ANTONIA HOYLE On Firms Flogging Women Myth That Drinking Is Empowering

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The practice was condemned as 'painful, and potentially harmful' by Dr Hilary Cass, the former president of the Royal College of Paediatrics in an interim review of trans children's services for the NHS, published this February.

Another account, Women Who Love Wine posts 'Wine tastes better when your mental health is sh*t' and 'The first drink after a long day of work doesn't count; it just levels your mood back to normal.' Stock photo used

Why has Facebook shown me this meme in the first place? It looks like it has been posted by someone I know — but it hasn't. Instead, I discover, it's from a Facebook page called Wine Time that two of my friends 'like', meaning, thanks to the platform's algorithm, it is more likely to appear on my own feed.

And just when things looked on the up for 2016, the Eels were struck down by allegations of salary-cap rorting that eventually led to the stripping of 12 points and a complete restructure of their administration.

The review pointed to a 25.8 per cent fall in alcohol-related assaults, a 37.6 per cent drop in alcohol-related hospital admissions in Alice Springs and a 24.2 per cent decrease in admissions in Tennant Creek.

Fellow campaigner, Maya Forstater, who won legal protection for having 'gender-critical' views back in 2019, said on Twitter that the practice by Mermaids was 'not OK' and that the 'organisation should not be in schools' and 'should be investigated by the charity commission'. 

Stephanie Davies-Arai, the founder and director of Transgender Trend, a campaign group, told the Telegraph: 'This is a great safeguarding concern, because breast binding is basically a form of self-harm.'

But there was nothing feminist about my behaviour when I was binge drinking. It reduced my interaction with friends to repetitive rants and lowered my inhibitions to the point where I'd spill best friends' secrets and stagger off.

The 'pinkification' of products has been well-documented (think the huge growth of rose wine and #drinkpink promotions) but brands also show alcohol as 'an essential component of female friendship', emphasising its importance by talking about 'besties' and 'BFFs'.

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The Charity Commission has confirmed they are 'assessing' concerns raised about Mermaids after an investigation also led to claims they were giving out medical advice on puberty blockers without the relevant training.

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Watching it on Willoughby's Instagram this April prompted nostalgia for my drinking days, despite knowing the song presented a worrying façade — 12 per cent of people report feeling anxious with a hangover. It can alter our brain chemistry for http://marneuli.Net/ up to ten days.
Of course, no alcohol manufacturer is allowed to endorse drinking to excess and the Advertising Standards Authority doesn't let brands link consumption of alcohol to increased popularity or confidence.

A 2008 NHS England publication noted breast binders should only be used for short periods of time because they 'may cause back problems' and can distort breast tissue, which could affect any future surgery to remove the breasts.

So should Facebook allow it? Alcohol is a drug that causes seven types of cancer and is set to cost the NHS £5.2 billion over the next 20 years. Facebook bans tobacco advertising and gambling adverts are only allowed with written permission from the company.
Yet the account remains after I reported it — twice — to Facebook on the grounds that, as a business page, it hasn't completed its verification process and does not say who it is run by. There are plenty of similar groups, whose creators are also often unknown.

The Leeds-based charity is headed up by Susie Green, a former IT consultant who has served as CEO since 2016, took her own child to Thailand aged 16 for pkvgames genital surgery as the minimum age in the UK is 18.

'Mermaids takes a harm reduction position with the understanding that providing a young person with a binder and comprehensive safety guidelines from an experienced member of staff is preferable to the likely alternative of unsafe practices and/or continued or increasing dysphoria.

A spokesman for the Charity Commission said: 'In general, allegations involving vulnerable young people are serious in nature and our guidance is clear - safeguarding should be a core priority for all charities and trustees.

Wine company Blossom Hill recently described the key components of summer as 'sunny days', 'best friends' and 'delicious wine' and launched a 30th birthday Facebook campaign with Love Island presenter Laura Whitmore, filmed sipping rosé.