"Customers often ask us: “what is the difference between a #Pashmina shawl and a #Cashmere shawl?” The answer is fairly uncomplicated, but we thought we’d go through it in some detail since it frequently causes confusion"
https://t.co/oWHr8DyvQt
#realpashmina#pashminaatelier
5 years ago 72 people died because they were trapped in a government mandated death trap. 5 years later and we can’t forget their names. We must continue to fight for justice for them and their families. 💚💚✊🏾 #Justice4Grenfell
A forensic psychologist paid for by Johnny Depp testified today that Amber Heard has "Histrionic Personality Disorder" and "Borderline Personality Disorder."
These diagnoses have historically often been used as a way of labeling and controlling difficult women.
"The story of fabric is covered in the sly print of colonialism and of the way it created categories like ‘folk’ and ‘native’ to dye the art, intellectual, emotional and market practices of colonised societies as primitive or not of modernity, and so, easy to take from."
We're proud of the lifesaving work our volunteers do in the Channel – we make no apology for it. Those we rescue are vulnerable people in danger & distress. Each of them is someone’s father, mother, son or daughter - every life is precious. This is why we launch:
For @diversityinsust advisory panel we have received over a 100 applications from thoughtful and inspiring individuals across the sustainability sector! Both humbled and enthused for the interest in our initiative that we founded only a few months ago.
Today marks 110 years since the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, which killed 146 garment workers in New York, many of them Italian and Jewish immigrant women and girls. Sadly, little has changed for garment worker rights and protections https://t.co/3WAbgKWm51
For our UK friends, we recently marked 1 year of lockdowns and pandemic-related shifts in how we live.
For many ppl that has meant feeling like we're "stuck" - one positive way to reframe feeling stuck is by embracing the idea of stillness.
#MentalHealthMatters
Join us tomorrow on IGTV Live with @simakumar for our chat on the Pros & Cons of the Wellness Industry.
https://t.co/bRlPhQYVDf
9 am PST / 5 pm UK
#wellness#mindfuldrinking#igtv
Garment workers are chronically underpaid while athleisure and loungewear sales are still thriving. The contrast between brand balance sheets and the workers whose labour underpins them is a reminder how fundamentally broken the business model is.
https://t.co/ptYbhTnROB
A chain of workers from retail employees in the UK to garment workers in factories in Bangladesh are seeing their livelihoods disappear as a raft of high street brands close shop.
https://t.co/P5Vu2FG7Jy
Yesterday was the funeral of 24-year-old #MohamudHassan & instead of national coverage, his story is going unheard. We will not be quiet about police brutality, we will not be quiet about institutional racism & we will not be quiet about the injustice black people face in the UK
We are recruiting an 8-12 member advisory panel for Diversity in Sustainability. If you're interested in governance, helping us grow, and building inclusive ecosystems, please consider applying by February 14! https://t.co/g5XFHu5361
We're back with more #mindfulness chat!
This Wednesday we're joined by Dr Tina Mistry to talk all things #Anxiety, and the habits which make them worse, in the South Asian community.
Join us on IGTV live Jan 6th - 5.30 UK / 9.30 AM PST
https://t.co/19JyPF7ONB