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Kim Kardashian Takes Marilyn Monroe’s “Happy Birthday, Mr. President” Dress Out for a Spin

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The rates of bullying have soared throughout the pandemic, with the main reasons being poorer mental health, loneliness and increased screen time, according to charity Ditch The Label.
Pre-COVID, a survey by the charity found that 20% of young people feel lonely all the time, adding this has been amplified by the national lockdown and social distancing protocols. For anti-bullying week, 17-year-old Stephanie (not her real name) from Manchester, who was bullied throughout her time at school, explains how lockdown led her to being stalked and harassed online.
At primary school, I had a group of friends and when I moved to an all-girls high school, they decided they didn't want to be my friend anymore. They became the popular kids, and I became the unpopular person who was excluded from the group.

In Year 8, things got worse. It started off with name-calling. For example, I didn't used to like wearing my hair down and because of this, they thought I was a lesbian and would call me homophobic names.

Every day, the girls would put their hands up my skirt, take off my glasses on the bus, make fun of my appearance and ask me for money, which I would usually give them.

Soon enough, the bullying turned physical. One time, I was in PE and someone had moved all my stuff. When I asked who did it, I was floored by a girl and fractured my elbow.

After that, I stopped feeling safe at school and stayed at home for a week. Although the head teacher reassured me it was safe to return, things just escalated from there.

I ended up being beaten up at the school gates, which was filmed and shared on Snapchat and Instagram. As parents and students watched, I was pulled to the ground by my hair and kicked until I stopped fighting back and curled up into a ball.

Because I swore in the video, I was put in isolation by the school and I received the same punishment as the bullies who had beaten me.

My parents went into the school and called a multi-agency meeting. Again, I was promised by the school they would keep me safe. Within a week though, I was locking myself into a toilet to stop the bullies getting to me.

I was terrified to go to school, so in the end my parents and I decided I should stay at home.

Alone in my room, I felt depressed, started self-harming and had suicidal thoughts.

It was at this time when the cyber-bullying spiralled out of control.

Every day, the girls sent me and my mum abusive messages. They would get boys from the all-boys school to message me, pretending to be my friend and ask me to send pictures.

They even added me to group chats where they told me to kill myself and described all the ways I should do it. Things got so bad that I attempted suicide and was admitted to hospital.

When I eventually joined another school, I felt like I belonged. But within weeks, the old bullies found out where I was and started contacting random people from my new school with videos of me being beaten up.

And then it started all over again. I was physically attacked, locked into classrooms with the shutters down and followed home.

Due to the significant risk of violence, the police got involved. This threat even stopped me from attending my prom after-party.

The coronavirus pandemic has changed my bullying experience. During lockdown, I no longer had to worry about being attacked in the street.

However, the cyber-bullying has become so much worse, because people are bored and they have nothing to do. I have received endless no-caller ID calls, some silent and others with abuse shouted down the phone.

People have made fake accounts and messaged me incessantly. One day during lockdown, I was sat in the living room with my family, when I got a message saying: "I know what you and your sister are wearing."

Alarmingly, the person described what we were wearing in exact detail, right down to the colour of our clothes.

The police have listened into the calls and read the messages, but there's little they can do to stop it because of the no-caller ID and fake accounts.

My mental health is better than it used to be and I am currently in my second year of college, training to become a primary school teacher.

Working with children has always been my career plan. I think now, with the bullying and harassment throughout my life, I want to become a teacher even more, so that kids don't have to go through what I have.
For anybody struggling with any of the issues discussed in this interview, please visit ditchthelabel.org for free and confidential advice Anyone feeling emotionally distressed or suicidal can call Samaritans for help on 116 123 or email jo@samaritans.org in the UK. In the US, call the Samaritans branch in your area or 1 (800) 273-TALK

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Anti-bullying week: 'I was beaten up at the school gates and lockdown made the cyber-bullying much worse'

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The rates of bullying have soared throughout the pandemic, with the main reasons being poorer mental health, loneliness and increased screen time, according to charity Ditch The Label. Pre-COVID, a survey by the charity found that 20% of young people feel lonely all the time, adding this has been amplified by the national lockdown and social distancing protocols.

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What's the latest?

Russia's defence ministry said its Kalibr missiles had struck an arms depot in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region housing weapons from the US and European countries. Russian forces have established control over the settlement of Zarichne after storming the settlement of Yampil, the Ukrainian military has said. Russian forces were again attacking the huge Azovstal steel plant where fighters and some civilians are holed up in the southern city of Mariupol, an aide to the city's mayor said. A series of blasts sounded across in the Russian city of Belgorod near the Ukrainian border early Wednesday morning as authorities extinguished a fire at an ammunition depot. Regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said he woke "to a loud sound like an explosion" at about 3​:​.35am in an update posted to Telegram.

Mariupol

Russian efforts to take the Azovstal iron and steelworks steelworks - the last remaining Ukrainian stronghold in the besieged city - have been stymied by a fierce resistance and the difficulties of operating in the industrial area.

A few thousand vastly outnumbered Ukrainian forces have formed a stubborn pocket of resistance in the works - a sprawling mass of tunnels and workshops spread over four square miles.

On 21 April, Vladimir Putin ordered his forces not to storm the works, and officials in the city accused Russia of burying thousands of civilians in the nearby town of Manhush. Satellite images appeared to support the claims:

Drone footage released on 19 April showed a large plume of smoke rising from the steelworks:

What happened in first three weeks of the invasion?

How did we get here?

In the months before its invasion Russia had deployed hundreds of tanks, self-propelled artillery and short-range ballistic missiles from as far away as Siberia to within striking range of Ukraine.

Moscow's rhetoric grew more belligerent. Putin demanded legal guarantees that Ukraine would never join Nato or host its missile strike systems, concessions he was unlikely to receive. A flurry of diplomatic activity did little to ease tensions.

The second half of February was long seen as the most likely period for a potential offensive. Russian soldiers stayed on in Belarus beyond the end of planned military exercises, and the Winter Olympics, hosted by Russia's ally China, concluded.

The invasion was preceded on 22 February by Putin saying Russia would recognise the territorial claims of self-proclaimed republics in Luhansk and Donetsk. He had already ordered his forces into Russian-controlled territory in Ukraine.

What do we know about Russia's deployments?

Scores of battalion tactical groups - the smallest operational unit in Russia's army, consisting of about 800-1,000 troops - were put in place near the borders of Ukraine in Russia and latterly Belarus prior to the invasion.

As of 18 February, the US estimated that Russia had between 169,000 and 190,000 personnel in and around Ukraine.

An estimated 32,000 separatist forces were already operating in the breakaway areas in Donetsk and Luhansk - some of whom were likely to be unacknowledged Russian forces - before the invasion.

Many of the heavy weapons stationed near Ukraine arrived as far back as spring 2021. Over the new year Russia also began to move tanks, artillery, air-defence systems and fighter jets to Belarus for joint exercises in February. That deployment then grew.

Deployments at Zyabrovka (AKA Pribytki) airfield in Gomel, Belarus, 15 miles from the border with Ukraine, on 10 February. Photograph: Maxar Technologies/Reuters

These satellite image composites show the buildup of troops in Yelnya and Pogonovo over the new year.

Satellite photographs also showed increased deployments in Novoozernoye, in western Crimea.

The US estimates that 10,000 troops moved into Crimea in late January and early February.

Satellite images taken on 20 February showed troops and equipment being moved from holding areas to potential launch locations.

How do the militaries compare?

Russia's invasion pits the Kremlin's large, recently modernised military against an adversary largely using older versions of the same or similar equipment, dating back to the Soviet era.

Russia has significant numerical advantages on land and in particular in the air and at sea, although Ukrainians are defending their homeland.

What is the historical context?

In 2014 Putin sent troops to annex Crimea, a mainly Russian-speaking region of Ukraine. Russia also incited a separatist uprising in Ukraine's south-east, clandestinely sending soldiers and weapons to provoke a conflict that grew into a full-blown war.

A 2015 peace deal established a line of demarcation and called on both sides to make concessions. After that, low-level fighting continued along the front, and each side accused the other of violating the agreement.

Going back further, Russia has long opposed any attempts by Ukraine to move towards the EU and Nato.

One of Putin's often repeated demands was a guarantee that Ukraine never joins Nato, the alliance of 30 countries that has expanded eastwards since the end of the cold war.

What was the role of Nord Stream 2?

On 22 February, the German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, stopped the certification process for the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in response to Russia's recognition of the two self-proclaimed republics.

First announced in 2015, the $11bn (£8.3bn) pipeline owned by Russia's state-backed energy firm Gazprom was built to carry gas from western Siberia to Lubmin in Germany's north-east, doubling the existing capacity of the Nord Stream 1 pipeline and keeping 26m German homes warm at an affordable price.

Nord Stream 2, Europe's most divisive energy project, bypassed the traditional gas transit nation of Ukraine by running along the bed of the Baltic Sea.

It faced resistance within the EU, and from the US as well as Ukraine, on the grounds that it increased Europe's energy dependence on Russia, denied Ukraine transit fees and made it more vulnerable to Russian invasion.

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Russia's war in Ukraine: complete guide in maps, video and pictures

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Russia's defence ministry said its Kalibr missiles had struck an arms depot in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region housing weapons from the US and European countries. Russian forces have established control over the settlement of Zarichne after storming the settlement of Yampil, the Ukrainian military has said.

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Credit... Aileen Son for The New York Times

Ask Well

Or are injections just a temporary, addictive fix?

Credit... Aileen Son for The New York Times

Q: Will Botox injections in my 20s or 30s mean smoother skin and fewer wrinkles down the line?
While the majority of people who use botulinum toxin, the neurotoxic protein known by its brand name Botox, are women over 40, there has been chatter on social media about how starting it when you're young can help stall the signs of aging - before they even start.

The basic premise: If you start using Botox, which freezes wrinkles, when you're young, you won't form the grooves people try to "correct" later in life.

In 2020, about 811,000 Botox procedures were performed on people in their 30s, which was approximately 18 percent of the national total, according to a recent report from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. This " prejuvenation" trend seems especially persistent on social media, with testimonials from influencers on YouTube and TikTok.

While most dermatologists agree that this approach works, some worry that patients are making interventions too early, or warn against the long-term financial cost of repeated injections.

"You do it to slow down the aging process, not to stop it," said Dr. Shereene Idriss, a dermatologist and the founder of Idriss Dermatology in New York City.

We talked to more than a dozen experts to find out whether "preventative Botox" is a wise investment.

Botox limits movement by blocking acetylcholine, the chief neurotransmitter. Over time, the theory goes, a repeat user of Botox weakens her facial muscles, slowing the process in which dynamic lines (those that form when she is making an expression) settle into static lines (those visible when her face is at rest).

"Basically, you're inhibiting the muscle contractions and decreasing the facial movement," said Dr. Kristen Broderick, an assistant professor of plastic and reconstructive surgery at Johns Hopkins Medicine. "And then, therefore, you're preventing or slowing the formation of wrinkles over time."

Doctors stress that the wrinkles are postponed, not prevented. ("Mother Nature always wins," said Dr. Mathew Avram, the director of the Dermatology Laser & Cosmetic Center and the director of dermatologic surgery at Mass General Hospital in Boston.)

Even if you start Botox young, you're still going to have emotions. Unless you're frozen solid, you're going to show those feelings on your face - and eventually wrinkle.

The good news is that doctors are no longer serving up the "Botox-face" - think, eyebrows frozen in perpetual surprise, foreheads unwrinkled but not exactly youthful. Now, dermatologists try to smooth while still allowing for movement.

Movement, Dr. Idriss said, is essential. "That's what makes you you."

And even though the neurotoxin wears off in about three to four months, some doctors say it is delaying the natural aging process.

"If I'm starting at 25, and I use it until I'm 40, then I've saved all of those years of not getting the wrinkles," said Dr. Patricia Wexler, the founder of Wexler Dermatology in New York City. "So if you stop using the Botox at 45 or 50, you have a new baseline. You're going to get wrinkles at that point, but they're not going to be what you would have had."

Most dermatologists agree that Botox is a safe and reliable treatment. Millions of procedures are performed each year, with almost no reports of serious side effects.

But long-term use has been little studied, and the evidence is overwhelmingly anecdotal. Many dermatologists point to their own smooth foreheads as proof of concept.

"I need very little Botox now," said Dr. Debra Jaliman, an assistant clinical professor in dermatology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the author of the book " Skin Rules," who said she began injecting herself in 1991. "My muscles have given up."

There are no large scale clinical or observational studies of preventative Botox. One 2006 study looked at identical twins, just two people, over 13 years. One received regular Botox injections. The other did not. The researchers found that lines were "not evident in the regularly treated twin" where she had received injections, but did appear in her sister. The untreated areas of both their faces showed "comparable aging." In a follow-up, when the twins were 44, the twin who received treatments did not have static lines at rest; her sister did.

A 2011 study looked at whether the effects of repeated injections reduce or eliminate forehead wrinkles long term. Every four months, a group of 45 women, aged 30 to 50, received small amounts of botulinum toxin in their foreheads. Doctors assessed them two years after they began treatment, once the last treatment would have worn off, and found that the neurotoxin significantly reduced their wrinkles.

But several dermatologists pointed out the negative effects of pausing treatment.

Dr. Loretta Ciraldo, the founder of Dr. Loretta skin care who has practiced dermatology for over 40 years, spoke of patients who had used Botox for decades, and then took a break. When they returned to her office, she said, "it did not help whatsoever. Once it wore off, it wore off."

You're not going to reverse your progress if you stop treatment - you'll just get your full mobility back, slowly creating wrinkles.

The effect of pausing treatment is hard to track, though, since few people stop injections once they begin. Even though botulinum toxin itself does not form chemical dependence, many people become "addicted" to how their face looks, said Dana Berkowitz, an associate professor of sociology at Louisiana State University.

Dr. Berkowitz, the author of " Botox Nation: Changing the Face of America," has interviewed dozens of people who used Botox for her book. Only one - a man - had ever paused treatment, she said.

Your face without Botox "looks ugly to you," Dr. Berkowitz said, adding, "This wrinkle-free, ageless face becomes totally normalized. We expect it and then we view that as beautiful."

Botox is expensive, and repeated procedures add up. The average cost of a treatment is $466, according to the report.

"Neurotoxin injections are a huge cash cow for dermatology offices," said Valerie Monroe, the former beauty director at O, The Oprah Magazine and the author of a Substack newsletter on beauty.

Alternatives do exist. Many doctors pointed to sunscreen or retinols, which can increase collagen in the skin and work to counteract the visible effects of aging.

And few women in their 20s and 30s have deep, static lines, which means they have little use for the so-called preventative injections. If you're considering Botox in your 30s, seek a dermatologist who will talk to you about why you want the treatment. Sometimes, dermatologists will suggest patients wait.

Dr. David A. Colbert, the co-founder and head physician of the New York Dermatology Group, said he worries that some patients have internalized damaging messages about aging and beauty.

"It's a pretty toxic, heavy message," he said. "People don't even really analyze it anymore. They're just like: 'I can't get too many wrinkles or I just will look awful.'"

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The binding agreement to protect female workers from sexual harassment and violence comes a little over a year since the murder of 20-year-old garment worker Jeyasre Kathiravel, who was killed by her supervisor in January 2021.

Kathiravel worked for Natchi Apparel, a supplier for H&M in Kaithian Kottai, Tamil Nadu, and had reported harassment at her workplace in the months prior to her death. According to media reports, her supervisor confessed to the crime and is awaiting trial.

On Friday, H&M Group joined with Natchi Apparel's parent company and major local supplier, Eastman Exports Global Clothing Private Limited, as well as the Tamil Nadu Textile and Common Labour Union, the Asia Floor Wage Alliance, and Global Labor Justice-International Labor Rights Forum to unveil the Dindigul Agreement to Eliminate Gender-Based Violence and Harassment (GBVH).

The agreement constitutes a commitment to eradicate discrimination based on gender, caste, or migration status; to increase transparency; and to develop a culture of mutual respect in garment factory settings. It includes regular training for all workers, supervisors, and managers; a peer education program; and shop floor monitors to detect and report incidents of gender-based violence and harassment.

"All our employees deserve safety and respect at work," said Subhash Tiwari, chief executive of Eastman Exports. "It is our hope that this unique agreement and partnership will not only positively impact Natchi's valued workforce but will also serve as a model for other garment factories."

The initiative has been pushed by the Tamil Nadu Textile and Common Labour Union (TTCU), a women-led, independent and majority Dalit trade union of textile workers.

"This agreement delivers power and support to women workers to monitor, prevent and remediate gender-based violence and harassment collectively and with management," said TTCU general secretary Jeeva M. "We will use this as a model to organise against GBVH and caste-based discrimination industry wide."
Learn more: Brands Face New Pressure on Labour Rights Activists and regulators are dialling up scrutiny on brands after fragile protections for garment workers collapsed under pandemic stress.

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H&M Signs Agreement to End Gender-Based Violence in India's Apparel Industry

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The binding agreement to protect female workers from sexual harassment and violence comes a little over a year since the murder of 20-year-old garment worker Jeyasre Kathiravel, who was killed by her supervisor in January 2021. Kathiravel worked for Natchi Apparel, a supplier for H&M in Kaithian Kottai, Tamil Nadu, and had reported harassment at her workplace in the months prior to her death.

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A China Eastern Airlines flight with 132 passengers onboard, flying from Kunming to Guangzhou, has crashed in the mountains of the country with white smoke seen billowing from between the trees

A Boeing 737 carrying more than 130 people has crashed in mountains in China, with smoke seen billowing from the scene.

Chinese state television says the plane, flying from Kunming to Guangzhou, had an "accident" over Guangxi.

The China Eastern Airlines flight had 132 people onboard at the time of the incident, with nine crew members.

It is currently unknown how many casualties there are but rescue is said to be on its way to the mountainous region.

The Guangxi Emergency Management Department said in a statement: "A Boeing 737 passenger plane carrying 132 people from China Eastern Airlines crashed in Teng County, Wuzhou, Guangxi, and caused a mountain fire.

"At present, rescue teams have assembled and approached, and the casualties are unknown."

A video shared online showed white smoke billowing from between trees.

Other footage showed the area ablaze with flames.

Images shared on Twitter claimed to be of large pieces of the plane's fuselage discovered in the area by locals.

The Aviation Safety Network tweeted: "We are following multiple unconfirmed reports about a possible accident involving China Eastern Airlines flight #MU5735 a Boeing 737-89P (B-1791) en route from Kunming to Guanghzou, China."

In response to the tragedy, China Eastern Airlines turned its website black and white out of respect to those onboard.

Flight data claimed to be from the flight shows the plane, which was six-years-old, dropped thousands of feet to the ground in just minutes, giving crew little time to react to whatever the issue was.

MU5735 departed from Kunming to Guangzhou departed at 1:11 pm local time according to FlightRadar24 data.

The flight tracking ended at 2.22pm (6.22am GMT) an altitude of around 30,000 feet with a speed of 376 knots when it suddenly plummeted to the ground.

It had been due to land an hour later.

Several people on social media posted they were praying for those onboard the tragic flight.

One said: "Thoughts and prayers are with the victims of #chinaeasternairlines crash aircraft reg: B-1791 flight #MU5735 RIP."

China's recent flight safety record before today was among the best in the world.

The last fatal plane crash in China was in 2010 when an Embraer E-190 regional jet flown by Henan Airlines crashed on approach to Yichun airport in low visibility.

Of the 96 people aboard, 44 were killed.

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The Brain Activity Of A Dying Man Shows A Shocking Discovery: Our Life May Really Flash Before Our Eyes When We Die

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What do the posts in your social media feeds tell you about how your body should look? How do they affect the way you feel about your body?

In general, how does what you see on TikTok, Instagram, YouTube or other social media sites affect your body image, which is defined as "a combination of the thoughts and feelings that you have about your body"?

In " What Is 'Bigorexia'? " Alex Hawgood writes that some teenage boys feel pressure to build muscle because of what they see on social media:

Like many high school athletes, Bobby, 16, a junior from Long Island, has spent years whipping his body into shape through protein diets and workouts.

Between rounds of Fortnite and homework, Bobby goes online to study bodybuilders like Greg Doucette, a 46-year-old fitness personality who has more than 1.3 million YouTube subscribers. Bobby also hits his local gym as frequently as six days a week.

"Those guys made me realize I wanted to get bodies like them and post stuff like them," said Bobby, who has fluffy curls of dark hair and the compact frame of a gymnast. (The New York Times is not publishing the surnames of minors or the names of their parents in this article to protect their privacy.)

He makes sure to hit the fridge, too, grazing on protein-packed Kodiak Cakes and muscle-mass-building Oreo shakes. He consumes so much protein that classmates sometimes gawk at him for eating upward of eight chicken-and-rice meals at school.

But Bobby isn't getting buff so he can stand out during varsity tryouts. His goal is to compete in a different arena: TikTok.

Bobby now posts his own workout TikToks. Shot on his iPhone 11, usually at the gym or in his family's living room, the videos are devoted to topics like how to get a "gorilla chest," "Popeye forearms" or "Lil Uzi's abs."

The article continues:

For many boys and young men, muscle worship has become practically a digital rite of passage in today's beefcake-saturated culture. Examples are everywhere - the hypermasculine video games they play, the mesomorphic superheroes in the movies they watch. The top grossing films of last year were ruled by C.G.I.-enhanced masculine clichés: Spider-Man, Shang Chi, Venom and the entire Marvel universe.

Many doctors and researchers say that the relentless online adulation of muscular male bodies can have a toxic effect on the self-esteem of young men, with the never-ending scroll of six packs and boy-band faces making them feel inadequate and anxious.

And while there has been increased public awareness about how social media can be harmful to teenagers - spurred in part by the leak of internal research from Facebook showing that the company hid the negative effects of Instagram - much of that focus has been on girls.

Recent reports, however, have found that those same online pressures can also cause teenage boys to feel bad about their bodies.

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How does social media affect the way you feel about your body? Has it ever made you feel bad about the way you look? Has it ever made you feel good?

Did you relate to any of the teenagers quoted in this article? If so, which ones, and why?

What messages have you received about how your body should look from social media and what you should do to make it look that way? Pick one of these messages and evaluate it: Is it good advice for teenagers? Would you share it with one of your friends?

Do you feel that men are encouraged or discouraged in sharing struggles or insecurities related to their bodies? Why do you think that is?

"The line between getting fit and fanatical is not always clear," Mr. Hawgood writes. Do you agree? Do you think teenagers can learn useful lessons about fitness online without becoming obsessive or unhealthy? How?

Have you ever encountered body-positive content on social media? How has it made you feel? Do you think posts of this kind are useful? Why or why not?

the entire article, then tell us:
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Students 13 and older in the United States and Britain, and 16 and older elsewhere, are invited to comment. All comments are moderated by the Learning Network staff, but please keep in mind that once your comment is accepted, it will be made public.

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