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Finding the 'perfect' face |
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Have you ever wished your face was different?
Kina has. At just 14 years old, she's acutely aware of how her South Asian features could be changed to conform to recent beauty trends.
It started with social media filters.
Every time Kina took a selfie, she saw a slightly altered person looking back at her. Her nose was suddenly slimmed and upturned, her eyes widened and her skin lightened.
"I looked like a white person," she says.
It began to change the way she thought about herself.
"I was just like, am I not pretty otherwise? It came to the point where I could not take a photo without a filter because I would look at myself and find all these little faults."
Dive into a fascinating story from RN podcast, Face Value, to discover who wins and who loses when beauty ideals celebrate looks that are ethnic, but "not too ethnic".
Plus, learn how young people like Kina are leaning towards cosmetic procedures to achieve the "perfect" face.
Then, join us on a trip to Bali to explore the unusual death rituals practised by generations of Indigenous Indonesians, including dressing up deceased loved ones and even inviting them to dinner.
And finally, are you a scholar looking to broaden your skills?
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Applications close May 31.
Enjoy your weekend,
Anna Levy, RN deputy digital editor
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The latest beauty trend: 'ethnic but not too ethnic' |
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| A growing number of Australians are having fillers, injectables and other cosmetic surgeries. The procedures raise complex questions about culture, appearance and 'ethnic ambiguity'. |
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Would you hang out with your dead relatives? |
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| In Trunyan, Indonesia, the dead decay under a sacred tree; in Tana Toraja, they sleep with the family. What can we learn from witnessing death this way? |
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Should we change God's pronouns? |
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| The Christian establishment remains divided on the issue of using gendered pronouns to refer to God. But some say it's time for change. |
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Beverley Wang joins Life Matters |
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Respected journalist, podcast producer and host of RN podcast, Stop Everything!, Beverley Wang will join Life Matters as co-host from this Friday.
"I'm beyond excited to take the Monday-Thursday baton from the wonderful Hilary Harper and step up as your new Life Matters presenter on Fridays," Beverley says.
"I'm so looking forward to spending more time with RN listeners."
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RN's new armchair travel podcast |
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Some destinations have the uncanny ability to draw us in over and over again, offering up new pleasures and insights with every visit.
Join host Jonathan Green in Return Ticket, a journey of the mind to destinations both near and far-flung in search of what the tourist never sees.
So go on, pack your bags! Tune in on the ABC listen app, or wherever you find your podcasts. | | LISTEN |
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