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19 Aug

How sex and dating have not caught up with

How sex and dating have not caught up with
Throughout the realms of fashion and sweetness, a shift towards diversity in casting implies that representation of assorted bodies and multiple ethnicities is progressively improving. Throughout the worlds of dating and sex nevertheless, things are more staid; irrespective of how progressive we appear to be getting as a culture in the best way that we view beauty, in relation to individual desire we are sometimes judgemental and discriminatory. A famous blog post from 2014 detailed how on OKCupid, as an example, black women and Asian men are the least liked or least desired on the platform, and on apps like Grindr, not much has modified – minority ethnic people experience a lot fetishisation and racism that the app-makers needed to publicly...
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14 Aug

Despite body positivity Ruqaiya Haris continues to be disgusted

Despite body positivity Ruqaiya Haris continues 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 standard silky smooth hairless pins - to Nike’s campaign earlier this 12 months that featured Nigerian-American singer Annahastasia together 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, an increasing number of women are beginning to embrace their natural body hair and types are following suit. In fact, 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...
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9 Aug

Move over body positivity, body neutrality is the brand

Move over body positivity, body neutrality is the brand
‘Body positivity’ is old news in response to the Guardian. What once was meant to encourage women to have a good time their bodies, has been completely co-opted by brands, and now there’s a latest term taking up: ‘body neutrality’. It’s a mindset some, like Taylor Swift, credit Jameela Jamil, actor and founding father of the @i_weigh movement, for where people have a good time radical inclusion and the things that society makes them feel ashamed of – all the things from having pimples to being bisexual.  The truth is, the nuanced term was not created by Jamil in response to the outlet. It has been spoken of since around 2015, becoming popular circa 2017 due to fitness coach Anne Poirier...
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7 May

Despite body positivity Ruqaiya Haris remains to be disgusted

Despite body positivity Ruqaiya Haris continues 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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