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Lu in Luland

Tell us about yourself! Hi! I’m Lou – a 52-year-old British woman who’s just returned to the UK after 8 years of living in Portland, Oregon. I am a mum of a teenage boy, and I am currently single and mid-divorce. What about your work? I am an Accidental middle Age...

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Annemarie’s body-positive story

I am Annemarie Timmerman born: 17 July 1971 in Amsterdam, height 180 cm, 148 kg, dress size 58. I am an only child, mother of a son, Burgundian, music lover, and sociable animal. I like to sing and the beach. Independent entrepreneur at heart. I am a creative thinker and...

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Chiara’s body-positive story

My beautiful friend Chiara today about being body positive. When she came to the studio for a mother/daughter portrait, we decided to shoot some single pictures too. While talking about being a woman, working with fashion, aging, and how our bodies change through time, I asked her to tell me...

I am Dee

Peer pressure

I’ve said it many times before and will keep repeating myself; baby smooth skin is not a goal to aim for as you get older. We have been taught the painful way in which we as women look at (our) skin. Beauty campaigns blatantly depict anti-aging with models way too...

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Saskia

Tell us what you’d like us to know about yourself; My name is Saskia; I am a mother of two beautiful queer teens. I have a bubbly personality and, I live my life as if every day is the last one. I am a very social person and a body-positive...

I am Dee

Swimwear self-love selfie

I have been on this “beautiful journey into aging” for almost 3 years now. When I started AndBloom, I was 42, and today I am nearly 46. I learned a lot along the way from the women I met that shared their life stories with me. I learned more about...

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Helen Roeten

The original idea was to start this triptych of nude portraits with Helen, the initiator, posing naked for AndBloom out of love for ourselves and to raise awareness for the aging female body. According to some women, body positivity over 40 should only be about aging fuller women and not...

I am Dee Lifestyle

body positivity

If you’re feeling less than great about your body beyond your 40s, you’re not alone. In addition to the article that I recently wrote about self-love, I am writing this one about body positivity when you’re older. #Bodypositivity When I use to think of the term “body positivity”, my mind...

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