From Flair

Jessica Hewitt-Haynes is the winner of inaugural Xaymaca International Carnival Costume Design Competition. The 18-year-old’s futuristic ‘Derezzed’ took top honours in the competition’s final judging, and will be showcased at Xaymaca’s 2020 Costume Presentation on November 29 at the National Indoor Sports Centre.  Despite not receiving the most votes on Xaymaca International’s Instagram Page for …

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All shades and colours of pink streaked across the streets of Kingston yesterday morning as participants turned out for the ICWI/Jamaica Reach 2 Recovery (JR2R) Pink Run in New Kingston. Supporters got creative in adhering to the ‘tutus and tall socks’ theme as they walked, ran, or just showed up for a worthy cause – …

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It is a day like no other. No matter how many rehearsals you go through, the feeling you get that moment when you are actually walking down the aisle or seeing her in that dress for the first time can only be caught once, and that is why wedding photography is so important. For F.A.B …

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Over the years, in one way or the other, we have either known or heard of someone who has been affected by breast cancer. Maybe it was a mother, sister, daughter, niece, a friend or even a brother. This special publication seeks to give a voice to those who empathise and want to join hands …

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When I started HerFlow in 2016, I firmly believed that there was a need to properly educate young girls about periods to empower them to handle menstruation. I initially got in touch with schools to conduct period education workshops so that I could fulfil this need. In doing these workshops, I meet girls who would …

Understanding period poverty Read More »

Digicel’s Head of Public Relations Elon Parkinson enters the room with a laptop in hand and his bluetooth in ear, looking every bit the modern working man from every stock photo you’ve ever seen. He sits behind a desk, pops the laptop open and crunches out some work right then and there. He has graciously …

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My life did not turn out as planned, but at age 26, I have very few regrets. Born in Spanish Town, St Catherine, I was raised in the Maroon village of Accompong Town in St Elizabeth. I grew up in a ‘single-parent extended family’. My mother died in April 1999, two months before I graduated …

Trusting the timing of my life Read More »

Let’s be honest. When it comes to periods, Jamaican culture dictates that men should not be involved at all. So many little girls are taught from early that their period is private and that they must do everything to keep it a secret, especially from men – even their fathers. For many men, all they …

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Shaunie likes Jason but she fears commitment; Jason digs Shaunie but has a crazy baby mother who stalks his social-media pages to throw heat and fists at any chick that gives his pictures and posts more than 5 likes. To say that their ‘situation-ship’ is complicated would be an understatement, but they made it work …

Are there rules to a ‘friends with benefits’ relationship? Read More »

A photo was posted of Member of Parliament Lisa Hanna on the beach. What was simply a beautiful woman enjoying a day out, went left pretty quickly, as social media lost its ever-loving mind. To think that she had the nerve to allow photographic evidence of her in a bikini boggled the minds of some …

At what age should a woman stop wearing a bikini? Read More »