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26 Feb

How the vulva became body positivity’s newest frontier

How the vulva became body positivity’s newest frontier
With so many individuals with vulvas still experiencing deep shame and anxiety, campaigners and artists are resulting in movement to normalise and have fun the nice diversity of vaginas We're entering the age of the vulva*. If you happen to are sceptical, take stock of the present popular culture landscape for a moment. Consider Cara Delevingne gleefully crawling through her vagina tunnel, of Janelle Monae’s vagina trousers in her “Pynk” music video. Consider Goop’s “This Smells Like My Vagina” candle and Erykah Badu’s “Badussy” incense crafted from burning her own underwear; of celebrities left, right, and centre shilling sex toys.  Slowly but surely, vulvas are making their way into the cultural conversation, a suitable...
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25 Feb

Most of us won’t ever feel confident with our

Most of us won’t ever feel confident with our
A recent survey of two,000 people carried out by OnePoll on behalf of the Fashion Retail Academy, sadly shows that the majority Brits never come to terms with their body image. 57 per cent admit they’ve never reached the purpose of body confidence and 29 per cent said don’t feel confident when searching for clothes.  “Living within the digital age, wherein the airbrush is used somewhat too liberally, it is simple to see why people feel self-conscious about their body image. Consumers are being continuously bombarded with unrealistic images of the human form,” says Lee Lucas, principal and CEO of the Fashion Retail Academy. The outcomes also show that on average, men are more confident than women with their body image, nonetheless,...
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25 Feb

Drag and make-up artist Laurel Charleston’s entire body is

Drag and make-up artist Laurel Charleston’s entire body is
Often covering themselves in ombré clouds, iconic paintings, and animal prints, the queer artist and orchestra assistant director talks us through their dramatic transformations The Dazed Beauty Community is our ever-expanding encyclopaedia of creatives and emerging talent from internationally who're redefining the way in which we take into consideration beauty. From supermodels to digital artists to makeup prodigies transforming themselves of their bedrooms, these are the sweetness influencers of tomorrow who embody all the pieces Dazed Beauty is about. Discover them here. How do you define drag make-up? For NY city-based artist Laurel Charleston, the chances are daring and the personas infinite – their Instagram feed will blow your mind. Sure, the 23-year-old gives impressive...
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25 Feb

Lizzo says ‘commercialised’ body positivity is a ‘lotta white

Lizzo says ‘commercialised’ body positivity is a ‘lotta white
Yesterday, Vogue revealed its October 2020 cover star – singer Lizzo. Within the accompanying interview, she discussed the body positivity movement and the way she believes it’s turn into “commercialised”.  “I’m glad that this conversation is being included within the mainstream narrative,” she said. “(But) now, you have a look at the hashtag ‘body positive,’ and also you see smaller-framed girls, curvier girls. Lotta white girls. And I feel no ways about that, because inclusivity is what my message is all the time about.” The singer says that the changes happened when the movement became mainstream, to the detriment of the people it’s meant to champion. “What I don’t like is how the those who this term was created for aren't benefiting from it....
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