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Woke nail art politicians should be wearing to SONA

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It's SONA today and while there’ll be a red carpet, complete with politicians and their partners - sharing the names of the designers they’re wearing with anyone who cares to listen - what I really wish might make an appearance is a mani-cam.

Yes, I know this is not the Golden Globes and that they’re no longer in use after being slammed as sexist (which I happen to agree with) but bear with me.

Have you seen Ami Vega’s ‘manicures with a message’? She’s a manicurist based in New York who uses nail art to make statements about political and social issues – #blacklivesmatter, reproductive freedom, black pride, feminism and its heroes, gender-based violence and more.

Wouldn’t you love to see up close, someone powerful protesting or supporting causes important to women in South Africa like free sanitary pads, the race and gender pay gap and campus sexual violence.

Raise your fists and repeat after me – Amandla!

#BlackIsBeautiful. ? #nailart #handpainted #gelpolish #ignails #naillife #amivega

A photo posted by Ami Vega (@amivnails) on

#BlackMoon x #Semicolon. #naturalnails #nailart #handpainted #gelpolish #ignails #naillife #amivega

A photo posted by Ami Vega (@amivnails) on

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