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Why I undressed for Elska Magazine
Multiple factors can contribute to the development of the body image, but the biggest influence seems to come from the advertising industry, which unapologetically creates the need on the consumer to look like the ideal men or women portrayed in the media. Smoothing skin, erasing wrinkles, enlarging muscles, slimming waists… All this has become the […]
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“Proportionising (TM)”: 5 Tips To Dressing Slimmer For Any Guy
Now, we all know no body is a wrong body. Body positivity is hot, and knowing what you’ve got and flaunting it is the best way forward in any case.
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Ex-boybander reveals he was “too chubby” to take off his top
Boybands are not body positive places Former Boybander, Ben Adams from late 90’s band, A1, just revealed that for one particular photo shoot he was apparently “too chubby” to take off his vest top, while the rest of his band were photographed without their tops on. This, despite Ben looking as hunky as the rest […]
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COMMENT | It’s so easy in today’s gay culture to idolise “traditional” beauty, but most of us don’t look like that
The Path to Body Positivity can take a long time, columnist Joe Guy writes about his experience.
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This is what Barbie would like today, if she was actually allowed to age
With Barbie’s 60th birthday approaching on the 9th of March. London based artist and illustrator Phaedra Peer has captured what Barbie would like today if she was a real woman.
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Perez Hilton stuns with his body transformation pictures
Internet gossip and Celebrity Big Brother star Perez Hilton stuns fans with body transformation pic.
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Jameela Jamil called out a cosmetic company and they actually listened
The Good Place star called out cosmetics company Avon for a “gross abuse of the body positive movement” and they listened and apologised. Well known for her campaigning on body positivity issues, Jameela Jamil recently took cosmetic giant Avon to task over what she called “gross abuse” with some of their advertising. Jameela was criticising […]
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COMMENT | Why does Instagram keep deleting naked (not really naked) men?
We’re bombarded with images that prod at the subconscious saying “you’re not thin enough” and we’ve got to change the narrative. We’ve got to expose ourselves to different standards of beauty and platforms like Instagram have to start playing their part.
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In the age of #MeToo, is it right to be lusting over topless men on Instagram?
For men, it’s hard to discuss body confidence issues. It’s not talked about often, and so we tend not to mention it. I’m one to say I have body confidence issues, and I’m sure there would be others out there that say I have no right to be self-conscious about the way I look. But I do,
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Body shaming: Do you even know what it is?
Recently you may have seen me talking more and more about the culture of body shaming in the media and the wider gay community. I started talking about it because I have suffered from body confidence issues and these have started to affect my personality. We all get our confidence (large or small amounts) from […]
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Meet the totally hot body positive guys on Instagram
So we’ve all been there – looking through Instagram’s hottest men and we enter the dreaded shame spiral. In a world of superhero movies and perfectly washboard abs plastered on billboards and in magazines, men are suffering from body image issues almost as much as women these days. But amidst the endless #gympics, #thirstythursdays and […]