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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Rachel Hall

Worcester school criticised for ‘makeup is a harmful drug’ posters

Christopher Whitehead language college inWorcester. The school said it had taken down mirrors temporarily after a ‘period of misuse’.
Christopher Whitehead language college inWorcester. The school said it had taken down mirrors temporarily after a ‘period of misuse’. Photograph: Worcester News/SWNS

Parents have criticised the decision of a school in Worcester to replace mirrors with posters describing makeup as a “harmful drug”, saying it is misguided, “controlling behaviour”.

The posters included slogans suggesting that if girls wore comfortable clothes and no makeup, “guys would have no choice but to fall for girls because of natural beauty”, and that “makeup is a harmful drug that once you start using you’ll feel ugly without”.

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