Diet companies encouraging post-isolation weight-loss is triggering
First, there were the memes. Then, there were the challenges. Now, in the seemingly never-ending quest for 'perfection,' diet companies have begun banking on our lockdown weight-gain concerns to make money. In the wake of recent bids for increased legislation surrounding social media’s fueling of a mental health crisis, I’ve...
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Selena Gomez’s ‘Rare Beauty’ to raise $100 million for mental health initiatives
The singer's highly anticipated celebrity beauty and skincare brand has launched a fund connecting under-represented communities with mental health services. Long criticised for its perpetuation of problematic body image standards, the beauty industry remains in the early stages of addressing its complicity. From the get-go it’s been the small, independent...
Lockdown has exposed how deeply embedded fatphobia is in our society
Panicked comments over gaining weight and toxic #Quarantine15 memes plaguing social media since the pandemic began reinforce an incredibly troubling narrative. It only takes a few seconds of scrolling through social media at the moment to come across a meme complaining about the possibility of weight gain during quarantine. ‘Gaining...
