“Sexualised or shunned”: what it’s like to be a fat woman on social media today
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- Mollie Quirk
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People
Jameela Jamil expertly nails the toxicity of “pandemic body” pressures
She chatted with Laura Whitmore about body neutrality.
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- Hollie Richardson
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Strong Women
How to deal with negative thoughts about your body
Psychologists and body image experts share their body image advice for lockdown.
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- Ally Sinyard
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People
Lizzo has an unexpected response to those “big girl” TikTok videos
She nailed it, yet again.
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- Hollie Richardson
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Beauty
How to build a satisfyingly decadent body care routine
Because skincare shouldn't stop at your collarbones.
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- Meena Alexander
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- Hollie Richardson
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Jameela Jamil perfectly articulates the big problem with those Adele memes
“It encourages us to demonize and become afraid of food…”
People
Stacey Solomon’s words on “feeling beautiful” during lockdown are a reassuring read
“I know it sounds really silly but I actually got excited to get dressed up and walk down the stairs.”
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- Hollie Richardson
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People
Jameela Jamil really wants you to care less about losing weight right now
The Good Place star tells her followers to love their bodies “for what it does, not for how it looks,” and to simply “get your sweatpants on and survive.”
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- Ally Sinyard
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Strong Women
9 Instagram accounts for motivation to get stronger
These influencers are keeping it real on Instagram.
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- Miranda Larbi
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People
Dina Asher-Smith lives her most surreal moment by becoming a Barbie
“Eight-year-old me would feel seen”
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- Hannah Keegan
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People
Salma Hayek brilliantly shuts down the troll who told her she had “too much Botox”
Zing!
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- Jessica Rapana
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Long Reads
“I’m grateful for the body positivity movement, but I still want to lose weight”
In this body positive age, dieting has become a dirty word.
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- Katie Antoniou
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- Jessica Rapana
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Lizzo just called out the double-standard in body-shaming in the best way
“We don’t talk about your d**k sizes, do we?”
Fashion
Model Felicity Hayward on why LFW needs to become more inclusive
“Do you understand how sad it actually is to say it’s groundbreaking to find designer in your size?”
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- Felicity Hayward
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People
How tabloids used Keanu Reeves’ mum to make yet another dig at his girlfriend
Alexandra Grant wasn’t even at the 2020 Oscars, but tabloids still found a way to shame her.
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- Kayleigh Dray
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Celebrity
Lizzo just revealed how she overcame body dysmorphia in her 20s
“I can’t just wake up and be a white girl”
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- Hannah-Rose Yee
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Life
1 in 3 women continue to follow influencers who make them feel worse about themselves
Here’s why that’s a problem.
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- Lauren Geall
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Life
“What losing my legs taught me about body neutrality”
Kat Hawkins shares her journey to self-acceptance after becoming a double amputee
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Life
Trolls branded this body positive blogger a “failure”, but she didn’t listen
“For people to say I looked ‘healthier’ when I was skinnier proves how uneducated we are about ‘health’."
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- Megan Murray
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- Jessica Rapana
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Jameela Jamil defending Lizzo against body-shamers is what the sisterhood is all about
“You aren’t fit to lick her designer boots.”
Life
“Why falling down the stairs was the best thing that’s ever happened to me”
Ally Sinyard was rushed to hospital with internal bleeding when she fell running for a train. This is her story.
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- Ally Sinyard
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