Kendall Jenner by Luis Alberto Rodriguez in i-D Sp 2022 'Out of Body' Issue

Kendall Jenner by Luis Alberto Rodriguez in i-D Sp 2022 'Out of Body' Issue AOC Fashion

Supermodel Kendall Jenner rocks strawberry blonde, short hair in most of the images in her sensational photo shoot for i-D Magazine’s Spring 2022 ‘Out of Body’ issue No 367. Carlos Nazario styles Jenner in images by Luis Alberto Rodriguez [IG]. / Hair by Tina Outen; makeup by Yadim

Hopes are High for Release of Saudi Arabia Blogger Raif Badawi

Update: March 7, 2022: There is no word on the release of Raif Badawi, even though he has served his sentence in Saudi Arabia. Amnesty urges release of blogger after sentence expires Middle East Eye

As Vladimir Putin launches an unprovoked assault on Ukraine — stunning global citizens who see Putin as a malevolent war criminal gone wild in his barbarity against the totally innocent people of Ukraine — there is hope that Saudi blogger Raif Badawi might be released.

Badawi was arrested in 2012 on accusations of insulting Islamic religious figures on his blog Free Saudi Liberals. In a 2014 court decision that stunned human-rights activists as unjust, Mr. Badawi was sentenced to 10 years in prison. The further sentence of 1,000 lashes for blasphemy — a sentence that would absolutely kill him — created gasps of horror worldwide, including on Anne of Carversville. The author was also fined $266,000.

Badawi received the first 50 lashes in April 2015 — which did nearly kill him — and was not subjected to further flogging scheduled in June of 2015, as his body hadn’t healed. In April 2020, Saudi Arabia bowed to international pressure and abolished flogging. The result was the cancellation of the remaining 950 lashes of Raif Badawi’s sentence.

Hopes are high that Raif Badawi may be released from jail in days. Badawi has spent almost ten years in prison, and often total isolation. The dissident was sentenced using the Islamic — or hijri — calendar. By that calendar's reckoning, on Rajab 26 1443, he will have spent 10 years in jail. The actual date on the Georgian calendar is February 28.

Human rights group Amnesty International has campaigned for Badawi’s release for years, along with other organizations such as Human Rights Watch and Reporters Without Borders. Amnesty International believes that the release could be imminent.

Four Vogue Greece Covers Celebrate 14 Body-Loving Women by Thanassis Krikis

Four Vogue Greece Covers Celebrate 14 Body-Loving Women by Thanassis Krikis AOC Fashion

The March 2022 issue of Vogue Greece joins a global Vogue project that unites all editions of Vogue, asking the essential question: In the age of the perfect image, how easy is it to truly love our "unfiltered" body?

Photographer Thanassis Krikis [IG] photographs 14 women “with real bodies” [we hope so!] and shares them with no retouching. Nicholas Georgiou provides creative direction and George Karapetis acts as stylist on the fashion story, with input from editor-in-chief Thaleia Karafyllidou.

The 14 women have different proportions, age, skin color, and different life stories. Each woman has experienced a battle with her body and after finally learning to love themselves came out stronger. I believe the research also says the become healthier in the aggregate when the stopped waiting for the acceptance of others.

Because AOC has moved on from this topic — having discussed it and lived it for 15 years on AOC — we hope that Vogue will soon tackle the next “elephant in the room”. The beloved animal unfortunately assigned to America’s Republican party is the role of religion and patriarchy in this discussion about women’s bodies.

We do not separate a discussion about body acceptance from a concurrent discussion of sexuality and the right of men to control women’s bodies in every aspect. It’s our position that a woman must make peace with her religion and/or spiritual beliefs [if they exist] as well as sexism to truly free herself from body-loathing.

Kanye West is deeply disturbed over his inability to now control Kim Kardashian’s sexuality and her body, because he absolutely believes it is his right as a man and as KK’s husband. Ye says that God spoke to him in the shower and told him to shut own Planned Parenthood, but West extends his rights of control even beyond abortion and contraception.

Givenchy Spring 2022 Campaign with Kendall Jenner Erupts with Kenny Bag and Artistic Energy

Givenchy Spring 2022 Campaign with Kendall Jenner Erupts with Kenny Bag and Artistic Energy AOC Fashion

Supermodel Kendall Jenner returns to Givenchy’s Spring Summer 2022 campaign, accompanied by He Cong, Iselin Steiro, and Steinberg. Photographer Heji Shin [IG] captures the campaign with art direction by Sarah Jayne Todd. Panos Yuapanis styles the shoot, which includes a campaign film, executed also by Heji Shin, set to the music of Surkin./ Hair by Duffy; makeup by Lucia Pieroni

Harris Reed Opened London Fashion Week With Big Bang Queer and Queenly Show

Harris Reed Opened London Fashion Week With Big Bang Queer and Queenly Show AOC Fashion

"This isn't so much a direct interpretation of the British monarchy's sartorial inclination, but instead a look at how the club-kid scene has long borrowed, loaned and built upon the regal wardrobe," the Harris Reed collection notes read.

In Harris Reed’s own words: “Hello London, let’s make some fluid history this season . . . “ in a show entitled ‘60 Years a Queen’, inspired by Sir Herbert Maxwell’s 1987 book of the same name. The designer stumbled on the book about the reign of Queen Victoria, during his first year at Central Saint Martins.

Grace Elizabeth Floats Elegantly in ELLE US February 2022 by Solve Sundsbo

Grace Elizabeth Floats Elegantly in ELLE US February 2022 by Solve Sundsbo

“I thought you had to be famous or live in New York City.” Grace Elizabeth said in 2018, about her state of surprise at finding herself a high-in-demand model. Also, she wasn’t really interested as a girl growing up in Lake City, Florida. “I wanted to play volleyball when I was a kid, and I wanted to be a boy, to mess around in the dirt.”

Noah’s mom morphed into quite the swan model before birthing him last February with husband with her husband, Nicolas Krause. “I think I was born to be a mom. Everything I have, I pour into him happily,” she says of Noah.“It’s so amazing to watch him discover the world for the first time. What may be ordinary to us is fascinating to him. We get to see it all over again, see the beauty in things,” Grace Elizabeth tells Adrienne Gaffney in ELLE US February 2022. .

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