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28 Jul

The Fat Zine’s latest calendar celebrates beautiful fat bodies

The Fat Zine’s latest 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 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

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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4 Jun

Challengers missed a possibility to highlight female athletes’ bodies

Challengers missed a possibility to highlight female athletes’ bodies
Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers confronts our understanding of relationships, but author Halima Jibril asks why it doesn’t go further in difficult our understanding of femininity and who's considered desirable It’s difficult to not take into consideration Tashi Duncan’s (Zendaya) body while watching Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers. Once we're first introduced to the teenager tennis star, she walks onto the court in a white Adidas tennis dress that hugs her body perfectly. Art (Mike Faist) and Patrick (Josh O’Connor) ogle at her because the wind blows one side of her skirt up, revealing a glimpse of her right butt cheek. After her match, we again watch Art and Patrick stare upon Tashi while she dances at...
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18 May

Ozempic and the brand new era of commenting on

Ozempic and the brand new era of commenting on
Now, it looks as if everyone’s a body cop – but is it ever OK to say someone looks too thin or unwell? We explore the ethics of commenting on people’s bodies Back in May 2023, Jemima Kirke posted an image of herself to her Instagram. Among the many comments, just a few were only one word: “Ozempic.” “Should you motherfuckers only knew. I wish it was fucking Ozempic. How will you make such specific inferences and judgments a couple of person through their size?” Kirke replied. How can we? Easily. Crying “Ozempic!” anytime a public figure appears thinner is so common on this era of latest weight-loss drugs that it’s develop into a...
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