Q&A: Nanna Liljekvist
Throughout my youth I have had a hateful relationship with my body. The last thing I want is for my children to have the same relationship with their body that...
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Q&A: Annahita Tajik
I hope to de-taboo talk about sex and the shame that comes with it in ethnic minorities
Q&A: Alfie Beier
I think a lot of people forget that the talk about sex doesn't have to be about what goes on in YOUR specific bedroom, but more of a fluid conversation...
"I felt like I had to live up to the stereotype of a sexually liberated mixed-race woman"
“It’s important to normalise female nudity in non-sexual contexts.” Hyper-sexualising black women comes with its traumas. Bella knows this all too well. Bella speaks to us about experiences that have...
"I don't like putting a label on my sexuality"
Self-love involves protecting yourself, and Salo learnt that early on. She chats to us about how her ethnicity made others feel entitled to her body, and how she now fully...
"I feel more and more free with each passing day"
Negative connotations come with the word “fat” and Noomi is on a mission to remove them. We sat down with her to talk about body image, confidence and intimacy. The...
"Masturbation is about getting to know yourself"
Young girls enter this world minding their own business and are instantly told their body parts are “wrong” — too sexual (even when underage) or too imperfect. It takes a...
"I have realized that society's ideals of beauty try to manipulate us into thinking that one kind of beauty is better than the other"
Self-love has been a learning process for Faith — something many women know about all too well. We sat down for a one-to-one with the Copenhagen-based model on all things...
"Growing up, I had a hard time accepting and understanding that I didn't look like my friends"
“It’s weird and unshapely.” Marta’s relationship with her body is a very common story — comparing it to other women’s bodies and feeling let down when it’s not an identical...
"I try to remind myself of the beauty of my body"
Women are often told to dim their complexities; to tick one of two boxes — hypersexual or conservative. Magda is not buying it: she welcomes every side of herself with...