If you read my last post, you’ll know that I’ve been mulling over the cosy media consensus that all women hate their body. TV programmes are constantly sold on this premise, most of them purporting to improve things by helping women diet into a socially acceptable shape.
Gok Wan’s How to Look Good Naked is [...]
To be a teenager is to be in a constant state of transformation. Girls find that their body changes, their period starts, their faces get spotty – and they are suddenly admitted to a brand new club that doesn’t care whether or not they want to join. It’s the Hating Your Body club, and [...]
After sixteen years of unwavering vegetarianism. I’m not sure why I suddenly wanted to try fish again. It was probably a combination of constantly hearing about the benefits of Omega-3 oils , noticing that since arriving at the wrong side of 30, my knees have begun to squeak alarmingly, and wanting my eating [...]