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  • 1 week ago | independent.co.uk | Zoe Beaty

    In FocusIn Georgia, USA, Adriana Smith is being ‘held hostage by heartbeat’, kept alive in order to ‘incubate’ the fetus inside her. She is harrowing proof that the US is living in ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’, says Zoë Beaty – but the UK, where more women are being prosecuted for illegal abortion than ever before, shouldn’t be complacent We’re just human incubators to them,” say the headlines. The reality behind them is more harrowing still.

  • 2 weeks ago | independent.co.uk | Zoe Beaty

    The Longer ReadThough it was once used as a form of punishment for homosexual acts, the practice has been legally available on a voluntary basis since 2009, and is actively used in some of the most progressive countries in Europe. Zoë Beaty looks at a history of controversyRyan Yates was 30 years old when a judge told him that he may never be released from prison.

  • 2 weeks ago | independent.co.uk | Zoe Beaty

    In FocusIn just 24 hours, dispatches from courtrooms where Gerard Depardieu and Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs stood trial and Kim Kardashian gave evidence laid bare some uncomfortable truths about modern celebrity, says Zoë Beaty – especially when it comes to who the real victims areInside the Palais de Justice, which houses France’s highest court, anticipation had been building for hours by the time Kim Kardashian arrived on Tuesday afternoon.

  • 3 weeks ago | independent.co.uk | Zoe Beaty

    in focusThe fact is, women have more stuff to carry than men, which is what makes a ruling against Ryanair’s carry-on rules this week so satisfying, says Zoe BeatyIt’s a tale of triumph, tenacity, and the timeless struggle of fitting a week’s worth of essentials into a bag the size of a breadbox – passengers from all over the world inched forward in the age-old battle with airline luggage restrictions this week, after one brave passenger took Ryanair, no less, and won.

  • 3 weeks ago | independent.co.uk | Zoe Beaty

    Nearly a decade after she was bound, gagged and robbed at gunpoint, the reality star gave harrowing testimony in the trial of the men accused of the so-called ‘heist of the century’. But it was the woman behind the celebrity that left the court stunned, reports Zoe Beaty from Paris“Hi, I’m Kim Kardashian,” she says. The voice was instantly recognisable, of course – from endless hours of reality TV consumed by millions, from thousands of social media posts and parodies.

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