Tag: controversy
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The one destination that is certainly not on my hot list
North Korea, a nation that has long shrouded itself under secrecy has opened up a luxury beach and tourist area. I can tell you right now I have no intention of booking a trip. The Wonsan Kalma Coastal Tourist Area is located on the shorefront, with beach access as well as cultural and “touristy” amenities.…
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The Musk problem
Tesla sales were down 71%. If like me you don’t fancy yourself a math genius, we can both just rest assured that equals a lot money lost. It had nothing to do with the product itself. Not even the cybertruck catching fire or concerns about self-driving systems led to such a drop. It all has…
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Does Target regret any of this?
When the Trump administration entered office, they put in place several measures to discourage previous DEI initiatives. In no uncertain terms, it was clear that those organizations that continued to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion publicly would now have target on their backs. Perhaps Target took that too literally. Almost immediately, they rolled back all…
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Expensive doesn’t equal durable
Okay, this my final reflection on the Van Cleef and Arpels drama. I just have this last thing to say. A key issue in this story is that this entire story is ridiculous, given the price of the bracelet. As mangomoniica tells her story, it is revealed that her Alhambra bracelet started to tarnish after…
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The Van Cleef and Arpels TikTok drama
A tiktok creator, who goes by the handle mangomoniica, is sore with Van Cleef and Arpels. As she tells it, she had her 18k gold Alhambra bracelet for all of two months before it started to tarnish. She took the item into the store and had it sent away for cleaning. When it returned to…
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Ben and Jerry want their ice cream back
Ben and Jerry want their company back. Since selling their eponymous ice cream brand to Unilever, they have faced barriers keeping true to their roots. As they attempt, through the independent board, to put their progressive values at the core of what they do, Unilever have pushed back. In protest to the war in Gaza,…
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And now on to Bianca Cesori’s outfit, if we can call it that
Bianca Cesori showed up to the 2025 Grammy Awards, arm in arm with Kanye West. As she stood for photos, I am sure photographers thought it was a retelling of the Emperor’s New Clothes. Cesori wore a dress so shear, she might as well have been wearing nothing at all. Perhaps she was able to…
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About that backpack Mangione wore
This week, I have been musing on the connection between politics and fashion. It’s really about the idea that clothing carries a message with it. I started with the idea that brands sometimes try to distance themselves and the political figures who might want to wear their clothing. But that is not an issue solely…
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CrossFit’s crisis and what to learn from it
A tragedy happened at the most recent CrossFit Games that rocked the community. One of their strongest competitors died by drowning in an open water event. For month, athletes, spectators, and general fans of the sport awaited the results of the independent third-party investigation launched by the sporting body. The results: we can’t tell you…
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The YSL blush reveals a different issue
If you have been following beauty creator in social media over the past few weeks, you will likely have come across the YSL blush controversy. The short story is that YSL Beauty debuted blushes in their new Make Me Blush line under the inclusivity banner, when in fact the shades don’t work for all skin…
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