On January 25, 2018, I was diagnosed with stage II breast cancer. I had a double mastectomy. Cancer has taken a lot from me, but it has also given me a sense of purpose. Once healed, I decided to empower others by sharing my scars because they tell a powerful story—my story. Many people contacted me, thanking me for being courageous. That made me think I went through this for a reason: to empower, educate and advocate for myself and others. My scars are the tools that I use to help others. —Erika Silver

I was diagnosed with stage IIB breast cancer on January 10, 2017, and on the day before my 28th birthday, I had my left breast removed. I’m going to be honest: It’s taken me awhile to accept and love my scars. It wasn’t until recently that I’ve been proud of them and able to show them off. I’ve been on a long, hard journey, and that came with a lot of self-love and healing. I also have an amazing support system behind me, pushing me to stay positive. I’ve accepted that I will no longer look down and see my breast, but a beautiful scar—a scar that saved my life. —Katelyn Broad

It’s been 24 years since The Craft came out, but fans of all ages still faithfully break it out every time October rolls back around. Starring Rachel True, Fairuza Balk, Robin Tunney, and Neve Campbell, the film’s fearlessly witchy story has largely stood the test of time (not to mention the outfits). And now that witchcraft is more mainstream, The Craft is just as relevant today as it was in 1996. So it’s fitting that this Halloween a sequel—The Craft: Legacy, out now—finally brings the cult classic fully into the present.

Like the original, The Craft: Legacy features a quartet of eye-catching teen witches: Lily (Cailee Spaeny), Tabby (Lovie Simone), Lourdes (Zoey Luna), and Frankie (Gideon Adlon). Together, they explore their growing powers while struggling with challenges from both within the coven and without.

When a movie is as beloved as The Craft, reboots are tricky territory. In the past, rumors of a Craft remake have been met with resounding protests. Why redo the movie at all, and what should a reboot look like? Writer and director Zoe Lister-Jones, a big fan of The Craft herself, admits the project was intimidating, adding that “for many people, that film is perfect.” Part of her intention with the sequel was to create a movie that stands on its own with a brand new plot and characters, yet similar themes. 

“Hopefully, this movie can say something new and touch people still who are fans of the original, and a new generation of people who might not have seen it,” she says.

Fans of The Craft will find the movie’s structure familiar, including a few of the most iconic scenes. “I obviously want to pay homage to the original, and there are Easter eggs throughout,” Lister-Jones explains. (And yes, there’s a surprise appearance by an OG cast member.)

But there are more differences than similarities. The new movie features two witches of color, Tabby and Lourdes, rather than one; and for the first time, there’s a trans witch, Lourdes (played by trans Latinx actor Zoey Luna). Instead of turning against their own sisters, the witches battle a common enemy: the patriarchy. Rather than solely worshiping a male deity known as Manon, their magic is far more elemental and homemade. As Tabby says: “Half the battle of having powers is believing you do.”

Queen Adele is dating British rapper Skepta, People magazine reports. 

The two have been linked for a few months now, but this is the first it’s been confirmed to People. “Things have been heating up,” a source tells the outlet. “They run in the same circles in London, and she’s having fun.”

People reports that Adele and Skepta have connected deeply over music, having young children, and coming from the same hometown: Tottenham, London. They’ve known each other for years, as evidenced by a quote Skepta gave to The Evening Standard in 2016. 

“Adele texts me all the time and keeps me in check,” he said, per People. “She speaks to me about how things are going.”

Adele filed for divorce from her husband, Simon Konecki, in 2019, and the two share a son together, Angelo. Skepta, meanwhile, has a 2-year-old daughter, River, from a previous relationship. 

Adele has kept a low profile these past few months but recently re-entered public consciousness by hosting Saturday Night Live on October 24. “Bloooooody hellllll I’m so excited about this!!,” she wrote on Instagram, announcing the news. “And also absolutely terrified! My first ever hosting gig and for SNL of all things!!!! I’ve always wanted to do it as a stand alone moment, so that I could roll up my sleeves and fully throw myself into it, but the time has never been right. But if there was ever a time for any of us to jump head first into the deep end with our eyes closed and hope for the best it’s 2020 right?”

She continued, “Itll be almost 12 years to the day that I first appeared on the show, during an election…which went on to break my career in America, so it feels full circle and I just couldn’t possibly say no! I am besides myself that H.E.R will be the musical guest!! I love her SO much I can’t wait to melt into a flaming hot mess when she performs, then confuse myself while I laugh my arse off in between it all.” 

Looks like Adele has a lot to be celebrating at the moment. 

In August, Nyome Nicholas-Williams, a plus-size model and activist in the UK, noticed that images of herself holding her breasts on Instagram were being removed. The photos were intended to demonstrate self-love and body positivity—in them she is seated topless, eyes closed, tenderly embracing her body—but instead, they were being marked in violation of Instagram’s community guidelines, which didn’t allow “breast squeezing.” Nicolas-Williams had been posting on Instagram for six years and this was the first time her content had ever been censored.“I was pretty disheartened when I was silenced,” she says.

As a general rule, Instagram doesn’t allow nudity. “This includes photos, videos, and some digitally-created content that show sexual intercourse, genitals, and close-ups of fully-nude buttocks,” their official policy states. It’s not always an exact science: Instagram removes (some) content that shows women’s nipples, but allows photos of post-mastectomy scarring and breastfeeding, for example. 

But while Instagram is full of thin women who artfully pose nude, fat influencers are often forced to go to greater lengths to work around Instagram’s inherent body size bias. 

The censorship of fat bodies—especially fat Black bodies—on social media isn’t new. “As a woman with bigger breasts, it’s impossible to reach from one side to the other and hold your breasts without squeezing them in some way,” says Kelly Augustine, a New York based plus size influencer and model. “Having been in the content creation space for so long it’s something I’m cognizant of and have to work around—because I know things will get censored.”

It’s not just nudity guidelines that disproportionately impact plus size users. Instagram is full of models—mostly thin—in lingerie but when Augustine works with lingerie brands, “I have to be very careful of how I create content for the space because I know that at any given moment someone will flag it or Instagram will just take it down,” she says. “I have a special cup size and I want to share with my audience that options exist but this is the unfortunate reality.”

That reality prompted Nicholas-Wiliams’s response to the removal of her image. She teamed up with activist Gina Martin and photographer Alexandra Cameron to start the #IWantToSeeNyome campaign and wrote an open letter to Instagram’s head Adam Mosseri. Her campaign mobilized her community and immediately gained the support of other powerful women like Jameela Jamil, Munroe Bergdorf and many others, who signed on in support.

Today, Instagram is updating their policies on nudity, to “help ensure all body types are treated fairly.” Nicholas-Williams’s letter caught the attention of Mosseri resulting in a call to discuss her experience. “As we looked into this more closely, we realized it was an instance where our policy on breast squeezing wasn’t being correctly applied,” according to a statement from Instagram. “Hearing her feedback helped us understand where this policy was falling short, and how we could refine it.”

The new update means Instagram will now allow content “where someone is simply hugging, cupping or holding their breasts.” But as Augustine points out, that’s still a gray area for people with larger breasts. Instagram will still ban content where “people squeeze their breasts in a grabbing motion with bent fingers or if there is a clear change in the shape of the breasts.” If there’s any doubt about an image, Instagram says they’ll ask reviewers to leave it up.

Not automatically removing a post based on reports is a step in the right direction, but the new update still doesn’t address how their process often automatically shadow bans Instagram users who get reported, and doesn’t acknowledge the reality of what happens when a plus size person with large breasts holds themselves.

“I don’t think it solves the problem, but it is a step in the right direction, and a step in the direction of change is what I want,” says Nicholas-Williams. “All we want is equality; in 2020, that really shouldn’t be too much to ask.”

Anastasia Garcia is a photographer and body-positive activist in New York City. Follow her on Instagram @anastasiagphoto.