Addiction, Anorexia and A-class drugs: The problems with our favourite TikTok aesthetics
The world of social media has done some truly amazing things: uniting families, providing safe spaces, and sparking national movements, but there may be a darker side to the pretty picture of these online communities. TW: discussion of mental health disorders,
Is fashion and social media playing a major part in the rise of eating disorders?
Fashion North investigates the rise in eating disorders and whether or not we believe the fashion world and social media are to blame for the way we view ourselves. Eating disorders are increasingly becoming more common and have almost doubled in
Dressing my eating disorder
Getting dressed is harder than you could ever imagine when you have an eating disorder. Although I’ve had bulimia for what feels like forever now, I don’t want to look bulimic. I’d never want anyone to take one glance at
Beth Cowan: I think I had the idea that you need to be really skinny to be a model
Chester-le-Street model and gym instructor beats anorexia and is off to Florida for her first big sponsored photo shoot. Beth has been modelling for three years, and it all started when she entered Miss Bijoux at Bijoux Nightclub in Newcastle City