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Image Description: Two men kissing at the Baltimore Pride Parade block party 2017 TW: Body Image, Eating Disorders From an outside perspective, the idea of the ‘twink’ can be something of a joke. It helps non-LGBTQ+ people to neatly categorise queer people into more easily understandable stereotypes, often with the aim of ridicule. In my […]
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St Hugh’s Women’s Reps held a body positivity party in the JCR which saw the walls covered with dozens of anonymous stories about body image issues submitted by JCR members. The event was framed as a sequel to the ‘period party’ held last term by the Women’s Reps to help normalise discussion of periods and […]
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Verity Winn: Our eating choices have consequences beyond ourselves… In recent times, food and our relationship with it have become a tumultuous topic open to debate as never before. Once a neutral mundanity, what we eat in the twenty-first century has become suffused with high-octane disagreement of a kind previously preserved for political discourse. Those of […]
Continue ReadingWhen Dame Sally Davies, the current Chief Medical Officer, criticised the use of large mannequins in high street shops, it felt like another blow to the struggle to promote positive body image. Size 16 mannequins now appear in stores like Debenhams, and in some cases take the place of ‘normal’ size 10 mannequins. Claims that […]
Continue ReadingThe Oxford Student Fashion Team bring you interviews, discussions and debates on the latest trends. Ranging from silly fads to tried-and-true wardrobe staples, they’ll cover it all so you can cover yourself in style.
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