for the front cover of my zine, I wanted to use different fabrics to illustrate the different different body types and how they all should be celebrated regardless of what they appear to be like.

I ordered something from amazon which came with an excess amount of wrapping. Therefore, rather than throwing away what I received and I decided to make use of it and make my zine out of it. The brown long paper in the image above is what I used to make my zine. when it arrived it was extremely scrunched and twisted. Therefore, I decided to neaten it all up and make a4 sheets of of it. After that I started creating the zine and using all the skills I learnt from my book binding workshop. I though this was a great way to reduce waste and make my zine out of things I already had to bring in an element of sustainability. the texture of this paper also added to the overall look of my whole zine.

Through my zine, I wanted to exploit into the theme of skinny shaming. It’s an aspect which not many people talk about as many think it does not exist however it does! it’s not spoken about enough. its a rather contradicting topic as many believe it’s not worse than fat shaming and skinny shaming is not as commonly found as fat shaming. Regardless of how much it’s spoken about, it exists and in fact is a huge problem. It’s almost getting worse day by day as many feel like they can not speak about it and tend to be called “bony”, “you need to eat more”. There are many more phrases which are often used to shame those who are skinny.

Moreover, skinny shaming varies from gender to gender.  Fire a male to be skinny its considered to be a shame as males are expected to have a muscular body with big biceps, abs etc. Whereas, for females, they are degraded and called names for being “too skinny” as they are expected to have a hour glass body. all these are norms set by the society which in reality d nit exist, it all a social construct! However, people live up to these and end up harming themselves if they feel they do not meet the “standards”

REALITY!!

WHAT WE SEE ON SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS

• Clear face
• Perfect body
• Smooth skin
• Silky hair

plan for the shoot:

• have a white set up
• include different models
• take image of\; hair, nails,discolouration, eyeballs, body structure
• natural lighting
• take images on camera
• take at least 5-10 images