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Sex work, stigma and whorephobia

Like everyone, sex workers sometimes need medical or mental health support. But shame and stigma seriously affect attitudes and access.

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The white tears of Taranaki

Taranaki in Aotearoa, New Zealand, is home to the world’s largest dairy factory. Sarah Hopkinson questions the price paid by an area dominated by monoculture.

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Fleeing fear, defying prejudice

As teenage refugee Sedra Al-Yousef grappled with rebuilding her life and education in another country, at the same time she used compassion and humanity to demolish populist anti-refugee myths.

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A creative collaboration with compulsion

Discover how artist Liz Atkin has channelled the compulsion to pick her skin into an imaginative outlet for her feelings.

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  • "Compassion" from le Brun, Heads. Representing the various passions of the soul..., circa 1760
  • Life imprisonment : in the battery cage / Compassion in World Farming.
  • Life imprisonment : in the battery cage / Compassion in World Farming.
  • The bodhisattva of compassion: Avalokiteśvara or Guanyin. Gouache painting.
  • A female deity (?), possibly Kuan Yin, Buddhist deity of compassion.
  • A woman's head, expressive of sublime compassion. Drawing, c. 1791, after Raphael.
  • Three faces: weeping (top), expressing compassion (bottom left), and scorn (bottom right). Engravings after C. Le Brun.
  • A weeping face (left) and a face expressing compassion (right). Engraving, c. 1760, after C. Le Brun.
  • A man's face inclined forward, expressing compassion. Engraving by M. Engelbrecht (?), 1732, after C. Le Brun.
  • A man whose profile expresses compassion. Crayon manner print by W. Hebert, c. 1770, after C. Le Brun.
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