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Renaissance women and their killer cosmetics
| Jill BurkeSteven Pocock
In this extract from ‘How to be a Renaissance Woman’, Jill Burke delves into a complex world of beauty products, poison and patriarchy – and reveals the impossible contradictions of femininity faced by 16th-century women.
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Bloody capitalism and the cash flow of the menstrual cycle
| Dr Camilla RøstvikJo Hanley
Once they thrived on taboos and shame. Now period-product manufacturers are finding new ways to flourish in this era of period activism – but products aren’t the end of the story.
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Enduring taboos and the future of skin bleaching
| Ngunan AdamuAmaal Said
Many condemn skin bleaching in public while secretly lightening their own complexions. To break away from these taboos, we need honest information and open conversation.