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Red carpet fashion is often a chance for celebrities to make a statement by sporting something more risqué. But whether it’s Megan Fox’s pants-free moment or Zoë Kravitz going see-through, bold fashion can open women up to feedback of all sorts. And unfortunately a lot of people can be pretty nasty in their comments. Florence Pugh was the latest actress to experience this brand of body shaming, when she freed the nipple at the Valentino Haute Couture fashion show in Paris, and Bridgerton star Regé-Jean Page wasn’t having…

Getty ImagesSome companies choose to irritate customers.You can understand the impulse.You've bought something from a brand and its marketing people really, really want to know what you really, really thought of the purchase experience.Sometimes, the enthusiasm to know gets a little much -- something I recently experienced when I bought one or two things at Best Buy.After the first ten emails begging you to fill out a survey, your eyes glaze over, and you block the emails.Burger King, however, has decided on a…

When George Floyd was in high school, his teacher Bertha Dinkins prophetically told the teen: “I want to read about you in the newspaper… that you have made history and done something to change society”. She could never have foretold that Floyd would become a household name because the world watched a video of police officer Derek Chauvin slowly choke him to death with his knee on his neck in 2020.The killing sparked the largest protests ever against racial injustice, prompting society to discuss racism in ways it has not…