Innholdsfortegnelse for March 10, 2021 i Stylist

“Displaced women need sisterhood so very much” I’m a feminist but… my heart is aflutter like a Bridgerton heroine in a hedge with a hunk at the thought of guest editing Stylist for International Women’s Day – and exploring every glamorous nook and stylish cranny of this, my favourite magazine. But before I revel in red lipsticks and dresses with cagoules (yes – that is a real spring trend – strap in!), I need to take this year’s International Women’s Day theme by the oversize statement collar and face it down: Choose to Challenge. This year, when we see injustice for women and people of minority genders, we’re going to choose to say, “Hey! This is not OK!” How? When it feels like just getting out of bed and into…

fashion Made with love We challenged five designers to re-imagine the classic Choose Love T-shirt for spring. Win your favourite and wear it with pride fashion: Polly knightPhotographY: Chantel King WE ARE KIN Ngoni Chikwenengere, founder and creative director of We Are Kin: “I interpreted the theme of Choose Love with the idea of two hearts being one. I felt that this was a graphic but minimal way to represent a charity that puts love into action around the world. The ribbon was upcycled as We Are Kin chooses love by putting people and the planet over profit.”Trousers, £85, We Are Kin (wearekin.co); earrings, £250, Mulberry (mulberry.com); ring, £241, Swarovski (swarovski.com); sandals, £110, Dune London (dunelondon.com)To win this T-shirt (in your size), and donate to Choose Love, visit go.rallyup.com/stylistxchooselove* Rixo…

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real life “We did what we’d always done: we swam” When Sarah Mardini and her sister pulled an overcrowded refugee boat across the Aegean sea – saving the lives of 18 people – it was only the beginning of her struggle. She tells Stylist her story as told to: meena alexander My dad used to say: when you swim, you’re challenging physics,” Sarah Mardini tells me, her eyes distant. “In swimming, everything from your weight to your height is monitored to calculate the best score your body is capable of. But when you’re actually in the water, miracles can happen.” The Mardini sisters were raised by their swimming coach father as prodigies: the youngest, Yusra, could swim before she could walk; Sarah, now 25, could cover 10km in their local…

mother's day Dear mum: “The world got scarier when you left it” By Rachel Wilson, writer and founder of The Grief Network (@griefnetwork), a community for bereaved young people It’s hard to know where to start because the world is so different since you were last here. Spring is coming and it’s bittersweet now. I remember walking near our house on the morning you died nearly three years ago, and the daffodils seemed to have bloomed overnight. You loved the colour yellow and I already felt surrounded by you. The season is a paradox to me now: Mother’s Day, followed by the day you died, the day after my birthday – all painful reminders of endings in a season where life is supposed to begin again. I spent my 28th…

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“We can choose our family” Author and journalist Kuchenga reflects on how queer people are expanding conversations around family Fertility. The final frontier. Or so it felt once I hit the age of 30 and my social media feeds steadily started filling with the reproductive success stories of my peers. At first, I wasn’t worried. Five years ago, I went above and beyond to ensure my chances of having a family wouldn’t be hindered by my transition. Trans women in documentaries, and a few in my friendship circle, spoke about their experiences of going to private doctors to keep some future babies on ice. A few consultations and appointments later, I became one of them. One day I could hope to follow blithely in the surrogate footsteps of actor Gabrielle…

beauty “Wearing lipstick was an act of resistance – a way for her to feel like a woman” From self-care and building confidence to forming life-saving communities, Stylist explores the surprising role of beauty in refugee camps across the world WORDS: JESSICA BATEMAN Every morning Nour walks to the pink-painted wedding dress boutique and beauty salon that she runs in Zaatari refugee camp, Jordan, home to around 80,000 people. She organises eyeshadows and lipsticks ready for her customers and hangs out the dresses, which she designs herself, for display. The most popular service here is bridal make-up, followed by haircuts and colour appointments. “Looking after yourself is a human need, even when you’re living in a camp,” says the 27-year-old, who fled her home in Homs, Syria, in 2013. “Most…

deborah frances-white What The Guilty Feminist did next From rethinking feminism to dedicating more time to activism, Stylist’s guest editor Deborah Frances-White tells writer, and friend, Yomi Adegoke about her perspective-changing year Given busyness is now our collective default, it speaks volumes of Deborah Frances-White’s work schedule that she is likely the busiest woman I know. The patron saint of women’s private paradoxes, she is best known as the host of awarding-winning podcast The Guilty Feminist, discussing the hopes and hypocrisies of modern-day feminists with wit – and, crucially, without judgement. The podcast, started in 2015, has had over 85 million downloads and pre-Covid was recorded in front of a live audience, selling out the 5,200-capacity Royal Albert Hall, ticking one hugely entertaining box as both a comedy show and…

mother's day Dear Mum: “You risked everything so I could live a life of freedom” By Mona Bani, the co-director of May Project Gardens, a community garden in south London When you first introduced me to International Women’s Day, a moment that’s among my earliest memories, I never imagined writing about it for the world to read. Back then, it was part of your hidden activities: the cover-ups and pseudonyms you were forced to live under for our protection since you’d fled post-revolution Iran because your vocal belief in equal rights for women made you a target. I remember being six years old and playing on the floor in our Copenhagen home while you continued your political work from afar, a colourful IWD poster on the wall behind you. It…

mother's day dear mum: “You’re not just family, now you’re my best friend too” By Almara Abgarian, a writer and editor living alone in London Most children have a moment when they realise their parents are people in their own right – for me, that was seven years ago, when you told me about your first love. As we sipped drinks in a bar, you shared the pain of being young and in love as you steered me through my own break-up. I’ve never told you this, but it made me feel like we were friends, as well as family. But mum, that heartbreak was nothing compared to how I have felt this past year without being able to see you in person. I miss the small things, like going…

for more recipes head to stylist.co.uk/food Start your day with Mo’s Jungle Eggs When Mohamad Rahimeh found himself in the Calais refugee camp – known as ‘the Jungle’ – back in 2016 after fleeing war-torn Syria, cooking was one of the few things that gave him a sense of normality. But it wasn’t until one of his friends broke his leg that he realised its power to connect people. “We took my friend to the hospital and they told us we needed to take care of him and feed him. That was the first time I cooked for someone else”, says Rahimeh. With only one small gas stove, a pan and a few ingredients donated by charities, Mo got creative, experimenting with combinations until his signature dish, Jungle Eggs, was…

THE MEANING OF LIFE IN 21 PROBING QUESTIONS Waad al-Kateab What will the For Sama filmmaker and activist make of our existential questions? WHAT IS THE MEANING OF LIFE? To remember that we are all human beings and to treat each other with respect and kindness. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG? Equality in rights, duties, responsibilities, representation and opportunities. WHERE IS YOUR HAPPY PLACE? My garden in Aleppo and even here in London. If you could have dinner with any woman who would it be and why? It’s very hard to pick just one. I think, especially in this time of lockdown, I would love nothing more than to have dinner with all the women in my family and friendship group. IS IT MORE IMPORTANT TO BE…

Inspirational stories from refugees around the world Going with the flow Kenya What has helped you through the last year? Television? Books? Cooking your favourite meals? For Rita Brown’s yoga students, it’s been taking a breath in downward dog. Ugandan refugee Brown is a professional yogi who runs upbeat classes for fellow displaced women and aid workers at the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya. The camp, where the 28-year-old grew up, is home to 200,000 people. Rita was recruited last year into the Africa Yoga Project, a community-based organisation that educates and empowers young refugees in Africa. When social-distancing measures came into play, she refused to let them go without her sessions, taking her flows online through Zoom and Facebook. “Yoga has helped me practise self-acceptance and see opportunities to…

mother's day Dear Mum: “I’ve acted like a teenager in lockdown – I’m sorry” By Alice Kemp-Habib, a freelance writer living with her mum in north London I grit my teeth when you harmonise to every line of every song during virtual church services. I exhale audibly when you text your way through a TV show, then complain about it being too complicated to follow. You are a single mother, I am an only child. We’ve shared a two-bedroom flat with paper-thin walls for three years since I graduated. We’re used to living in close proximity, and under normal circumstances, we’re quite good at it. But spending a year in lockdown with only each other for company has had bizarrely regressive qualities. Suddenly it is 2015, and I am a…

taking a stand What would you choose? Inspired by the theme of International Women’s Day, #ChooseToChallenge, we asked nine celebrities what they would change for all women Clara Amfo, DJ and broadcaster: “I choose boundaries” “As women, we are constantly told to adhere to some level of obedience, especially when it comes to people pleasing, that’s when our boundaries, or lack thereof, can be really challenged. Whether blatant or indirect, the pressure to please is there and it can feel overwhelming for fear of not being perceived as a good person or not supporting the sisterhood. My hope is for women to be fully comfortable in saying ‘I don’t want to do this’ without need for explanation and to say ‘yes’ on their terms, and to revel in the latter.”…