On Representing Pakistani Beauty

As beauty competitions take baby steps into being more inclusive, it’s worth asking whether there is a path of progress to even be had?

Sakshi Sadashiv Kadam writes about the subtle, invisible, gendered tax levied on women.

Mehak Walia writes about individuals breaking the mould of heteronormative fashion standards to express their unique sense of self.

Sindhu Rajasekaran writes the first part of a debate around beauty- the perils of social media, notions of self-love and defending vanity.

How the simple act of grooming one’s own body, or not, got politicised.

Regardless of the pandemic, the fast fashion industry sustains vast inequalities in South Asian countries, as garment and factory workers...