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30 Mar

Fat Girl is the web platform aimed toward tackling

Meet Clementine Prendergast, the brains behind the hands-on platform using chatbots and workshops to combat body image issues and construct up young girls digital resilience At only 25, Londoner Clementine Prendergast is on the forefront of a neoteric body neutrality movement, crusading for self-acceptance, body confidence and positive self-esteem amidst a negative body image climate. Last 12 months, Prendergast arrange her Fat Girl initiative – a web based platform which explores body politics with the aim of helping girls who struggle with eating disorders and body image issues. “Having struggled with an eating disorder for the perfect a part of a decade, I wanted to search out a solution to leverage learnings from my negative...
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26 Dec

The best way to support those with eating disorders

Maha Khan, founding father of Islam and Eating Disorders blog, shares her advice The primary time I became aware of my appearance was once I went back to Pakistan for the summer after my GCSEs, where I used to be met with numerous comments about my weight gain. It shook my confidence because in my early teens I assumed a little bit of weight gain would make me look higher. I used to be a really thin child. Now on the age of 16, when I assumed I looked healthy, I used to be being advised to drop a few pounds. This combined with the wonder ideals perpetuated by mainstream media led me...
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6 May

Watch Julia Fox and Grimes discuss body dysmorphia and

In the newest episode of Fox’s Forbidden Fruits, Grimes opens up about her 10-year eating disorder, and says that Kim Kardashian helped her be ok with her body The way in which that beauty standards damage and impact us all has been a giant topic of conversation on the celeb circuit recently. Last month, Ariana Grande spoke out about fans judging her body and weight concerns, while earlier this week a trailer for the brand new season of The Kardashians teased Kylie Jenner attempting to seek advice from her sisters the part they play in upholding and perpetuating unattainable ideals. “All of us just have to have an even bigger conversation concerning the...
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28 Nov

What’s Ramadan like for Muslims with eating disorders?

In the event you’ve ever been in South or Middle-East Asia during Ramadan, you’ll be aware of the delectable scents that waft through the streets during iftar: fragrant spices being thrown into opulent kadais of slow cooked haleem, the giddying sweet smell of shahi tukda doused in saffron and cardamom milk, and rows of hefty meat gently marinated, able to be thrown into the fryer. These fragrances function a welcome reminder of sunset and the long-awaited end to the day’s fast for Muslims the world over who abstain from food, drink and sexual intercourse in the course of the spiritual month of Ramadan.  Still, only a handful are aware of the anxiety and agitation these smells can trigger in practising Muslims...
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