Five gay men from Grindr on hooking-up, body image,

18 Aug

Grindr by Dexter Lander8 Images Welcome to Behind The Masc: Rethinking Masculinity, a campaign dedicated to exploring what ‘masculinity’ means in 2019. With photo stories shot in Tokyo, India, New York, and London and in-depth features exploring mental health, older bodybuilders, and myths around masculinity – we present all the ways people around the world are redefining traditional tropes. Growing up gay, wherever you are, is difficult. Though, right now in places like Chechnya and Brazil, the status of homosexuality by proxy leaves you vulnerable and in danger – simply for just existing. The queer experience is often so isolating, that even for those with a strong support network, the fear of being cast out by the ones we love is overwhelming. There’s a beacon of...

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7 Jun

Arsenal’s Lotte Wubben-Moy is tackling body image in women’s

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Arsenal’s Lotte Wubben-Moy is tackling body image in women’s

Venus Skin Consciousness Campaign6 Images There are many forces acting against Jess Bhamra, Parminder Nagra’s character in 2001’s Bend It Like Beckham, conspiring to stop her playing football. Obstacles like access and representation – Jess has never heard of a women’s football team at the start of the film and by the end she has to move to America to even get the possibility of playing in a professional league. There’s her culture and family, her parents not keen on having a daughter who runs around muddy fields playing football all day. And then there’s the scars on her leg from the severe burns she got as a child, which make her feel ashamed to wear her kit shorts in front...

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14 Aug

Honey Ross is the body image activist reclaiming what

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Honey Ross is the body image activist reclaiming what

Growing up in leafy North London, 22-year-old screenwriter and body image activist Honey Ross had a sophisticated childhood. With each her mum and pop noted for his or her successes within the TV and film industries, she spent her youth somewhat in the general public eye, which she explains gave her a “huge desire for attention, but additionally incredibly severe anxiety.” So whilst spending her teenage years securing internships and odd jobs within the film industry – which paid off when she landed her first skilled screenwriting gig at 18 – her ambition was combined with crippling teenage insecurity and body image struggles. “I really hated myself growing up,” Honey says. “I believe it was a mix of that typical low-level teenage...

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12 Aug

Most of us won’t ever feel confident with our

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Most of us won’t ever feel confident with our

A recent survey of two,000 people carried out by OnePoll on behalf of the Fashion Retail Academy, sadly shows that the majority Brits never come to terms with their body image. 57 per cent admit they’ve never reached the purpose of body confidence and 29 per cent said don’t feel confident when searching for clothes. “Living within the digital age, through which the airbrush is used a bit too liberally, it is simple to see why people feel self-conscious about their body image. Consumers are being always bombarded with unrealistic images of the human form,” says Lee Lucas, principal and CEO of the Fashion Retail Academy. The outcomes also show that on average, men are more confident than women with their body...

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