Grotesque, Menacing, Monumental: Motherhood!
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The coronavirus pandemic has revealed a number of vulnerabilities in the healthcare system in the U.S. while simultaneously taking a disproportionate toll on pregnant and birthing people. Whether its healthcare disruption, anxieties about how to give birth in hospitals that are in triage mode to marginalized demographics facing higher risks, the last year has shed a great deal of light on the maternal health crisis that has been going on the United States for decades and what the addition of a new threat like a virus that can lead to severe illness in pregnant people, per the World Health Organization (WHO) can mean for these already troubling outcomes.
During the pandemic, the inequalities facing women – especially BAME women – have become wholly apparent. Women have borne the brunt of so many repercussions of the global crisis: domestic labour, homeschooling, reducing their working hours to meet childcare demands, and losing their jobs. Even more so, the gap in women’s healthcare is now a major issue – which is why the government has launched a 12-week initiative to speak to women across England about their healthcare experiences. Menopause, fertility and maternity care are among the main areas set to be discussed.
Christy Turlington Burns speaking to British Vogue s Edward Enninful at this year’s virtual event.
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Given the hardships of this year, it is little wonder that the way we dress has undergone something of a renaissance.
Gone are the stuffy business suits and towering work heels, cast aside as the world left the office and moved into work-from-home mode. Stuck at home during those early, unsettling days of the pandemic, people craved comfort and simplicity, and with no office dress code to adhere to, there followed a steady drift into sweatpants and slouchy tops. The Jacquie Aiche x NSF collection. Courtesy Jacquie Aiche
Although many are now back in the workplace, the threat of Covid-19 remains, and people are still resorting to fashion that provides comfort. In reply, savvy designers are helping to shape this new clothing landscape, with offerings that fill the need for ease, without relinquishing on style.
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