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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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9 May

Photographer Shoog McDaniel celebrates fatness in all its glory

Photographer Shoog McDaniel celebrates fatness in all its glory
The Florida-based photographer and artist talks through their creative process, self-acceptance, and overcoming Instagram’s anti-nude algorithm Shoog McDaniel’s photographs of fat, often queer, persons are undoubtedly amongst probably the most striking pieces of art to be found throughout the world of fat liberation. The Florida-based photographer and artist has shot fat bodies covered in glitter, fat bodies surrounded by flowers, fat bodies rolling hefty spliffs, fat couples pressed up against each other in soft, squishy magic, and fat bodies underwater. They even photograph whole groups of fat babes embracing each other – their figures, every inch of them, laid wholly bare in togetherness.  Considered one of the primary Shoog McDaniel images I stumbled upon...
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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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5 May

Escentric Molecules celebrates the fluidity of affection in recent

Escentric Molecules celebrates the fluidity of affection in recent
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, shop the brand’s iconic Molecule range Over time, our growing knowledge surrounding body chemistry and skin micro-flora has finally make clear why certain scents smell different on different people. To place it simply, compounds inside your body and your skin’s microorganisms engage with the components of a fragrance, leading to a wholly personal scent profile. Founded in 2006, Escentric Molecules was the primary brand to tap into this data and pioneer a recent variety of fragrance brand rooted in chemistry and scientifically-based research.   'Theirs' Gift Set £171.00 At Escentric Molecules, we imagine that fragrances aren't limited to binary categories but ought to be celebrated for his or her fluid nuances,...
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