Tag: body image
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Conversations with… Blogger and Influencer Jenni Dunlap (Subject: Body Image and Eating Disorders)
Sometimes you meet people online who change your life. For me, Jenni is one of them. After going from constantly being on the move travelling to working from home, my confidence was low. One day I stumbled across Jenni’s blog. From then on I began to look at my body as the vessel that had…
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Conversations with… Rachael Morgan (Subject: Body Image, Eating Disorders and Breast Reconstruction Surgery)
Women are constantly bombarded with messages on how they ‘should’ look. We should have abs, toned arms, toned legs and have straight, white teeth. We need to be hair free. We need to smile. Our hair shouldn’t be frizzy, but long and flowing. Our waist needs to tiny, our legs long, our nails manicured, our…
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Conversations with… Michelle Hopewell (Subject: Body Image in an Image Focused Industry)
When interviewing people who work in show business, I always touch upon the idea of confidence in an industry that places importance on appearance. After each of these interviews, I marvel at people’s resilience to the pressures and expectations placed upon them, but Michelle takes that to a whole new level. Michelle is someone who…
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Conversations with… Kayleigh (Journey to Self Love)
I was first introduced to Kayleigh through the wonderful The 88 and Friends, an online platform that celebrates and welcomes everyone that she co-founded with Mrs Dani Crater. As one of half of the duo that I argue are the nicest, most positive people on the internet, it’s easy to look at Kayleigh with her…
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Conversations With… Rebecca Browne (Subject: Fibromyalgia, Mental Health and Body Image)
Social media allows us to connect with people in a way that we would never get the chance to. I can find out what celebrities have for breakfast and where people I admire go on holiday. Social media has made the world and everyone in it seem closer. Because of this, I was able to…
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Conversations with… Joti @vitiligo_and_me (Subject: Vitiligo and Body Image)
Growing up with a birthmark, I was always aware that I was a little ‘different’. I can recall seeing other people with visible differences like mine only a handful of times in my life. Every time I saw someone with one, it was a welcome reminder that I wasn’t strange or ugly or weird and…
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Conversations with… Danni Shepherd AKA Pandora Belle (Subject: Acting, Modelling and Body Image)
At a family wedding when I was younger, I was scouted a a model. I was an incredibly shy, awkward child, conscious of my birthmark and the fact that I had hit puberty young. My mum politely said no, but I have always wondered what would have happened if she had said yes. Would I…
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Conversations with… Beth Shackleton (IBS and Body Image)
For most of us, when we go to the doctor we get an answer. A prescription might be given, a follow up appointment or test might be needed, but for the most part we walk away with a diagnosis. Only sometimes that isn’t the case. For a year, Beth was left looking for her answer.…
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Conversations with… Emma Naylor (Subject: ARFID)
Growing up, all I really knew about eating disorders was the brief mention of anorexia in Jacqueline Wilson’s ‘Girls’ series or the rare article on someone overcoming bulimia in the teen magazines I read. Women’s relationship with food and the societal pressure to look a certain way was not widely discussed. Girls who nowadays would…
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Conversations with… Lindsay McGlone
The first interview I did for this blog with Ellie Crawshaw lead me to finding Lindsay on Instagram. She was one of the first people to cheer on Ellie and myself for the interview we did and I’ve followed her ever since then, not just because I appreciate her support but because she is a…
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