Standards of beauty have been embedded in different cultures, in varying forms, from time immemorial. What endures is that women are still regarded as inferior to men.
DNA is a trove of personal information that can be hard to keep track of and protect.
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Both Macron and Madonna have expressed concerns about genetic privacy. As DNA collection and sequencing becomes increasingly commonplace, what may seem paranoid may instead be prescient.
Leonardo da Vinci’s Virgin of the Rocks.
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Voluntourists’ ability to change systems, alleviate poverty or provide support for vulnerable children is limited. They don’t have the skills and can perpetuate patronising and unhelpful ideas.
Madonna and fashion designer Jeremy Scott arrive at this year’s Met Gala in New York.
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Why is Cher, 71, celebrated when she wears a near-nude costume while Madonna, 58, receives revulsion? 19th century women’s magazines reveal how the double standards of beauty for older women came about.
She has been through some trying times of late, but the Madonna machine has not been derailed.
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Madonna, who attacked “sexist” criticism of her Rebel Heart tour, has always had a troubled relationship with feminism. And there is little about pop’s perfectionist workaholic that is rebellious today.