Recently, I’ve been obsessed with this makeover show called Queer Eye, starring these five gay guys: Antoni, Karamo, Tan, Bobby, and Jonathan. A little different from other makeover shows, Queer Eye is empowering but balanced with some sassy humor coming from a group of very bubbly folks. Before, the teenager version of me would watch […]
Continue ReadingElla Stein Polishing Lives with “Conflict-Free” Diamonds
If you’ve ever seen Titanic with Leonardo DiCaprio (playing Jack) and Kate Winslet (playing Rose), you’ve seen the famous ending where Rose drops the Heart of the Ocean blue diamond necklace into the ocean. Many people have made hilarious parodies of that scene over the years. But if you also remember the rest of the movie, […]
Continue ReadingHow Our Clothing Affects Us, and Others
Have you ever noticed a trend and made fun of it, along with the people who participated in it? That’s me. It happened whenever I came across the word—“eco-friendly” (or environment-friendly)—especially if it were paired with clothing. I laughed at it like how I laughed at signs that say “gluten-free water.” One day, as I […]
Continue ReadingPesticides on Clothing?!
I know what you’re thinking. You’re already questioning, “What are you talking about? Pesticides are used on plants, not clothing!” But if you think about it, clothing is often made from cotton, and cotton is a plant. See? Similar to the food movement of “non-GMO” labeling and the gravitation toward eating organic, local food, there […]
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