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Jun 2024
36m 5s

How to stick two fingers up to beauty st...

Fearne Cotton
About this episode

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.

 

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.

 

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!


Watch 'What Is How To' on YouTube

 

Listen to Amanda De Cadanet’s episode

 

Listen to Emma Dabiri’s episode

 

Listen to Beverley Knight’s episode

 

Listen to Jono Lancaster’s episode

 

Listen to Adele Roberts’ episode

 

Listen to Emily Ratajkowski’s episode



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