Demi Lovato slams culture of praising people on weight loss
Entertainment
Mon, May 24, 2021
Pop icon Demi Lovato has voiced out her disapproval of the rampant culture of complimenting people on their weight loss.
The singer, 28 who came out as non-binary last week said in an Instagram post that complimenting weight loss can be just as harmful as praising someone for gaining weight. If you don’t know someone’s history with food, please don’t comment on their body. Because even if your intention is pure, it might leave that person awake at 2 am overthinking that statement… they wrote.
Lovato further said that while compliments about someone’s body could feel great, they also make the other person lie “awake at 2 am overthinking that statement.”
Praising foreign students English racist microaggression : UK universities new guidelines
15 May, 2021 08:31 PM
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Among the new guidelines, Imperial College London campus security guards are told not to ask a black member of staff if they are lost because this carries assumptions of criminality . Photo / Getty Images
Among the new guidelines, Imperial College London campus security guards are told not to ask a black member of staff if they are lost because this carries assumptions of criminality . Photo / Getty Images
Daily Telegraph UK
By: Ewan Somerville
Lecturers should not compliment a foreign student s English because it is a potentially racist microaggression , leading British universities say.
Labour MP Kiri Allan praised by Cancer Society - specialists say NZ urgently needs to change screening method
5 Apr, 2021 10:43 PM
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Labour MP and Minister of Conservation Kiri Allan. Photo / Kiri Allan, Facebook
Emma Russell is a health reporter for the New Zealand Heraldemma.russell@nzherald.co.nz
The Cancer Society is praising Labour MP Kiri Allan for bravely speaking out about her cervical cancer diagnosis and encouraging women to get regular screening.
But a gynaecological oncologist told the Herald it was a reminder that New Zealand urgently needed to change its method of screening cervical cancer to catch those most at risk.
Covid 19 coronavirus: South Auckland leader calls for whole community to be vaccinated first
10 Mar, 2021 04:25 AM
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The vaccine rollout is aiming to reach 2 million Kiwis within four months with people at higher risk if they catch Covid-19 being the next in line behind border and healthcare workers.
The vaccine rollout is aiming to reach 2 million Kiwis within four months with people at higher risk if they catch Covid-19 being the next in line behind border and healthcare workers.
A South Auckland leader is praising the Government for prioritising elderly people in the area for its Covid-19 vaccine roll-out, but calls for the whole community to be given a place first in line.