Where’s the Fun in Victoria’s Not-So-Secret Agenda?

Dec 1, 2014 / Blog

charlotte.gush / body image anxiety, Victoria's Secret /

Today is the Victoria’s Secret show and I have a few questions – why is it that the pinnacle of female success is embodied by the ability to maintain a flat stomach?

April 4, 2012

The All Walks message goes global at the first UN Summit on Body Image

Apr 4, 2012 / Blog

charlotte.gush / 2012, body confidence, body dismorphia, body image and the media, body image anxiety, Dr Susie Orbach, global conversation, Minister for Equalities, MP Lynne Featherstone, UN Commission on the Status of Women, UN CSW, UN Summit on Body Confidence /

For the very first time, the issue of body confidence and its relation to the media has been discussed at the United Nations. The 2012 UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) was held between the 27th February and March 9th, and, on the topic of body image and the media, both the UK [...]