Fat-Positive Boudoir Photography -- Melanie Tufts and Emma Deakin

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(Content Note: mention of sexual assault)

Melanie Tufts (she/her) and Emma Deakin (she/her) collaboratively create boudoir photography experiences grounded in fat-positivity, equity, and consent. Sophia, host of the Fat Joy podcast, did a boudoir photo shoot with them and shares her experience being photographed nude, and how everything they did throughout the experience felt like a reclamation of her body.

Melanie Tufts is a fat-positive boudoir photographer. Her focus on the boudoir genre, specifically for women, allows her to focus on her values and ideologies. She views her work as personal activism against societal pressures dictating how women, especially those in marginalized bodies, should appear and behave. Reclaiming sensuality as a personal journey, Melanie strives to provide a safe space for women. ...