The pressure on women to shrink their bodies - with Alex Light

Alex Light is a UK-based advocate and speaker on body image, body confidence & self-acceptance. Alex’s latest book is ‘The Price of Pretty: How toxic beauty standards are bringing women down and how we can fight back’.  You might’ve heard us talk about Alex on the podcast before we LOVE her content so much and we were so excited to have her on the KICPod for the first time!! Laura sat down with Alex to speak about how women’s bodies trend through time, the return of skinniness, the prevalence of GLP1’s, AI, bounce-back culture after women give birth, and lots more!!  Also - just a heads up - when we recorded this episode, Alex was pregnant with her second bub.  WE MENTIONED Follow Alex @alexlight_ldn Alex’s latest book is ‘The Price of Pretty’ https://www.dymocks.com.au/the-price-of-pretty-by-alex-light-9780008716165  Alex’s first book was ‘You Are Not A Before Picture’ https://www.dymocks.com.au/you-are-not-a-before-picture-by-alex-light-9780008507596  Laura was on Alex’s podcast ‘Should I Delete That’. You can listen here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/61Qtb7HATLHlQjbdbT1yvT  Laura mentioned Dr Liz Allen https://www.instagram.com/drdemography/?hl=en  KICBump PODCAST Looking for our parenting podcast? It’s called KICBump and you can listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify  FOLLOW US & GET INVOLVED  KICPod @kicpod on Instagram - DM us with questions or ideas! Not on Instagram? Email us at [email protected] Claire Smith @stephclairesmith on Instagram & @steph_claire_smith on TikTokLaura Henshaw @laura.henshaw on Instagram & @laura.henshaw on TiktokKIC @kic on Instagram & @kic on TikTok and kicwellness.com or download the app from the App Store and Google Play StoreSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.