In this week’s show, I am joined by George Driver, Digital Beauty Editor at Elle UK. We discuss Instagram’s latest beauty trend - Health Signalling, the black creatives fighting hair discrimination, controversy around a visible tampon string, Lizzo’s weight loss backlash and Dolly Parton’s much anticipated fragrance line. In Praise Of … is Kate Somerville’s Exfolikate Intensive Treatment and on Talking Points, Brazilian writer Bianca Costa Sales joins me to talk about her to talk about her country’s obsession with body perfection.
Read MoreFollowing a British Vogue feature on ‘Health Signalling’ as the new humble brag, George Driver and Funmi Fetto, host of ORB , discuss what Health Signalling is and why it is all over social media.
Read MoreIn Episode 13, George Driver and Funmi Fetto discuss the backlash against Lizzo following her public decision to go on a detox programme in order to lose weight. She later responded to the furore.
Read MoreIn Episode 13, ORB host Funmi Fetto and guest George Driver discuss a feature in Dazed about The Halo Code, the new initiative set up by Black creatives to stop the discimination of Black hair in organisations and educational establishments.
Read MoreBianca Costa Sales, a Rio de Janeiro based writer, wrote a thought provoking piece about the cult-like pursuit of the beautiful body in Brazil. She joins Funmi Fetto on Episode 13 to discuss it.
Read MoreA recent advert from DAME , the company making period products more ‘sustainable, accessible and acceptable’ caused controversy. In Episode 13’s Required Reading, ORB host Funmi Fetto and George Driver, Digital Beauty Editor at Elle UK discuss why.
Read MoreThe announcement that country music veteran Dolly Parton is launching fragrance has George Driver and ORB host Funmi Fetto discussing, in Episode 13, the notes and the posible name.
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