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A Pushup Platform?

by Cassie Grace

Cassie Grace argues that Victoria’s Secret should not have been allowed on the university campus due to their controversial past surrounding body image.

Are you beach bod ready?

by Elinor Jones

Elinor Jones, Print Science Editor, scrutinises the ‘perfect’ summer body by exploring the bikini’s past and present.

Januhairy – this isn’t going to cut it

by Deepa Lalwani

Januhairy – this isn’t going to cut it As January drew to a close, so too did the aptly named ‘Januhairy’: a campaign created by Exeter student Laura Jackson that has garnered international media attention as women pledged to stop removing their body hair for the month of January. The intention of the campaign was […]

Sierra Burgess is a Loser: Review

by Amelia Chisholm

The trailer for one of Netflix’s most recent teen romcoms, Sierra Burgess Is A Loser, caught my attention. A protagonist, and actor (Stranger Things’s Shannon Purser), who does not fit the traditional body expectations that so many leading ladies in this genre (and indeed, visual media in general) adhere to. And because this movie excited […]

Number of young male sufferers from eating disorders soars

by Features

Societally deemed a typically feminine mental health issue, the world of eating disorders is generally seen as one unrelatable to men. Freddie Flintoff, a former cricketer, recently described the moment he came close to speaking out about his eating disorder during a team meeting with a dietitian. The dietitian later remarked that she could not imagine anyone […]

Why we should be talking about Body Image

by Daphne Bugler

The way we perceive our bodies has become more and more complicated in the age of social media., We are surrounded by images of bodies, plastered across social media, magazines, newspapers, buses, train stations. It is becoming impossible to escape these images, which makes it even harder to not perceive the heavily photo-shopped and altered […]

‘Anorexia is narcissism’? I can’t stomach this

by Georgina Bolam

F ollowing Joan Bakewell’s opinion that growing rates of eating disorders among teenagers is a ‘sign of narcissism’, this veteran broadcaster has admitted to causing ‘enormous upset’ and has apologized. But is Bakewell really remorseful about what she said or does she just want the public back on her side? I think, at one point […]

Victoria’s Secret: The Angels have landed

by Jack Wardlaw

Just last week, the American lingerie giant Victoria’s Secret held its 20th annual fashion show, and, as per usual, social media blew up because of it. Just as inevitably as S Club 7 being played at Cheesy Tuesdays, so too was the outpouring of comments, both positive and negative, as the world and his Instagram-filtered […]

Beach bodies and twitter trolls

by Features

[dropcap size=small bg_color=”#21409a”]E[/dropcap]arlier this year, an article published by Exeposé responded to the advert which has caused so much controversy – Protein World’s ‘Are You Beach Body Ready?’ The article essentially argued that Protein World isn’t alone in its problematic advertising, so what’s the big fuss about? We could be targeting any number of advertisements directed at women – L’Oréal, […]

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