Appearance Matters: The Podcast!

Nadia and Jade hear from military veteran Sergeant Simon Harmer and members of the UNITS study team at CAR to learn more about the need for support for military personnel affected by appearance altering injuries.

Let us know what you think https://twitter.com/car_UWE

To find out more about CAR: www.uwe.ac.uk/car

For more on Simon Harmer: http://www.blown-away.org

To keep up to date with the Units Research Team:

https://twitter.com/unitsstudy

https://www.instagram.com/unitsstudy/

To take part in the UNITS study:

If you had an injury that caused scars (of any size and location) or limb loss AND have never served in the Armed Forces, you are invited to complete an online questionnaire here: go.uwe.ac.uk/unitscivilian

Participants can enter a prize draw for up to £100 in Amazon vouchers.

Veterans with combat-related injuries can take part here: go.uwe.ac.uk/unitsveteran

Members of the team at the Centre for Appearance Research share tips and strategies to manage with additional anxiety related to body image, food and eating, and productivity during lockdown.

Links from the team:

https://www.mindfulness-network.org/free-online-practice-sessions/

https://oxfordmindfulness.org/online-sessions-podcasts/

https://self-compassion.org

https://www.headspace.com/covid-19

https://blog.calm.com/take-a-deep-breath

https://beckinstitute.org/get-informed/what-is-cognitive-therapy/

www.copingwithcoronavirus.co.uk

App: Insight Timer

Lancet Paper: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30460-8/fulltext

Let us know what you think https://twitter.com/car_UWE

To find out more about CAR: www.uwe.ac.uk/car

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Jade and Nadia speak with guests Dr Hannah Frith and Laura Dodsworth about how photography can be used as a powerful tool in appearance research and beyond - to promote acceptance of visible differences.

SCARS short film - a Tigerlily production for @TheGuardian, directed by Laura Dodsworth and Rebecca Lloyd Evans. Link here: https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2020/apr/27/scars-how-our-wounds-make-us-who-we-are-video

Link to Laura's website: https://www.lauradodsworth.com/

Let us know what you think https://twitter.com/car_UWE

To find out more about CAR: www.uwe.ac.uk/car

Cover image by: Laura Dodsworth

Tying in with London Fashion Week 2020, Nadia and Jade talk about diversity in fashion with Caryn Franklin MBE (starting at 11.15) and hear about policy change in Argentina to increase the number of clothing sizes available in store with Sharon Haywood (starting at 1.08.20).

Let us know what you think: https://twitter.com/car_UWE

To find out more about CAR: www.uwe.ac.uk/car

For more on our guests:

Caryn: https://franklinonfashion.com

Sharon: https://sharonhaywood.com

Cover Image: Photo by Brunel Johnson on Unsplash

Nadia and Jade are joined by Dr Oli Williams to discuss the topic of weight stigma (again!) but this time through a more social lens.

Interview with Oli [begins at 2.30]

Act With Love website: http://www.actwithlove.co.uk/

Online version of the comic 'Weight of Expectation': http://www.actwithlove.co.uk/woe-digital-comic.html

Paper on the topic co-authored by Oli: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00953/full

Blog on 'Who are you calling diseased?' https://www.cost-ofliving.net/who-are-you-calling-diseased/

People/accounts referenced in the episode:

Fiona Quigley, Twitter: @FionaQuigs

Samantha Murry (The 'Fat' Female Body)

Roxane Gay, Twitter: @rgay, Instagram: @roxanegay74

Your Fat Friend, Twitter & Instagram: @yrfatfriend

Cover image: by @handsomegirldesigns

Nadia and Jade are joined by Dr Rebecca Swift - Global Head of Creative Insights at Getty Images, Hannah Burns Global Marketing Manager for Unilever Personal Care brand Dove, and Phillippa Diedrichs, Professor in Psychology at the Centre for Appearance Research.

Interview with Hannah & Phillippa [16.00-46.00]

Interview with Rebecca [50.00 -1.12.00]

Let us know what you think https://twitter.com/car_UWE

To find out more about CAR: www.uwe.ac.uk/car

For more on Project Show Us: https://www.dove.com/uk/stories/campaigns/showus.html

For a copy of Nadia's PhD (lol) email her: [email protected]

Interview with Rebecca: https://www.creativebrief.com/bite/dr-rebecca-swift-global-head-creative-insights-getty-images

Cover Image: Model: Sophia Hood by Peyton Fulford for Girl Gaze, Project Show Us

Nadia and Jade hear from Professor Esther Rothblum, Professor at San Diego State University, co-editor of the Fat Studies Reader, & the Editor-at-Large of Fat Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Body Weight and Society.

Esther is our first keynote speaker for Appearance Matters 9 Conference to feature on the podcast. Make sure you subscribe to hear from our two other esteemed keynotes.

**Apologies for the background noise during the interview**

For more about Esther: https://womensstudies.sdsu.edu/people/bios/rothblum.htm

For more about the Centre for Appearance Research

www.uwe.ac.uk/car

To selfie, or not to selfie? That is the question. Jade and Nadia discuss selfies and how they can be impacting on our body image, with expert guests Georgia Treneman-Evans and Dr Jasmine Fardouly.

Let us know what you think twitter.com/car_UWE

To find out more about CAR: www.uwe.ac.uk/car

For more information about the conference, please visit the website: www.uwe.ac.uk/CAR - go to News and Events - Appearance Matters conference. You can also sign up to the conference mailing list to receive conference updates and alerts.

For us in the UK, summer is here! This also means (mostly for women) pressures to be hairless are heightened. Nadia and Jade discuss the question, why do we care about body hair? With the help of guest Dr Victoria Clarke.

Let us know what you think twitter.com/car_UWE

To find out more about CAR: www.uwe.ac.uk/car

More information about Dr Victoria Clarke: https://people.uwe.ac.uk/Person/VictoriaClarke

Image is brought to you by Billie products. Website can be found here: https://mybillie.com/collections/all

Call Your Girlfriend Body Hair Ep:

https://www.callyourgirlfriend.com/episodes#/body-hair

For more information about the Appearance Matters 9 conference, please visit the website: www.uwe.ac.uk/CAR - go to News and Events - Appearance Matters conference. You can also sign up to the conference mailing list to receive conference updates and alerts.

Why are trans folk at higher risk of eating disorders? Nadia and Jade find out why with Dr Allegra Gordon, post-doctoral researcher at Harvard Striped (https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/striped/)

Let us know what you think https://twitter.com/car_UWE

To find out more about CAR: www.uwe.ac.uk/car

About Dr Allegra Gordon: https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/striped/team/faculty/allegra-gordon-scd-mph/

Allegra Recommends on Trans, EDs, and Body Image:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/how-current-eating-disorder-discourse-fails-the-lgbtq_b_5975e0fce4b0f1feb89b44e7

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/when-gender-dysphoria-compounds-body-dysmorphia-in_b_59f3c3cae4b05f0ade1b5757

https://www.transfolxfightingeds.org

http://thirdwheeled.com/

Some of the research studies discussed:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5241136/

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1054139X15000877

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15538605.2016.1177806

Gender affirmation framework- Jae Sevelius https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11199-012-0216-5