Natasha Devon
Natasha Devon is a writer and television personality, commenting primarily on body image, feminism and education. She is co-Director of the Body Gossip campaign and creator of their multi-award winning education programme, which has taught self-esteem to more than 15,000 teenagers throughout the UK. Last year, Natasha was named one of Cosmopolitan Magazine’s Ultimate Women of the Year. www.bodygossip.org
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You can stuff your exclusive 'thin' and 'beautiful' club, Abercrombie and Fitch - I don't want to join
09 May 2013 04:13 PM
I find your garments Sloaney, uninspiring, overpriced and generally far, FAR too beige
Barbie vs real women: why can't we merge the two?
08 May 2013 12:38 PM
Ask any test group of subjects to describe the attributes of a ‘perfect’ female physique and they will put together a composite image of…Barbie
Race is part of the body image conversation, so why don't we talk about it?
02 May 2013 12:06 PM
It’s considered dangerous to reference race for fear of being labelled ‘racist’ - but if we don't discuss it, we can't challenge the accepted beauty ideals
From botox to vajacials, the evolution of ‘necessity’ in beauty
18 April 2013 12:17 PM
The ever-increasing array of beauty procedures and products on the market give us the illusion of choice, while snatching our grooming liberty from under our botoxed-noses
Think teaching body confidence is pointless? Try speaking to the teenagers affected by it
25 March 2013 01:59 PM
Body insecurity prevents up to 70% of students from raising their hand in class, 50% from taking part in PE lessons and some from even turning up to school altogether
The NHS prioritising those with a ‘healthy lifestyle’? I think there's enough stereotyping already
14 March 2013 09:30 AM
Bit tubby? Back of the queue. Smoker? Back of the queue. Drinker? Back of the queue.
International Women's Day: Why do we still treat single women as second-class citizens?
08 March 2013 07:00 AM
We aren’t tragic spinsters, desperately freezing our eggs and gazing wistfully out of the windows of our cold, stark bedsits, humming ‘someday my Prince will come’
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Mothers' diets may harm IQs in two-thirds of babies
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Far-right French historian, 78-year-old Dominique Venner, commits suicide in Notre Dame in protest against gay marriage
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Eyewitness Ingrid Loyau-Kennett gives extraordinary account of her confrontation with Woolwich attackers
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Woolwich attack: The EDL might have a sinister plan as a soldier is murdered in suspected Islamic terrorist attack
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Edward VIII’s phone calls - and how MI5 bugged them
Sent down at the Old Bailey
Hollywood's random acts of red-carpet kindness
British football scores an own goal
James Lawton
Dylan Hartley talks tough
Watch out Watford: Here comes the secretive Bilderberg Group
'The ultimate all-in-one home entertainment system'
Plenty of sleaze
The Freemasons’ Code
Not secure any more: G4S boss heads for exit at last
How to say ‘I’m a sellout’
Why clubs are keen to take a stand
In the end the fans decided Tony Pulis had made a pig's ear of the job at Stoke City
James Lawton: The James Hunt I knew is the subject of a new F1 movie
