‘I can’t even be bothered to masturbate’: Ozempic and

24 Feb

The size zero culture of the 00s has made a terrible comeback. Representation of mid- and plus-size models during fashion month has been falling season after season, weight-loss drugs like Ozempic have become widespread, and celebrities and influencers who once built followings within the body-positive community are now debuting radically thinner physiques. Much has been written about this return to thinness, but one aspect which has been less explored is the impact on our sex lives. Sexual freedom holds power to disrupt the status quo, encouraging us to love our bodies, seek pleasure, and forgo the repetitive rhythms of capitalism. The pressure to pursue thinness is often diametrically opposed to fully embodying and pursuing desire. In this new erotic-symbolic order, bodies...

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15 Sep

The sapphic gaze: How Berlin’s lesbian renaissance is reclaiming

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The sapphic gaze: How Berlin’s lesbian renaissance is reclaiming

Berlin’s lesbian bar, (lip) service22 Images “In a world ordered by sexual imbalance, pleasure in looking has been split between active/male and passive/female”, feminist film critic Laura Mulvey wrote in her now legendary articulation of the ‘male gaze’, back in 1975. It’s a pervasive truth, one that has fostered a constant state of female self-surveillance under the regime of compulsive heterosexuality. But what happens when this process is queered, transforming women from passive visual objects into active agents of desire? Today, the answer can be found within the lesbian* community, where a queered gaze is redefining beauty and desire for a new generation. While the community isn’t immune to dominant beauty standards, its rejection of normative gender roles gives rise to alternative...

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18 May

The Fat Zine shines a light-weight on love and

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The Fat Zine shines a light-weight on love and

“I met God and so they’re fat too,” reads the back cover of the second issue of The Fat Zine, Gina Tonic and Chloe Sheppard’s radical, fat-positive publication. Launched last 12 months, The Fat Zine celebrates the lives, bodies, and experiences of fat people, putting them front and centre in a way that continues to be remiss in mainstream media. Following the inaugural issue last September, issue two has now dropped – this time, with an exploration of all of the nuances and facets of affection. A really deliberate alternative, the theme of affection is an antidote to the ‘self-isolation’ motif that ran through the primary issue and explored not only the loneliness we’ve all experienced over lockdown but in addition,...

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23 Jan

The Fat Zine shines a light-weight on love and

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“I met God they usually’re fat too,” reads the back cover of the second issue of The Fat Zine, Gina Tonic and Chloe Sheppard’s radical, fat-positive publication. Launched last 12 months, The Fat Zine celebrates the lives, bodies, and experiences of fat people, putting them front and centre in a way that continues to be remiss in mainstream media. Following the inaugural issue last September, issue two has now dropped – this time, with an exploration of all of the nuances and facets of affection. A really deliberate alternative, the theme of affection is an antidote to the ‘self-isolation’ motif that ran through the primary issue and explored not only the loneliness we’ve all experienced over lockdown but in addition, Tonic...

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