Sunscreen Wars: Why Black Women Are Joining the SPF Revolution

By Antoine Pepper Let’s address the elephant in the room: for years, sunscreen was marketed as if melanin was some kind of invincible shield against UV rays. The beauty industry peddled the myth that darker skin didn’t need SPF, leaving Black women with ashy white casts, greasy formulas, and, worst of all, undiagnosed skin damage. […]
Christiana Figueres

The Diplomat Who Made the World Play Nice By Chloe Beaufoy If you think getting 195 countries to agree on dinner plans is hard, try convincing them to collectively ditch fossil fuels. Yet Christiana Figueres, the Costa Rican force of nature behind the Paris Climate Agreement, did exactly that, with a smile so disarmingly sharp […]
ISSUE 017

As April bows out (with questionable grace), we’re serving a masterclass in audacity, because why whisper when you can roar? This issue is a love letter to women who rewrite rules without permission.