Arts Thread

Art has always been political and always will be political. Made for my Final Major Project, Outspoken is the fashion magazine to read if you want satirical and performative take on today's political and social issues. In this first edition ‘Reform’ed it looks at the rise of the far right in England and what their proposed policies will actually mean for the normal working citizen. By showing the extremes of what a far-right future could look like Outspoken hopes to educate and inspire conversations about the consequences of voting of voting for a party only supported by racists and fascists and wants its audience to think of how interesting and great, Britain could be if people would accept we need immigrants, who make this country a beautiful, interesting and thriving society.

How many times do you pose in the mirror feeling amazing until you really start to look. Your nose grows two sizes; your jawline isn’t chiselled enough, and your stomach looks to round. Now you for you FYP is growing more toxic, you can’t escape skinny girls body checking saying their too fat and celebrities hiding behind Ozempic. This is the weight of your reflection. This editorial for Garageland Magazine explores the mentality and struggle of feeling too big. It comments on how the massive take-off of weight-loss drugs and the slow progress of body positivity in former years has stopped the movement and easily taken us back to a time where skinniness is valued above all. It's inspired by the guilt and pressure you feel when you're not the trending weight and how you start to hyperfocus on your insecurities rather than being able to see your whole self.

This stop motion fashion film depicts the difference between a women forced into societies ideal life for her vs the one she chose.