Lydia Gilbertson
Lydia joined the Evangelical Alliance on the graduate scheme in October 2024 and works on the Being Human team. She studied fashion and textiles at university and previously worked in the fashion industry. Lydia is involved in varying ages of children’s work at her church and wants to see her generation come to know and love Jesus.
Through God’s story, I’ve finally learnt to love my body
20 February 2025It’s hard sometimes to be happy and grateful for the body you have. Some of our bodies have experienced pain or trauma, and we often don't see our bodies as something precious until something goes wrong. The cultural issues So, do our bodies matter? Our culture has conflicting answers to this question. The message is to love yourself and to not be ashamed of the body that you’re in, but at the same time we are told to shape them and change them into what we want them to express. We are taught…
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Fast fashion: does our relationship with clothing reveal an identity crisis?
5 December 2024Gaining millions of views online and the rise of “clothing hauls” on TikTok and Instagram have started to normalise the overconsumption of fashion. These social media videos often involve showcasing huge amounts of clothing, concerningly low-price tags and are usually purchased from brands with questionable ethical standards. Trending phrases such as “quiet luxury”, “cottage core” and “mob wife” are all being used to describe different aesthetics – encouraging people to use clothing in order to…
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