Girlhood

Mary Carolan In the western world, fast fashion companies including Shein, PrettyLittleThing and UrbanOutfitters, are some of the most popular clothing brands, amassing a huge quantity of consumers. However the insidious underbelly of the fast fashion industry is no secret. Today, 100 billion garment items are produced annually, of...

Emma Alyana Collins At seven, I would pass the time by watching my mother prepare dinner. She would be curled over the kitchen counter, with a large-sharpened knife in her hand, slicing onions and smashing garlic. She would never let me handle the knife – I was too young....