Disclaimer: Please understand that while I am writing this specific piece mostly for women, I do acknowledge that insecurity is not at all specific to the female gender. The reason I am bulk referring to the “targeted” as women is because, in my personal experience, its women that bear the brunt of pressure from diet culture. I do not intend to exclude or offend anyone. Weight related insecuri...

It’s suddenly got hot in England. Really hot. From having a week’s worth of rain and a cool breeze to suddenly being in a full-blown heatwave. It’s safe to say that many of us haven’t known what to wear with this sudden influx of heat. What’s worse is that it has coincided with the country opening up from a third lockdown. This time last year, nobody really saw a lot of our bodies. We could l...

Since clearing out my social media feed, following positive accounts and surrounding my online presence with the body positive movement, I have found myself feeling envious of others and frustrated at myself. Not like before, when my feed was extremely false, but in a way in which I am jealous of how others seem to love their body.  With the brilliant body positive movement being SO great, but...