Mutts and Purebreds Both Can Save Us: America's COVID-Sniffing Dogs Arrive for Duty

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Coronavirus-sniffing Dogs Unleashed at Miami airport to Detect Virus in Employees Washington Post

Dogs have long been called "man's [human's] best friend." But their new role as COVID detectors is awesome. Some will surely be shot dead in the line of duty -- as men are not always dogs' best friend -- but this new role for our beautiful dogs is so inspiring.

AND there is no hierarchy from what I'm hearing. ALL dogs have the same capacity -- or at least pedigree dogs and mutt dogs -- have the awesome ability to detect COVID. They can also detect the variations among COVID strands and their accuracy rate is about 97%.

My mind works in unfettered ways. I think there's a lesson about race, humans and white nationalism to be learned from our beloved dogs. Can they heal America? Humans are failing.

Moving from helping veterans to the entire population of Americans, our dogs are stepping to show us how to roll under deadly pressure. ~ Anne

Jourdan Dunn Covers Vogue Greece September in 'Galactica' by Alvaro Beamud Cortes

Jourdan Dunn Covers Vogue Greece September in 'Galactica' by Alvaro Beamud Cortes AOC Fashion

Top model Jourdan Dunn delivers an absolutely superb fashion editorial titled ‘Galactica’ for the ‘New Beginnings’ September 2021 issue of Vogue Greece. Nicholas Georgiou styles Dunn in shimmering looks lensed by Alvaro Beamud Cortes. The shoot takes place in Mílos, a volcanic Greek island in the Aegean Sea, just north of the Sea of Crete.

Vogue Japan September 2021 Fall Fashion Cover Story by Luigi + Iango

Vogue Japan September 2021 Fall Fashion Cover Story by Luigi + Iango AOC Fashion

Getting our arms around Vogue Japan’s multi-model format is always challenging — before we add iin more covers than AOC can count. We shared those covers and also a preview of the main cover story featuring models Amane Taniguchi, Britt Oosten, Leon Dame, Malika Louback, Sora Choi, Vilma Sjöberg and Ugbad Abdi.

Anna Dello Russo styles the crew in countless luxury labels lensed by Luigi Murenu & Iango Henzi on location in Puglia, Italy./ Hair by Luigi Murenu; makeup by Georgi Sandev

Related: Luigi + Iango Lens Countless Vogue Japan September 2021 Covers

See the fashion cover story preview: Luigi + Iango Capture 'Live Your Dreams' with Sora, Ugbad, Vilma in Vogue Japan

Agnes Lloyd-Platt Captures Florence Hutchings for Vogue Scandinavia September 2021

Agnes Lloyd-Platt Captures Florence Hutchings for Vogue Scandinavia September 2021 AOC Fashion

Photographer Agnes Lloyd-Platt [IG] brings her unique graphic, optimistic vision to the pages of Vogue Scandinavia’s September 2021 issue. Konca Aykan styles model Florence Hutchings in ‘An Alphabet of Inspiration’.

Agnes Lloyd Platt Captures Jan Baiboon for Sunday Telegraph UK Cover Fashion Story

Agnes Lloyd Platt Captures Jan Baiboon for Sunday Telegraph UK Cover Fashion Story AOC Fashion

Model Jan Baiboon is styled by Tona Stell in the Sunday Telegraph UK’s [link] Fall 2021 fashion issue. Photographer Agnes Lloyd Platt [IG], who believes fashion photography should be uplifting and inclusive, captures the fashion cover story.

Feli Rasztar's Modern Art Images by Gregoire Alexandre for Vogue Portugal September

Feli Rasztar's Modern Art Images by Gregoire Alexandre for Vogue Portugal September AOC Fashion

German model Feli Rasztar is styled by Joana Dacheville with images by Gregoire Alexandre [IG] for Vogue Portugal’s September 2021 ‘New Beginnings’ issue./ Hair by Christos Vourlis

'Merry Men, Cheery Women' by Maurizio Pedroni for Numero Russia

'Merry Men, Cheery Women' by Maurizio Pedroni for Numero Russia AOC Fashion

Models Emma Fuhrmann, Vera Luijendijk and Yeray Allgayer are styled by Stela Plaka in ‘Merry Men, Cheery Women. Photographer Maurizio Pedroni [IG] is behind the lens for Numero Russia [link].

VA Supreme Court Says Dead White Men Do Not Rule: Remove the Damn Statue!

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The statue of Confederate military leader, anti-United States successionist General Robert E. Lee has loomed six stories tall over Virginia’s state government and its citizens in Richmond since 1890. After a never-ending series of court battles, the VA Supreme Court ruled definitively last Thursday that the state of Virginia may now begin to disassemble the infamous, 12-ton statue.

The court ruled that "restrictive covenants" in the 1887 and 1890 deeds that transferred the statue to the state no longer apply. In June 2021

Virginia Solicitor General Toby Heytens argued before the court for less than a minute last June, regarding one of two cases seeking to block removal of the Lee statue that “no court has ever recognized a personal, inheritable right to dictate the content of poor government speech about a matter of racial equality, and this court should not be the first one ever to do so.”

"Those restrictive covenants are unenforceable as contrary to public policy and for being unreasonable because their effect is to compel government speech, by forcing the Commonwealth to express, in perpetuity, a message with which it now disagrees," the justices wrote.

Gov. Ralph Northam said upon the announcement of the court’s ruling: “Today it is clear—the largest Confederate monument in the South is coming down.”

In its own legal documents before the court, the current state of Virginia wrote:

“Symbols matter, and the Virginia of today can no longer honor a racist system that enslaved millions of people. Installing a grandiose monument to the Lost Cause was wrong in 1890, and demanding that it stay up forever is wrong now.”

Related: Virginia Museum Will Lead Efforts to Reimagine Richmond Avenue Once Lined With Confederate Monuments Smithsonian Magazine

Dead Men's Property Heirs Argue Confederate Statue Rights in New VA Court Move AOC Eye

Olivia Lis by Per Florian Appelgren for ELLE Thailand September 2021

Olivia Lis by Per Florian Appelgren for ELLE Thailand September 2021 AOC Fashion

Model Oliwia Lis wears Chanel, Givenchy, Hermès, Louis Vuitton, Prada, Saint Laurent in ‘Feel the Breeze in Paris!’, lensed by Per Florian Appelgren [IG] for ELLE Thailand September 2021./ Makeup by Tanja Kern

Hakima Athuai and Yun Xie in 'Coming Up Roses' by Jeff Hahn for Tatler Hong Kong

Hakima Athuai and Yun Xie in 'Coming Up Roses' by Jeff Hahn for Tatler Hong Kong AOC Fashion

Models Hakima Athuai and Yun Xie are styled by Declan Chan in ‘Coming Up Roses’, lensed by Jeff Hahn [IG] for Tatler Hong Kong September 2021./ Hair by Yoshitaka Miyazaki; makeup by Anna Payne

Hirschy Grace Is 'Spaced Out' by Tom Schirmacher in ELLE UK October 2021

Hirschy Grace Is 'Spaced Out' by Tom Schirmacher in ELLE UK October 2021 AOC Fashion

Photographer/director Tom Schirmacher [IG] captures model Hirschy Grace in ‘Spaced Out’. Charles Varenne styles the shoot for ELLE UK October 2021./ Hair by Romina Manenti; makeup by Dotti

Massaer Seck by Federico Barbieri for SCMP | China Cracks Down on 'Sissy Men'

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Massaer Seck by Federico Barbieri for SCMP | China Cracks Down on 'Sissy Men' AOC Fashion

Model Massaer Seck is styled by Paola Ventimiglia for ‘In the Field’, lensed by Federico Barbieri [IG]for SCMP September 2021.

AOC reads JingDaily and Sunday’s email raised concerns. For background, in September, 2020 in an article Gen-Z Conservatism Is Changing Fashion In China JingDaily wrote:

Thanks to a global pandemic and a 21st-century cold war, Chinese culture has looked inward and is taking conservative turns on multiple fronts. By further suppressing LGBTQ+ and feminist activities while promoting traditional Confucian values, post-COVID China is committed to turning the clock back to a more conservative, and in theory, stable, time. But these ever-more stringent cultural policies will leave a deep and long-lasting mark on China’s Gen Z, which will also happen to be the main growth engine for global luxury and fashion soon. With the rise of conservatism in China, the liberal fashion world is likely to undergo profound changes over the years to come.

This morning’s JingDaily headline could not have been more direct: China Bans Effeminate Men and Abnormal Esthetics From TV

Jing writes that this isn’t the first time China’s ‘girly’ men have gotten flak from the Chinese government. Authorities have censored male earrings on TV and accused the American CIA of hatching a plot to feminize China’s men.

What’s new is that the clampdown comes amid a much tougher government regulation of China’s entertainment sector. No one has an understanding of the Party’s definition of “sissy”. Is it clothes and makeup? Lavish jewelry? Is it certain types of behavior? Two men in an ad? Men wearing lipstick? No one knows the answer.

The South China Morning Post— source of this fashion story — wrote three days ago: China calls for boycott of ‘overly entertaining’ entertainers and ‘sissy idols’ in continued purge of popular culture industry

China’s broadcast regulator,. The National Radio and Television Administration, released an eight-point plan to regulate the entertainment industry. The regulations call for a wholesale cleanup of the entertainment sector, both in front of and behind the camera. The rules are part of Beijing’s ongoing strategy to reshape cultural life in China, citing perceived weakness in America and Europe as a result of increasingly liberal policies and lifestyle practices.

Isabeli Fontana Covers Harper's Bazaar Brazil September 2021, Lensed by Lufré

Isabeli Fontana Covers Harper's Bazaar Brazil September 2021, Lensed by Lufré AOC Fashion

Isabeli Fontana’s name is spread all over the covers of Harper’s Bazaar Brazil’s September 2021 issue. So it must be her. .Marcel Maia styles Fontana in images by Lufré [IG]/ Hair and makeup by Helder Rodrigues

Isabeli’s sexy [IG] beach snap from four days ago confirms that the sensual goddess is alive and well. She has not been kidnapped by aliens who traded her in for a new model.