The taboos are falling fast as the EU embraces the far-right racist approach to migration | Shada Islam

The taboos are falling fast as the EU embraces the far-right racist approach to migration | Shada Islam

[ad_1] European Union leaders want to reinforce their controversial “fortress Europe” policies by clamping down even harder on inward migration. This reveals a deep and self-defeating disconnect between the 27-nation bloc’s internal actions and its international aspirations. The EU’s self-image is that of a benign power and a force for global good. European leaders spend … Read more

You don’t have to be young to build muscle: how women are breaking fitness taboos

You don’t have to be young to build muscle: how women are breaking fitness taboos

[ad_1] When 50-year-old Anna Jenkins, the founder of We Are Fit Attitude (Wafa), a woman-only health and fitness club, looked online for images of older women exercising, she was irritated by the pitiful size of the weights: the stock image is of a woman with grey hair lifting a 1kg weight, as if doing so … Read more