My guess is, that for most people reading this, body positivity isn’t for you. I mean, it’s definitely the buzz word of the minute! People everywhere are posting selfies and flaunting a new found confidence. All the while, they’re hashtagging…
#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek 20 – Body Image and Mental Health
There is a direct correlation between body image and mental health. This week (13th – 20th May 2019) is Mental Health Awareness Week. This year, the theme is Body Image – how we think and feel about our bodies. Those…
All of my dimples are cute!
Before we start, please forgive the title image – it’s the only photo I have where any of my cellulite is on show! Zoom in and you’ll see it better… All of my dimples are cute, no…
My body is not promotional material and neither is yours.
Some recent news has forced me to stop and think about the fact that my body is not promotional material, for anyone – and neither is yours. Seeing Queen Latifah in a swimsuit on a magazine cover cruelly labelled “beached…
We don’t like fat women being confident.
We don’t like fat women being confident. It’s not a question, it’s not an opinion, it’s true. When fat women become visible to us or when fat women have their voices heard, we are appalled. “How dare this fat woman…
The Slimming World Yogurt Scandal
The Slimming World yogurt scandal has rocked the diet-industry world. For me, it’s another excuse to role my eyes at the ridiculous fad that is Slimming World. Ah, Slimming World. Those two words really make me cringe. It’s 2018 and people…
Skinny Doesn’t Equal Happy
Something I know to be true is that skinny doesn’t equal happy. Recently I started a new weekly Q and A series on Instagram all about body positivity and self love. A lot of the questions I get really stick…
Let’s talk about boobs…again!
Let’s talk about boobs. Half the world’s population has them – and yet they’re a topic that are so often misunderstood. For that reason, it’s a topic that I love to talk about. I have been blessed (arguable word, but we’ll…
Being Beach Body Ready
As summer approaches, we are often forced to think about being beach body ready. If there’s one term I can’t stand it’s ‘beach body ready‘. It’s toxic, it’s destructive and it’s just totally negative. It implies that you have to look a…