
Mum was surprised when I first expressed interest in wearing a jade bangle. “You know they’re for old ladies, right?”
In this episode, Zione chats with Sasha Kutabah Sarago, a Wadjanbarra Yidinji, Jirrbal and African-American author, filmmaker and speaker. A former model, Sasha is now a passionate advocate for increased diversity, equity, and inclusion in fashion and beauty. Hear her thoughts on decolonising…
How can we justify buying feel-good things like beauty products in economic uncertainty?
I went to school with girls from a range of different cultural backgrounds: Egyptian, Lebanese, Italian. As different as our looks were, we all had one thing in common, the burning desire for straight hair.
SBS World News Radio: From beauty balms to snail slime moisturiser, cosmetic production is one of South Korea's fastest growing industries.
The months during which my left eye remained blind, while filled with unspeakable worries, also served as a crash course in mindfulness.
I was freaking out beforehand. I remember walking out there and my heart was going crazy. The only thought I had was ‘Don’t trip!’
I limited myself to dating men I would meet overseas. It is in their cities that I feel most alive and my beauty is fully appreciated.
Discussing body image between males can be tricky, writes Paul Chai.
For me, the most important thing has always been validating my own hunger and desire - be it for food, sex, intellectual stimulation or love. There is never ‘enough’.
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