Review: The Vagenda
When I was offered a review copy of The Vagenda: A Zero Tolerance Guide to the Media by Holly Baxter and Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett, I was initially hesitant for a couple
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Feminism Friday: Welcome to the ‘real’ world
Back in 2011, I wrote about the media and advertising construction of ‘real women‘ as curvy creatures who weren’t represented adequately by (apparently ‘unreal’) fashion and beauty models. I pointed
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Representations and Reflections on Age and Ageing
On 29th and 30th October, I attended a conference entitled “Mirror Mirror: Representations and Reflections on Age and Ageing”, organised by Dr Hannah Zeilig of London College of Fashion. As
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Feminism Friday: Beauty ideals and diversity
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, they say. Whoever ‘they’ are, I wouldn’t listen to them if I were you. After all, this ‘beholder’ might be someone with
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Feminism Friday: Your body, your happiness
I was asked recently about how to develop a positive body image. The biggest problem with body confidence is that most people think it starts with the mirror, but it
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SLiNK Magazine
How the hell have I only just found out about Slink Magazine? The Guardian’s Fashion blog published an interview with Slink’s editor-in-chief yesterday and it was amazing to discover that,
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Victoria’s Secret in the UK
Recently, the US giant of lingerie retailing Victoria’s Secret landed in the UK to a rather interesting reception. While my bosom-owning American friends have been singing their praises and expressing
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Feminism Friday: Appearance & confidence
This week, we learnt many lessons. We learnt that many people are still, in 2012, incredibly sexist towards sportswomen. We found out that some of those are spouting their nonsense
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Feminism Friday: Love yourself
I am exposed to billboard advertising every day on my daily commute, magazine ads every week in Shortlist and Stylist, plus banner advertising online and glossy cinema ads too. I
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I’m just as amazing as you
I saw this image on Facebook and Twitter this morning, and the subsequent discussions have been interesting. I assume the image was designed to help women feel better about themselves,
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