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We believe every person, no matter
what they look like, deserves to see
themselves in the media
What are your thoughts on the Australian body positivity
movement?
Look, it’s slow, but it’s progressing – I think it’s definitely halted by
the lack of diversity in literally everything we see around us. Ha, can
you tell we’re passionate about representation and diversity? One
thing we find hard in some parts of the body positivity community
is this ‘us versus them’ mentally between straight-size and plus-size
people. While the body positivity movement may’ve originally been
created for marginalised bodies, we truly believe that the best step
forward is to promote body acceptance and self-love for every body.
How do you hope beauty standards will change in the future?
We hope that one day, in one way or another, people growing up and
in the pivotal time when they’re developing their confidence, can
have access to someone who looks like them, to show them they’re
perfect the way they are. We need to normalise a wide range of bod-
ies so people aren’t always striving for the unattainable and hating
their current state of being. Beauty ideals have changed through
history, and we want the next chapter to be diverse and inclusive. job of showing body diversity. Then we thought about the lack of
diversity regarding people of colour, gender, abilities, etc. So what
started from frustration soon developed into a passion project for
us to really show that if we can do it, what excuse do these huge
companies have?
Who were some of the amazing people who took part?
We had 16 people (including the two of us) take part in our #wea-
reeverybody shoot, with babes ranging from ages 23–60, people
who identify as non-binary, a trans woman, people of different
ethnicities, sizes 8–26 and both able-bodied and non-able-bodied.
This was a group of women truly passionate about representation
and sharing their stories to help others accept themselves. We are
so proud of the group of people we brought together. Special men-
tion to Lori’s 60-year-old mum, who was incredibly brave and took
part in the shoot.
Why does representation matter?
Because we believe every person, no matter what they look like,
deserves to see themselves in the media. Someone they can look up
to, to see what’s possible for them, to inspire them and show them
that it’s okay to be who you are. People underestimate the power of
feeling accepted as who they are.