The Garment Project gives free sizeless clothing to women recovering from eating disorders

May 11, 2017, 12:52 am

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Those recovering from eating disorders can find stuff that seems so simple to every else – eating a meal, looking in the mirror, and getting dressed – incredibly difficult.

It’s hard to break out of an obsessive focus on measurements of ‘success’, whether it’s quantities of food, waist measurements, or clothing sizes.

One nonprofit is trying to make things a little easier.

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Erin Drischler and her fiancé Jordan Tomb are the co-founders of The Garment Project, a nonprofit that provides women in recovery with brand new clothing free of tags and sizes.

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May 11, 2017, 12:57 am

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‘H’ Beverley, from Chelmsford, Essex, is calling out high street retailers for appropriating the term ‘femme’.

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H, a 25-year-old lesbian retail worker, acknowledges the term is also French for female, but she maintains that it is, ‘ours [the LGBTQ community] to use.’

A self-declared ‘aspirational celesbian’ (celebrity-lesbian, FYI), H has tweeted at H&M and Topshop this week saying, ‘the word femme has a history & meaning specific to LGBTQ+ people.’

‘It is ours to use – it isn’t yours to sell to straight people’.

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May 11, 2017, 1:04 am

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Fancy hiking on a glacier?

Today marks the 80th anniversary of Los Galciares National Park in Argentina, which is seen as one of the most beautiful natural landscapes in the world.

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It’s home to massive glaciers that tourists can walk on, and ice that appears to ‘flow’ in waterfalls.

Located in Santa Cruz, southwestern Argentina, the water that forms from melted ice streams down from the Andes, flowing into the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

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May 11, 2017, 1:30 am

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Everyone has a set of smell triggers that will plunge them right back into childhood, and 90s kids are no different.

For some people, the smells that defined their childhood involved Victoria sponge cakes, daisies in the park or freshly cut grass.

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But for 90s kids, having grown up in one of the best ever decades, the range of smells is a little more varied.

Instead of Victoria sponge cakes, they were served with Sunny D; those daisies were replaced by the smell of… Read the full story

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May 11, 2017, 1:40 am

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When it feels like every celebrity is showing off perfectly sculpted bodies a month after giving birth on the covers of magazines or in the form of superb selfies, it’s easy to feel the pressure to look incredible shortly after bringing life into the world.

But the reality is that going through pregnancy and childbirth changes your body.

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Being left with stretchmarks, loose skin, or extra weight is totally normal – it’s just that we hardly ever see the reality of post-baby bodies on our social media… Read the full story

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May 11, 2017, 1:42 am

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Exercising in water is fantastic for getting fit without putting too much pressure on your joints.

Pole dancing is a cracking core workout.

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Put the two together and what have you got?

AquaPole – the new pool-based pole-dancing fitness craze that we’re all going to want to get involved with.

It involves people doing pole fitness in a swimming pool in a bid to fire up the core muscles and strengthen the glutes, hamstrings and back muscles.

The idea began in Italy and has now travelled as far as Australia.

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May 11, 2017, 2:24 am

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Those unfamiliar with the beautiful landscape in Somerset are missing out.

Fortunately, May 11 is the third annual Somerset Day, and serves to educate people on why the county is such an awesome place to visit.

There is more to the story than just stunning scenery, though – May 11 is thought to be the date that King Alfred the Great defeated the Danes in the 878AD Battle of Edington.

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May 11, 2017, 2:40 am

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Turmeric is the kitchen cupboard beauty hack of the moment.

While the spice been used in India for centuries as part of bridal ceremonies, turmeric masks have become the Instagram beauty trend du jour.

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Yesterday, we asked a skin care professional whether turmeric was actually as fantastic for skin as everyone claims – and he confirmed that it was.

Not only does it act as a skin brightener, but its powerful anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties are useful in soothing acne.

Fair enough.

But what about teeth whitening?

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A dying mum helped her little daughters pick out their wedding dresses

May 11, 2017, 3:18 am

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A terminally ill mum has been helping her young daughters pick out their future wedding dresses after being told that she won’t be alive for their big days.

Dawn Wilson, 34, has also been first home hunting and car shopping with them after being diagnosed with breast cancer.

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She’s been given less than a year to live and is so determined to be there on her daughters’ special days, that she’s creating them ahead of time.

Imogen, 12 and Madeline, 8, have also been choosing their future prom dresses.

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May 11, 2017, 3:27 am

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Today in the dark and scary world of trying to feel good about your body, meet Fox & Moon, an online shop selling food diaries and diet planners.

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They’ve chosen to cover a number of their planners in language that criticises body fat, as well as phrases commonly used in pro-anorexia communities.

We’re placing a trigger warning here, as those struggling with eating disorders may find the following language upsetting. 

Fox & Moon sells planners that feature phrases such as ‘nothing tastes as good… Read the full story

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May 11, 2017, 3:28 am

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Yorica, located in Soho, central London, was THE vegan (and free-from) revolution of last summer.

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This year they’re spreading the free-from joy even further, opening a new store and hitting the streets in an ice cream truck, well kind of… they’re hitting a street anyway.

Winner of Free-From Eating Out Awards, Yorica, will be dishing out their delicious treats from a truck parked at Greenwich Market, Monday through Friday from 10am until 5pm.

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May 11, 2017, 3:53 am

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Over in America, people are celebrating a joyous time: Eat What You Want Day, and the trend is being embraced around the world.

Today is the day to relax your eating habits and indulge in the foods you love the most.

Whether you go all out with a banquet of junk food or choose to go for recreating a childhood favourite, it’s an opportunity to celebrate your favourite treats.

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Dieting is quite a new concept – in the past, our ancestors were concerned with increasing their carbohydrate and fat intake,… Read the full story

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May 11, 2017, 4:43 am

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When you’re trying to seduce someone into staying round for full on coitus, you’ve got to set the mood right.

Candles – perhaps. Insense – maybe. A sensual playlist – an absolute must.

A bit of Marvin Gaye, a cheeky Miguel number. Every XX album.

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We’ve all got a go-to sex playlist that is tried and tested. One that makes us feel relaxed and yet very turned on.

But sometimes, you just want something a bit different.

Sometimes you need to change the pace, to add some variation to your conquests.

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May 11, 2017, 6:26 am

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In case you haven’t heard, microbeads are the demons of the beauty world.

They’re tiny plastic beads used in toothpastes and face scrubs to give an exfoliating, scrubbing effect.

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Oh, and they’re awful for your skin (anything that abrasive really isn’t the best way to exfoliate) and terrible for the environment, causing marine pollution and the death of sealife.

If that alone isn’t enough to put you off microbeads forever, however, this might.

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May 11, 2017, 6:59 am

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Many of us will be familiar with the idea of getting a food baby.

Whether it’s a Dominos that’s sent us into a carb coma or an extra large portion during a meal out, that feeling of a full stomach can show itself on the outside as well.

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While some of us will simply loosen their belts until the bulge has gone down again, some may worry that it’s coeliac disease or gluten intolerance – especially if they only seem to get the symptom after eating foods like bread and… Read the full story

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May 11, 2017, 7:06 am

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We live in a world of high rents and crap accommodation.

London landlords are experts in charging exorbitant prices for absolute hellholes.

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‘F*ck it, I’ll save up and buy myself somewhere clean and safe,’ you think to yourself as you wake up to a face of mould.

And then you realise that you can’t even afford a parking space in zone 3.

In Australia, however, they’ve got the right idea.

Not only do they have legitimately nice accommodation for reasonable prices, but they also know how to throw in a decent freebie.

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May 11, 2017, 7:19 am

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Fed up of the speedy world of swiping, typing, and ghosting once someone sends a sh*t opening line?

Maybe this dating app will be more your speed.

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Appetence is a new app that’s all about ‘slow dating’ – which is essentially just a cool way to say ‘taking it slow’.

Instead of swiping left or right based purely on how hot someone looks in their picture and a decent bio, Appetence will only let someone see your profile if you choose to show it to them.

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May 11, 2017, 7:46 am

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We’ve all heard the theory that women tend to look for partners who remind them of their dads.

But now a new study has confirmed another disturbing theory – that we tend to opt for romantic partners who resemble our brothers.

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Participants were asked to rank the facial similarities between photos of men who were the S.Os and brothers of women.

The photos that were assessed were a mixture of those sent in by volunteers and pictures of the brothers and partners of celebrities and public figures.

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May 11, 2017, 7:54 am

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Until this week, I had never realised the true extent insomnia had taken over my life.

My sleep anxiety had become so all-consuming, I’d race home from wherever or whatever I was doing in a bid to make sure I was home by 9pm.

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I had to start my ‘my winding down’ routine an hour before bed (but really, the earlier the better) or I was sure I wouldn’t sleep a wink.

A big part of my decision to live alone for the past year was so nothing could get in the way of my routine. I couldn’t go on holiday, or do any travelling because (you guessed it) I was sure there was no way I’d catch a single Z.

All of this meant I spent my time ruminating on my lack of sleep from morning to night, withdrawing from… Read the full story

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May 11, 2017, 8:13 am

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Despite being one of the most natural things in the world, people are still shamed for whipping out their breasts and feeding their children in public.

It’s ridiculous, really. There’s nothing inappropriate about a female nipple, especially in the context of feeding a baby.

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And yet the shaming persists.

One shopping mall in Colombia has introduced a new way to normalise public breastfeeding – and we’re totally behind it.

Centro Mayor mall in Bogotá now has breastfeeding mannequins in a number of stores.

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