11: Big Business and Body Image

Is big business the enemy of the positive body image movement? What can brands do to promote body positivity? We lined up an incredible panel of esteemed experts to discuss the topic of big business and body image at our international conference Appearance Matters 7: Susie Orbach (writer & activist), James Partridge OBE (Founder of charity Changing Faces), Meaghan Ramsey (Former Global Director of the Dove Self Esteem Project), Jo Swinson (Former MP and Minister for Women & Equality), Elena Rossini (Film Maker & Director) and Florence Adepoju (Founder of MDMFLow). With Caryn Franklin MBE (Fashion Editor & Writer) as moderator. Links to our panellists: Caryn Franklin MBE (Moderator) @Caryn_Franklin - http://franklinonfashion.com/biography/ Susie Orbach @psychoanalysis - James Partridge OBE @JRJPartridge - https://www.changingfaces.org.uk/about-us/who-we-are/staff/about-james-partridge Meaghan Ramsey @MeaghanRx - https://www.ted.com/speakers/meaghan_ramsey Jo Swinson @joswinson - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Swinson Elena Rossini @_elena @illusionists - http://theillusionists.org/overview/ Florence Adepoju @flowsphenom - http://www.mdmflow.com/ Find out more about the Centre for Appearance Research @car_UWE www.uwe.ac.uk/car Cover graphics @eleanorbeer Episode produced by Nadia Craddock