By Mae Lewis anorexia collects pieces of you. chips away at you. sculpts and morphs and kneads you into a mould of someone you are not. my ponytail always needed three loops of a hair bobble. now it needs four…. Read More ›
Body Positivity
Bras. They can go. Or can they?
By Europe & Me‘s MythBuster It’s confession time. I’ll be honest, when my office opened after the height of the lockdown, I was rather relieved: seeing colleagues, stepping out of my house, having a physical work-life divide and therefore balance —… Read More ›
Big Skinny Lies: How weight loss continues to define me, and possibly you too
By Zsofi Borsi Besides making sure I met the academic requirements of being a ‘top student’, there were two things I wholeheartedly cared about during my high school years: boys that had no idea of my existence, and my weight…. Read More ›
Why Fat-Shaming doesn’t hurt me anymore
By Ina Lee I’m in size Medium/UK 10/ US 6. People call me fat my whole life but honestly I don’t care. Growing up in Hong Kong/Asia, the traditional Asian beauty standard haunted me since I was young. Thin and… Read More ›
Polish The Soul
By Sasha Yes, it’s my body, and your image is not my body image. Body shammers need to wrap that around their heads. I’ll repeat it. What you see in my body is your perception – your representation of my… Read More ›
Finding La Dolce Vita From Within
By Mila Ellen Yehl For my whole life, I grew up listening to people comment about my looks. From classmates to people in my family, it seemed to me like everyone had something to say about my appearance. Some comments… Read More ›
Draw Your Flaws
By Emma Hart #DrawYourFlaws is an idea I came up with to engage with body positivity. Every summer, I have felt very insecure about my body. I was never that skinny girl back in school. I had a lot of… Read More ›