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September 8, 2015 by Molly 13 Comments

Our first family holiday to …

September 1, 2015 by Molly 17 Comments

Hi, I’m Molly. I’m an author, journalist, campaigner and Executive Director of the social enterprise The Body Happy Organisation. Sadly this blog is now essentially defunct as I simply don't have time to write here any more but deleting it felt too much like burning all my old love letters to my kids, so here it still is. If you're interested in me and my work your best bet is to catch me on Instagram where I still post regularly. Thanks for stopping by :) Read More…

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Upgrading from Stories because I shared a pic of t

Upgrading from Stories because I shared a pic of this book and my DMs went off. In the 10 years I’ve been online I’ve never had such a response to something - literally hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of messages all in response to a picture of this book.

Are you even a child of the 80s / 90s if you didn’t have a copy of this and secretly flip to the naked pictures and sex diagrams?!
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We’ve been staying at my parents for a couple of days and rediscovering this book took me right back to the days pre-internet and pre-mobiles, when tweens couldn’t message on Snapchat but would instead have to ring their mates after 6pm on the landline to get the cheaper rate.
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PS yes that is a photo of me in the background, complete with a very 80s hairdo, aged 4. Lots of people saying I looked like Maddy off of Maid on Netflix… can confirm that, like Maddy, I was also *very* into My Little Ponies.
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[Image description: A selfie of Molly holding up The Body Book by Claire Rayner.]

Proud to call @jskychat my friend. I interviewed h

Proud to call @jskychat my friend. I interviewed him for my book and we talked about clothes and body image, as well as using fashion to explore identity.
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There’s a whole chapter on clothes in my book and I’ve been thinking a lot about this subject lately - maybe it’s because of the weather and the fact we’re all wearing more clothes at the moment?!
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Are you into fashion? I’d love to know how your clothing choices have been informed by your relationship with your body? Let’s chat ❤️
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[Image description: A cut out image of Jsky. Overlaid above is a quote from him from the book Body Happy Kids by Molly Forbes. It reads: CLOTHES, KIDS AND BODY IMAGE. ‘We should be free to wear anything that makes us happy, and if the children in our life want to wear a certain thing and that makes us uncomfortable then maybe that’s on us and not on the child.’]

Being body happy means dressing it in things that

Being body happy means dressing it in things that feel lovely. Sometimes this might be bikinis or fancy pants and sometimes it might be enormous coats bigger than a duvet. You don’t need to prove how at home you are in your body with your outfit choices. Your body, your rules.
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[Image description: three photos of Molly wearing her new coat of dreams. Her face shows increasing levels of excitement.]

QUESTION: If all kids had thin bodies would that m

QUESTION: If all kids had thin bodies would that mean food equity and high food standards in schools would be pointless then? 🙃🙃🙃
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[Image description: A screenshot of a tweet from Molly which reads “My face when I see a great initiative advocating for food equity and raising food standards in schools” (happy face emoji) “vs my face when I see the same great initiative using weight stigma and stigmatising language as the basis of their advocacy.]

I don’t need to justify my body changing, and ne

I don’t need to justify my body changing, and neither do you. Our bodies don’t owe anyone an explanation. The end. ✨
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[Image description: A photo of Molly’s stomach and thighs. She covers her chest with her arms and hand.]

Is it even a mid-week birthday if you’re not eve

Is it even a mid-week birthday if you’re not even mildly ready for school despite the fact you need the leave the house in 5 minutes? Seven years of Effie May ✨May you always know how lovely and exceptionally cool you are darling girl. #BeMoreEffie

[Image description: Molly and Effie are in their kitchen laughing. Effie holds a pink balloon. She wears a shirt and tie and grey skirt for school. Molly has her hair up with a black and white hair band.]

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