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

7 Jun

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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30 Mar

Fat Girl is the web platform aimed toward tackling

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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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2 Feb

Black Beauty Roster Is Tackling Lack of Diversity With

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Black Beauty Roster Is Tackling Lack of Diversity With

Black Beauty Roster, the collective founded in 2020 with the aim of supporting diverse hairstylists, makeup artists and other beauty professionals in landing editorial, film and red carpet jobs, is taking its mission further with the launch of its latest portal. “For thus long, we'd hear, ‘Oh I don’t know where to seek out the talent,’ — well, with this portal, we’re streamlining the means of connecting artists with brands and productions, creating these great discovery moments, and taking away excuses,” said Black Beauty Roster founder Maude Okrah. Debuting Feb. 1, the Black Beauty Roster portal allows film, fashion and entertainment executives to explore the platform’s roster of greater than 10,000 vetted beauty industry professionals for hire. “We’ve heard stories...

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4 Sep

Sam Jay, Cocoa Brown, Kim Fields And Zainab Johnson

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Sam Jay, Cocoa Brown, Kim Fields And Zainab Johnson

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