#FATFEB is set to be a season of radical fat positivity with Vunilagi Vou, a contemporary Pacific art gallery in Ōtāhuhu, naming FAT as the theme of their February 2020 programme and hosting a Fat Babe Pool Party alongside artist and fat activist Lissy Cole. I for one am VERY excited, and I hope that you will be too – here’s the lowdown on what’s happening when and how you can join in. View Post
When I was a teenager, I’d flick through fashion magazines and never see anyone like me (even when I was thin – not a lot of Māori girls in those fashion mags in the 90’s). Whether it was catwalks, catalogues or celebrity style, almost everyone looked the same. They were tall, young, white, slim and able bodied. Fast forward twenty years and not all that much has changed. While we do see a small amount of diversity in fashion these days, I don’t think that it’s enough. The majority of bodies that we are seeing are still tall, young, white, slim and able bodied. View Post