Embracing Raw Beauty
From the Blog sonyarehman *By Sonya Rehman* Dove’s ‘Real Beauty’ campaign is perhaps one of the most consistent and commendable efforts on the part of a multinational brand to promote raw beauty in all shapes, sizes and skin tones. There was India’s ‘Dark is Beautiful’ campaign, too, initiated in 2009 by the NGO, ‘Women of Worth’ to counteract the country’s bias towards fair skin. The campaign gained vast media attention after a series of advertisements were released featuring actress, Nandita Das, with the slogan; “Stay Unfair, Stay Beautiful.” [image: 793377636] However, on home turf, we have yet to tackle the perfection stereotype in local fashion and media. On the positive side, Pakistani fashion magazines (weekly and monthly) have begun to adopt a fresh take on Pakistani fashion, and, the whole spakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
11 May PTI protests against 2013 election rigging
From the Blog united4justice I am against recent troop worship and irrational pseudo-nationalist mindset shown by PTI but I wish good luck to my friends who are taking part in anti-rigging protests today. I also condemn Punjab government and PMLN for blocking areas and using harassment as a tool to stop protesters. Almost everyone know what happened in 2013 elections. 11 May 2013 elections were a mockery of everything we know about proper elections. It was another establishment drama played with the help of feudal-corporatist political elite. Some sections of media and judiciary to some extent also failed to respond properly towards the rigging. Protests are also part of democracy and a sign of a living society. Using tax payer’s money to forcefully stop protesters is a sign of a tyrant government. Nawazpakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
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