Flo Bellinger

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Why is it so triggering when celebrities lose weight?

6 days ago | thred.com | Flo Bellinger

‘The moral lines blurred a little, with worrying unregulated access, black market sales and a shortage for the people who actually need it to treat diabetes. We had our first semaglutide injection-related deaths in the UK last year. As entire red carpets and runways shrank last year, my stance wobbled a little. Now, I find myself internalising this debate in my own mirror.’Laws goes on to question whether her own recent weight loss casts her work as a body positivity writer into question.
AI is reportedly set to disproportionately impact women

6 days ago | thred.com | Flo Bellinger

Artificial intelligence is coming for your job – and according to a new report, it’s coming faster if you’re a woman. For technology designed to eliminate benign work, artificial intelligence is proving remarkably efficient at replicating workplace inequality. Not that it will surprise any woman under the sun, but a new report from the UN’s International Labour Organisation has confirmed women are set to bear the brunt of AI-driven job disruption.
Does Brockwell Park battle prove festivals are another form of gentrification?

1 week ago | thred.com | Flo Bellinger

When London’s green sanctuaries become private playgrounds, who truly holds the key to public space? Last month, Brockwell Park underwent its annual transformation from local haven to festival fortress. Surrounded by temporary fencing and housing a swathe of stages and food vans, tens of thousands prepared to descend on the park over a series of weekends.
Is London about to legalise cannabis?

1 week ago | thred.com | Flo Bellinger

A new report backed by the Mayor of London calls for some cannabis possession to be decriminalised in the capital. Sadiq Khan is supporting calls for the partial decriminalisation of cannabis in the UK capital, following a study by the independent London Drugs Commission (LDC). According to reports by the LDC, the global policing of drug usage – particularly cannabis, which remains the most contentious substance when it comes to international legislation – are causing more harm than good.
Are small plates a scam?

2 weeks ago | thred.com | Flo Bellinger

A small plate may look dainty, but what you’re often paying for is not the ingredients or even the labour, but the vibe. This shifts control away from the customer (you can’t calculate value the same way without mains and sides) and gives the restaurant cover to stretch margins. And another big issue? The communal aspect. ‘One problem is that British culture isn’t very hot on sharing.
Why are we still so hung up on feminine muscles?

3 weeks ago | thred.com | Flo Bellinger

Women are building strength for themselves, but a culture still rooted in fear of female power isn’t ready to let go of patriarchal body ideals. The female body has long been asked to shrink. That demand was both physical and philosophical. As a culture we’ve prized quietness and smallness in women, with the latter becoming somewhat of a shorthand for virtue – i.e, the less space you occupied, the more acceptable you were.
Why are we conflating our jobs with our identities?

3 weeks ago | thred.com | Flo Bellinger

This identity collapse also leaves us deeply vulnerable. Because if you are your job, what happens when that job becomes unbearable? It’s well reported that Gen Z are opting for fulfilling careers over those that pay high wages, as more young people experience burn out from working in jobs that don’t align with their values. This trend is a promising sign that we’re starting to put our identities before our careers, rather than the other way around.
Half of British women are turning to therapy and martial arts over safety concerns.

3 weeks ago | thred.com | Flo Bellinger

A demand for self-defence is the product of cultural self-blame. If you’re a woman, you’ve probably walked alone with your keys between your fingers at least once. Your heart rate has quickened when you hear someone approaching from behind after dark. You’ve pretended to take a phone call when heading home at night. These small rituals may sound overblown to a cisgender man, but they’ve become an unwelcome mainstay of womanhood. And it turns out they’re no longer enough, either.
Opinion - Do we really need another biopic?

1 month ago | thred.com | Flo Bellinger

What makes the Bourdain project particularly galling is that it contradicts everything the man himself appeared to value. Bourdain frequently mocked the artifice of celebrity. His appeal was rooted in discomfort, in his willingness to say the unsayable (and eat the inedible). A biopic cannot accommodate that kind of chaos. By it’s very nature, a story will seek to resolve a life that was intentionally unresolved. Anthony Bourdain ultimately died by suicide at the age of 61.
Does labour’s school uniform reform miss the mark?

1 month ago | thred.com | Flo Bellinger

Education Secretary, Bridget Phillipson, said of the measure: ‘Looking smart as school shouldn’t cost the earth, and no parent should be forced to choose between buying family essentials and a school shirt or tie. ‘Alongside our free breakfast clubs, these new laws will save parents hundreds of pounds a year, and make sure family finance have no bearing on children’s time at school.