"Full bush in a thong": are we finally normalising body hair on women?
As someone in my comments coined it, we are in a “Buchaissance”, meaning it is high time for women and body hair! The ‘full bush in a thong’ discourse is going to be instrumental in breaking down the ...
22 Helmi 20254min
WTF is an ‘Almond-Daughter’ - how tiktok is commodifying identities and aesthetics
I was RUDELY confronted with an “almond-daughter’ aesthetic image on my Pinterest feed (help) and ran to TikTok to see if this is yet another girl, core, IT, aesthetic, and of course it is a thriving ...
14 Helmi 202527min
WTF is an ‘Almond-Daughter’ - TikTok is commodifying identities and aesthetics [Mini version]
Sit down with Zara at the front of the bus to discuss the thriving internet subculture of the ‘almond-daughter’. It is exactly what you think it is: a repackaged ED sold and made aesthetic to the girl...
14 Helmi 20253min
Is fashion week accessible? - with Tori West of Bricks Magazine
I’m on the London Tube this week for a special episode of: Taboo on the Tube instead of my bed/ the bus. Joined by Tori West, founder of Bricks Magazine, we discuss the inaccessibility of fashion week...
7 Helmi 202518min
Is fashion week accessible - with Tori West [mini version]
[Full episode is posted]I’m on the London Tube this week for a special episode of: Taboo on the Tube instead of my bed/ the bus. Joined by Tori West, founder of Bricks Magazine, we discuss the inacces...
7 Helmi 20254min
Social Media dysmorphia - the truth of fillers, botox, and the beauty standard
Has the accessability and normalisation of aesthetic procedures and fillers warped our ability to accept our natural features? I realised that I am simply tolerating some of my insecurities with the i...
7 Helmi 202523min
Dating apps are killing the gay bar - mini version
Globally, gay bars are in decline, we are losing our queer spaces, visibility, venues, and community, and it has largely been pinned on our dating app usage. Yes, Grindr, yes Hinge, yes Tinder, yes HE...
21 Tammi 20254min
Dating apps are killing the gay bars - the privatisation of queerness
Globally, gay bars are in decline, we are losing our queer spaces, visibility, venues, and community, and it has largely been pinned on our dating app usage. Yes, Grindr, yes Hinge, yes Tinder, yes HE...
21 Tammi 202528min
