In Episode 24 the guest for Required Reading is US Elle Beauty Director Chloe Hall. She joined Funmi Fetto, the host of On Reflection to discuss model Ashley Graham’s razor collaboration with body care brand Flamingo and the bare all advert she posted on Instagram.
Read MoreIn Episode 13, George Driver and Funmi Fetto discuss the backlash against Lizzo following her public decision to go on a detox programme in order to lose weight. She later responded to the furore.
Read MorePhotographer Alexandra Leese joins Funmi Fetto in Episode 11 to discuss Me + Mine, her new book on the female nude. Created over lockdown, via Zoom, it captures 44 women of all shapes, sizes and ethnicities and explores women’s relationships with their bodies.
This week is a special episode where I am joined by Gina Tonic and Chloe Sheppard, the founders of The Fat Zine. We discuss fatphobia, fat shaming, society and the beauty industry’s fear of fat and why it’s important to use the word ‘fat’.
Read MoreIn Episode 9, we speak to Chloe Sheppard and Gina Tonic from The Fat Zine to discuss why they decided to launch a Zine ‘by fat people, for fat people and people who care about them’. We talk about the beauty industry’s biases against fat people, and how Black and Jewish women inspired the fat liberation movement.
Read MoreIn Episode 7, Phoebe McDowell of BURO 24/7 joins me for Required Reading to discuss the latest cover of British Glamour showing Emma Corrin baring her unshaven armpit.
Read MoreOn Episode 3 Kathleen Ho, the Beauty Director of The Cut and New York Magazine joins me for Required Reading. When comedian Celeste Barber parodied a semi nude pose of ex Victoria Secret model Candace Swanepoel and posted it on Instagram, the social media giant removed it. Swanepoel’s however wasn’t . Why? We discuss The Guardian’s take on the story.
In Episode 1 we discuss Lizzo on the cover of US Vogue and whether this is a win for the body positivity movement
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