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How to stick two fingers up to beauty standards

How to stick two fingers up to beauty standards

Happy Place
Jun 28, 2024 36 min
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<p>Summer body ready? How about your summer skin and hair? Fearne knows you might be feeling the pressure to look a certain way – both right now, and across your lifetime – so she’s reflecting on Happy Place episodes that stick two fingers up to made up beauty standards and body ideals.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>You'll learn how to challenge all those social norms dictating how we should look, with some help from chair of the Body Dysmorphic Disorder Foundation, Rob Wilson, broadcaster Amanda De Cadanet, and activist Emma Dabiri.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Plus, hear some deeply personal stories of how things like age, race, disability, and weight all intersect with self worth from Beverley Knight, Jono Lancaster, Adele Roberts, and Emily Ratajkowski. They talk about the moments they personally saw through the cultural crap and embraced their bodies for themselves …and you can too!</p><br><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@fearnecotton/playlists" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Watch 'What Is How To' on YouTube</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://pod.fo/e/124956" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Listen to Amanda De Cadanet’s episode</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://pod.fo/e/2154cb" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Listen to Emma Dabiri’s episode</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://pod.fo/e/18355c" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Listen to Beverley Knight’s episode</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://pod.fo/e/189485" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Listen to Jono Lancaster’s episode</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://pod.fo/e/22e78e" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Listen to Adele Roberts’ episode</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://pod.fo/e/14f0e9" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Listen to Emily Ratajkowski’s episode</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

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