Bodies – Beautifaire

11 Aug

As I open up a PDF containing previews from the The Fat Zine – a freshly-launched publication created by fat-positive writers Gina Tonic and Chloe Sheppard, for fat people – the very first thing I see is a picture of a model called Elyonna Mone. Within the photo, which was shot by Izzy Jackson, Mone’s backside takes centre stage. She’s within the shower as gentle drops of water trickle down her frame. It strikes me that even on this age of supposed ‘body-positivity,’ it’s very rare to see images of fat bodies from behind. That's, from angles that is perhaps considered “unflattering.” It’s especially rarer to see such images of fat, Black bodies (or other bodies of color). Here, though, drips...

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10 Aug

The Fat Zine’s recent calendar celebrates beautiful fat bodies

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The Fat Zine’s recent calendar celebrates beautiful fat bodies

The Fat Zine, a publication founded by photographer and artist Chloe Sheppard and author Gina Tonic, has released a calendar celebrating fat-positivity. Founded earlier this yr, The Fat Zine is an ode to the great thing about fat bodies, and explores the nuances of what it means to be a fat person in 2020. “It becomes quite tiring seeing people who find themselves a size 12 bend over to create rolls then post about it on social media and get celebrated for being ‘authentic’,” Sheppard told Dazed Beauty on its release back in March. “To make this zine which calls that stuff out, and is an area where fat people really will be whatever they wish to be, felt necessary, and...

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28 Jul

The Fat Zine’s latest calendar celebrates beautiful fat bodies

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The Fat Zine, a publication founded by photographer and artist Chloe Sheppard and author Gina Tonic, has released a calendar celebrating fat-positivity. Founded earlier this 12 months, The Fat Zine is an ode to the great thing about fat bodies, and explores the nuances of what it means to be a fat person in 2020. “It becomes quite tiring seeing people who find themselves a size 12 bend over to create rolls then post about it on social media and get celebrated for being ‘authentic’,” Sheppard told Dazed Beauty on its release back in March. “To make this zine which calls that stuff out, and is an area where fat people really might be whatever they need to be, felt necessary,...

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29 Jun

Lorde has articulated how lots of us feel about

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Lorde has articulated how lots of us feel about

The singer has opened up about her insecurities on the Charli xcx ‘girl, so confusing’ remix – and the core message is resonating with women everywhere in the world For the reason that release of Charli xcx’s sixth studio album brat, our social media timelines have been flooded with neon green memes, conspiracy theories and step-by-step guides on methods to have an ideal ‘brat summer’. Weaving an additional, and seemingly not final, layer to the brat tapestry, last week (June 21) she released a remix to “girl, so confusing” with Lorde. The remix was a highly anticipated collaboration between two artists with somewhat overlapping fanbases, who make sense as friends but have interacted very...

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