Shantal Martin is a trailblazer in her own right.
The Barbadian opera singer and beauty/style influencer famously known as ‘hairaconda’ is using her platform to showcase her creativity and the exemplary musical prowess of local arti
While people across the globe will be exploring their inner wolf or “little devil”, Barbadian influencer, Shantal Martin has devotedly celebrated Halloween for the entire month.
From October 1, Shantal began to single handedly portr
By www.iHeartToby.com
May 18, 2021
With vaccinations on the rise and restrictions on those who get them loosening, hugs are making a comeback. Which is amazing news for grandparents that have been waiting to hug their grandchildren for months or couples that have been dating strictly over Zoom… But it’s not something everyone is looking forward to.
For people that love their personal space, the past year has been like Christmas every day. They’ve lived without the fear of some germ-ridden person enveloping them with little to no warning and without their consent. Take 27-year-old opera singer Shantal Martin for example. Standing at 5-foot-2 whenever she is involved with a hug her face is usually swallowed by someone’s chest. For her this year has been a reprieve from “being smothered by any of her aunts’ perfumes.”
Publishing date: May 15, 2021 • 7 hours ago • 5 minute read • A woman offers “Free Hugs” at the corner of Yonge Street and Dundas Street in Toronto amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Sept. 3, 2020. Photo by Peter J Thompson/Postmedia
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When Stevi Stephens was 5 years old, her grandmother bent down for a hug, and Stephens wondered if stepping on her foot would make her stop.
As a baby, her mother told her, Stephens cried when anyone held her; later, as a married woman, she used to get up and change sides of the bed multiple times each night when her husband would scoot over in his sleep to put an arm around her. “He was like a heat-seeking missile,” she says.