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The discourse is discoursing obviously and so much of it is ‘ha ha he’s gross and fat’ and i just think there’s so much more to work with! The person who’s looks you’re criticising aren’t going to see your comments but your friend who loves you and may be struggling will see that you connect awfulness with body size. Takes the same amount of time to criticise someone’s terrible talent or value system. Let’s do that instead!

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Institute of Art and Ideas paper on how we value beauty: https://iai.tv/articles/were-risking-it-all-for-beauty-auid-3495

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new post check it out here https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/contributors/heather-widdows-phd

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New post by me and Jess Sutherland https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/perfect-me/202508/a-backlash-to-the-beauty-ideal-what-backlash

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new post: https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/contributors/heather-widdows-phd

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New blog post. https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/perfect-me/202504/million-dollar-smiles

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I had a great time contributing to this panel discussion last month on taking body image and mental health as a public health issue. You can still catch it on University of Birmingham's Facebook videos.

How we think and feel about our bodies and issues like commercial pressures to look perfect and appearance bullying, is one of the most significant health challenges of our times, especially as we consider issues of genders as well.

#bodyimage #everydaylookism #appearancebullying #publicmentalhealth #PublicHealth #BeBodyKind #mentalhealth #iwd2021 #internationalwomensday2021

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In order to lessen the burden of body image anxiety, we need to start thinking of it and treating it as a public health issue. Join me and Professor Heather Widdows and @drlukeevans MP over on the @unibirmingham Facebook channel on Friday, February 19th from 1-2pm, for a live discussion of why we need to treat body image issues as a serious public health issue.

#everydaylookism #bodyimage #bodyimageissues #bodyimagemovement #bodyshaming #bodyshame #bodypositivity #bodyneutrality #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealthmatters #publichealth #BeBodyKind #publicmentalhealth

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Truth be told, one of the biggest challenges in my recovery from Anorexia was my own stereotype of what someone with an eating disorder looked like - mainly, that they were all teenage girls.

And while around 25% of people with anorexia, bulimia or other eating disorders are men, you'd be forgiven for not realising that! Hollywood loves to romanticise the shy female character who skips meals, or the badass woman who exercises obsessively, and even while doing those same things I could never connect the dots because, well, I'm a guy.

Partly because of the media's lack of accurate representation, partly because of my own admittedly lacking awareness around mental health, and partly because of the denial inherent to anorexia, I never understood that the behaviours I exhibited were a problem until it was too late. Before I knew it, my life had become dictated by something I didn't even understand. Throughout my late teens I was addicted, consumed and controlled by calories and my fanatical need to see the number on the scales dropping. I lost hair, I lost the ability to fit into even the smallest size of men's clothing, I lost my entire sense of self to something I had no idea was even possible for men to be afflicted with.

"It can't happen to me"
"It won't happen to me"
"It isn't happening to me"

As time went on, my denial only grew stronger. For every expression of concern that came from my family and friends, there were hundreds from my own distorted inner voice telling me that they were wrong.
They didn't feel what I felt.
They didn't see what I saw.

It wasn't until I read an interview about Gerard Way's struggle with body-image that it hit me. Here was someone I looked up to, a man nonetheless, going through a similar situation to me. A man, in his words "completely starving" himself.
Suddenly all the pieces clicked together, and I finally realised that the behaviours my life had become centred around weren't 'normal', weren't 'just part of masculine ideals'

So to anyone out there who thinks they have an unhealthy relationship with food or exercise, this is my attempt to do what that interview did. Reach out. Talk about it. Open up. You're not alone.
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Go Check Out @everydaylookism & their Amazing Campaign #EverydayLookism
I was so Proud & Honoured to chat with Professor Heather Waddams.
They have some great IG Lives with people such as @mollyjforbes @antidietriotclub & not forgetting me. 😉 😜
#EverydayLookism
#LetsTalk
#EveryBody
#RealBodies 🥰

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This is from a bonus episode of @bodyconspodcast featuring Professor Heather Widdows back in June on @everydaylookism and the global beauty ideal.
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It was before the Better Health campaign and before kids went back to school. Since this was recorded the results of two big surveys have been released showing children are struggling with body image more than ever, and lockdown has played a big role in this. If you scroll back through my grid you’ll see a post on 9th Sept about the @GirlGuiding survey and a post on 23rd Sept about the survey from the Women & Equalities Commission.
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This full episode on #EverydayLookism is well worth a listen if you haven’t heard it already, and Professor Heather Widdows’ book Perfect Me, Beauty as an Ethical Ideal is well worth a read too.
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I’ll be going live at 7pm on Weds (14th Oct) on the @everydaylookism account with Prof Widdows so hopefully you’ll find that a useful watch too. In the meantime, listen to the interview wherever you get your podcasts or go to the link in my bio.
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PS I did a Q&A on my Stories last week about kids and body image - saved as a highlight if you want to go back and have a look. And we’ve released more Body Happy Kids workshop dates for youth club leaders and teachers too - also in the link my bio. Phew, that’s everything! 😅
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Image description: Slide 1 - A pink graphic showing the closed caption text of audio from a clip of an interview about body image and the global beauty ideal and children, recorded with Professor Heather Widdows and shared as a bonus episode on the Body Cons podcast. Slide 2 - a graphic promoting an Instagram Live at 7pm on Wednesday 14th Oct with Molly and Prof Widdows on the @everydaylookism account.

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Standing out in the crowd. Poised full of Beauty, Strength & Power.
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But How? How did I overcome my struggles with My Mental Health & appear in a gallery?
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Severe Depression doesn't have to halt your life. I myself, suffered with my mental health & still do. That doesn't go away overnight especially when its been long term. In my lifetime I never expected to be featured in a gallery just a couple of miles from Buckingham Palace. Neither did I expect to collect an award from the Prime Minister but I DID.
All of these things are doable. Just Believe & Reach Out for what you Believe. Push away any negative thoughts & begin to create a new life where your mind is at rest & you will see as I did how quickly things change. Think about Body Neutrality & what your body can do for you without attacking your body.
I look forward to see more bodies like mine showcased like this one @mallgalleries Thank you so much @alastairadamsportraits
#OilPainting
#MentalHealth #EveryBody #ArtGallery #Art #Scars

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