What’s body checking and why is it throughout TikTok?

5 Nov

Trends that encourage a hyper-focus on our bodies are, unsurprisingly, causing more harm than good Over the past week, my FYP has fed me TikTok after TikTok of ladies in baggy t-shirts and tracksuit bottoms standing in front of the camera pulling their clothes tight to disclose hourglass figures. The trend has already sparked an anti-fat-shaming backlash, however it is just a drop within the ocean of trends that encourage hyper-focus on side profiles, back profiles, jawlines and each other bodily attribute that you just otherwise wouldn’t have thought twice about. Body checking is the act of looking for out details about your body: your weight, how clothes fit, the way it looks from different...

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2 Nov

Body Positivity Art Is a Bona Fide Movement. Why

by Beauty Tips

Beauty, Featured

Body Positivity Art Body Positivity Art If I had a dollar for each time someone suggested, unsolicited, that I “fix” my face, I may need amassed enough to fund certainly one of those costly procedures by now. My childhood dentist told me that if I didn’t do something drastic to handle my strong jawline, I’d seem like Jay Leno by the point maturity neared. Years later, as an assistant with no medical health insurance, I used to be told by one other dentist that I “needed” cosmetic jaw surgery. Then there was the makeup artist who, after I arrived on the set of a shoot, promised “we are able to make your nose disappear!” and proceeded to contour me to the nines. Shamefully,...

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25 Oct

Saie Taps 37 Beauty Brands for Every Body Campaign

by Beautifaire101

Beauty, Featured

Body Campaign Body Campaign Nearly 40 beauty brands have found a latest cause to rally for. The Every Body Campaign, masterminded by Saie founder and chief executive officer Laney Crowell, is a collective effort of 37 beauty brands to boost money for SisterSong, a national organization that “supports the people impacted probably the most by abortion bans,” Crowell told WWD. Each brand will repackage a bestselling product in a green outer carton to sell on the campaign’s website, which launches Tuesday. A hundred percent of proceeds from each product will likely be donated to SisterSong. In line with the organization’s website, it “[draws] 1000's into the movement” and “[builds] the talents of mid-career activists,” in addition to “mobilizing a big base of ladies...

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20 Oct