Toronto's Now magazine has released its annual Love Your Body Issue, and once again it's a beautiful ode to the skin we live in.
As in years past, a group of locals posed nude and talked about their relationship with their bodies after a tumultuous year. They talk about body hair, colonialism, gender expression, and the fraught pursuit for perfection.
The magazine used just six models this year (fewer than usual) due to COVID-19, and you can read about how photographers shot the images safely here.
As in years past, a group of locals posed nude and talked about their relationship with their bodies after a tumultuous year. They talk about body hair, colonialism, gender expression, and the fraught pursuit for perfection.
The magazine used just six models this year (fewer than usual) due to COVID-19, and you can read about how photographers shot the images safely here.
Emma Hewson is a musician and teacher who talked about the pressure to perform femininity.
"I was fortunate that my mom was a tomboy and I lived with brothers, so I wasn’t modeled after a lot of super-feminine behavior. Whenever I would do anything feminine, I got a lot of attention," she said.
"I remember feeling really uncomfortable trying feminine things, and I felt like it was inherently sexual and felt pressure to perform a certain gender identity. I just wanted the freedom to be able to try things and try different gender presentations without getting comments on it."
"I remember feeling really uncomfortable trying feminine things, and I felt like it was inherently sexual and felt pressure to perform a certain gender identity. I just wanted the freedom to be able to try things and try different gender presentations without getting comments on it."
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