What We’re (Still) Talking About

They say beauty is skin deep. And rightly so. One look at the seven finalists of this year’s UK’s Ugliest Dog competition is proof; scanty fur, dangly tongues, bulging eyes, buck teeth… and strangely still adorable. The competition hopes to show that every dog is beautiful no matter how it looks. Kudos to the photography company that created this national competition, especially relevant today when pets are considered a status symbol or an object to own and show off. Competitions such as this one eliminate the stigma attached to owning a pet that’s not perfect. In other words: old, unwell or handicapped, not pedigreed, a stray… Let’s hope more of us open our hearts and homes to these beauties!

You heard us! The world was taken by surprise when former Prime Minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern, announced her resignation. She said she ‘doesn’t have enough in the tank’, implying that she was experiencing a burnout. While our initial reaction was ‘why?’, considering she had brought about a new and fresh approach to her

The Plastic Bag Store, a travelling art installation and immersive film experience, is spreading awareness about the harmful effects of singleuse plastic, this time in Ann Arbour, Michigan. The idea of Robin Frohardt, this specific version is part of a larger exhibit from the University of Michigan’s University Musical Society. As always, it stocks all the items you usually find at role, we can now endorse her move. Jacinda has been a role model for women and leaders around the world and, even as she exited, she set an example by action. She is one of the reasons that many of us will now know that it’s okay to quit, even when you’re at your peak, because health and wellness matter the most. a grocery store, only they’re all made from plastic. Frohardt maintains that the idea is not to shame the material but rather to highlight the culture of consumption and convenience. That’s what’s so right about the initiative because it shifts the responsibility onto the user. Further, it underpins the communal nature of the movement against single-use plastic.