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7 May

Despite body positivity Ruqaiya Haris remains to be disgusted

Despite body positivity Ruqaiya Haris remains to be disgusted
From Ashley Armitage’s advert for razor brand Billie - the primary of its kind to feature women with body hair versus the same old silky smooth hairless pins - to Nike’s campaign earlier this yr that featured Nigerian-American singer Annahastasia along with her arm raised to disclose a small patch of hair on her armpits, mainstream representations of body hair are changing. A results of the viral body positivity movement, increasingly women are beginning to embrace their natural body hair and types are following suit. After all, it's inspiring to see women who don’t just love themselves regardless of their body hair, but actually, love how they appear of their natural state. I feel struck by the sheer courage and self-belief...
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7 May

Polyester’s first beauty issue celebrates the body in all

Polyester’s first beauty issue celebrates the body in all
To open the pages of Polyester is to enter a kitsch and vibrant world that's gloriously feminine and DIY-spirited, where those that feel excluded from mainstream media are championed and where bad taste is delighted in with joyful glee.  Over the past five years, the London-based feminist and queer-centred zine founded by Ione Gamble has tackled problems with mental health, body image, and politics with empathy and consideration all in its signature confectionary colored aesthetic.  Now, to rejoice half a decade, Polyester is focusing its attention on beauty and what it means to us in 2019. “Beauty has all the time been an enormous a part of Polyester because right from the get-go we all the time desired to shoot all body...
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6 May

Lena Dunham addresses ‘gnarly’ body shaming comments on her

Lena Dunham addresses ‘gnarly’ body shaming comments on her
Last month (September 25), Lena Dunham got married to musician Luis Felber (who performs as Attawalpa) with a “whirlwind” ceremony at a members-only club in Soho, London. Following the marriage, the Girls creator and her recent husband travelled to the country for a transient honeymoon. As Dunham says on social media: “I got a bit of break from work, which jogged my memory how much I like what I do and the way excited I'm to share what I have been making with you in 2022.” “I say this because through the years, I've shared many challenges with you,” she adds within the recent Instagram post. “And these moments of joy had me considering that we should always admit after we’re...
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4 May

What’s the purpose of getting a body?

What’s the purpose of getting a body?
In No Body? the artist Rindon Johnson considers VR, subjectivity and the query: 'What’s the purpose of getting a body if I theoretically could make or step into so many?' This week marks five years because the launch of Dazed Beauty! Over the following five days we will probably be celebrating this anniversary by bringing you big celebrity interviews, cultural deep dives into the extraordinary trends of today, and going back through the archives to resurface a few of our favourite pieces. To cite our co-founder Bunny Kinney in his original editor’s letter, Dazed Beauty is: “an area for us to document, deconstruct and experiment with beauty in all its forms, in every dimension,...
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