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Dark-Skinned Asians Should Support Black Lives Matter

We need to acknowledge — and respect — our relationship to Blackness

5 min readAug 4, 2020

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Dark-Skinned Asians Should Support Black Lives Matter

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Dan Hastings

Dominic Cummings’ style says he is at home at Downing Street

All politicians in the public eye deliver fashion statements. Cummings’ sense of style non-verbalizes who he is.

4 min readMay 31, 2020

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Dominic Cummings’ style says he is at home at Downing Street

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Dan Hastings

Dear thin friend, Nancy Pelosi’s fatphobia is your problem too

An open letter from a fat guy to his thin friend

3 min readMay 23, 2020

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Dear thin friend, Nancy Pelosi’s fatphobia is your problem too

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Dan Hastings

Can Kumail Nanjiani turn the Desi male body into a Western fantasy?

Selling sex with a Desi man’s body in mainstream culture is so uncommon it led to its desexualisation.

5 min readMar 27, 2020

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Can Kumail Nanjiani turn the Desi male body into a Western fantasy?

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Dan Hastings

Victoria’s Secret is manipulating women not empowering them

Broadcasting a show of women wearing lingerie with a concert in the background is still relevant for the label which will be presenting…

9 min readNov 8, 2019

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Victoria’s Secret is manipulating women not empowering them

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Dan Hastings

Bigger than us

Here is the journey of three fashion personalities who fell in love with the industry despite its perpetual fatphobia and rejection.

4 min readSep 2, 2019

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Bigger than us

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Dan Hastings

I share my body with an inner Gargantua

My small flat in the glossy 16th district of Paris is my scene and I’m the actor, the director and the prop man of my own play. I know…

3 min readApr 27, 2019

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I share my body with an inner Gargantua

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Dan Hastings

“One is not born fat”: the origins of eating disorders

France. A country where women think they are never thin enough to fit the mould of the effortless Parisian girl. A country where your…

4 min readApr 27, 2019

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“One is not born fat”: the origins of eating disorders

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Dan Hastings

Why is Ashley Graham the only famous plus-size model?

When the words “plus-size model” are said, Ashley Graham’s name is automatically on everyone’s lips. Isn’t it awkward that any random girl…

4 min readDec 9, 2018

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Why is Ashley Graham the only famous plus-size model?

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Dan Hastings

Dan Hastings

A freelance journalist who has written on fat activism, inclusivity and new representations for Marie Claire, I WEIGH, Glamour, Slate and The Huffington Post UK

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