDI  Featured image of Thando Hopa courtesy of Instagram  Albinism is one of the most unrecognized and yet scorned conditions in the world. It is inherited, and occurs in all ethnic communities. Today, models like Diandra Forrest, a black-American supermodel…

Why I think the term “plus size” needs to be dropped

BY: STEFANIE PHILLIPS As the weather gets a little colder, shop windows get a little nicer and big, shiny red signs begin to pop-up in stores and online, marking 50 per cent off that sweater you’ve been eyeing. I was…

France passes a law banning super-skinny models on the catwalk

BY: JACK M. In what can only be described as a major rejection of an industry that has put countless young women and girls at serious health risks by promoting and glamorizing super-skinny models, France recently made it illegal for…