BMI, Witch Hunts, White Duplicity and “Changing the Perfect Picture”

Lucy Aphramor
4 min readApr 16, 2021

The UK parliament report ‘Changing the Perfect Picture’ shares findings of research into the causes and consequences of ‘negative body image’.

Body image is their term, not mine. I don’t think it’s helpful. Well, it’s helpful if you want to stabilise the idea of personal pathology and not be seen as a feminist kill-joy. But helpful for disrupting…

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Lucy Aphramor

Lucy Aphramor is a radical dietitian and performance poet. They are Associate Professor of Gender, Power, and The Right to Food at CAWR, Coventry University UK.