Category Archives: Body Image

A quest to free us from body image issues and their irrational waste of brain space. Not always successfully…

Victoria’s Secret’s war on bums esclalates

Posted on October 20, 2015 by busts4justice

Does my bum look big in this? Actually, I’m writing this in a pair of “relaxed tailored” sweatpants so don’t answer that. I mean rather, that Victoria’s Secret have been at it again: wielding their retouching software with all the … Continue reading →

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Modelled by Role Models

Posted on May 19, 2015 by busts4justice

“I like to think there’s so much more to me than just the way I look – Marquita Pring. There is a lot of nonsense in marketing. I should know: it’s my job. And as I’ve often written (i.e here), … Continue reading →

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Victoria’s Secret has the perfect body (but it’s not yours)

Posted on November 3, 2014 by busts4justice

That Victoria’s Secret would plaster “The Perfect Body” over ten very thin women in an advert can come as no surprise to anyone. This is a brand who have previously retouched the very butt cheeks out of their already uniformly … Continue reading →

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Free The Nipple!

Posted on July 6, 2014 by busts4justice

It’s time to #FreeTheNipple! Or rather, it’s probably time we stopped freaking out so much about something every single mammal in the world has when it appears on a certain 50+% of the human population. In a culture that loses … Continue reading →

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Most inspiring Kickstarter ever: the Monokini

Posted on June 2, 2014 by busts4justice

A couple of days late to this, but I can’t quite articulate how wonderful, inspiring and cockle-warming this Monokini Kickstarter story is. Bold, fun, and designed exclusively for women after a mastectomy; Monokini stands up to “narrow minded ideas of beauty” … Continue reading →

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