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Stephanie Yeboah is a British Ghanaian author, journalist and content creator.
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Stephanie Yeboah (born 5 May[1]) is a British Ghanaian author, journalist, content creator, body image advocate and curator[2][3]. She is known for her commentary on fatphobia, misogynoir and body image[4], and for her work within the body positivity movement in the United Kingdom.[5] Yeboah is the author of Fattily Ever After: The Fat, Black Girls’ Guide to Living Life Unapologetically (2020)[6] and the novel Chaotic Energy (2025)[7]. She has written for publications including British Vogue[8], Elle[9] and The Guardian[10]. In February 2020, she appeared on the cover of Glamour UK’s digital issue.[11]
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| Born | 5 May 1989 South London, England |
| Education | Croydon College (A-levels) Kingston University (BA in Law) |
| Occupation | Writer · Journalist · Content creator · Body image advocate · Curator |
| Notable work | Fattily Ever After (2020) Chaotic Energy (2025) |
| Website | https://stephanieyeboah.com/ |
Early life and education
Yeboah was born in South London, England and raised in Battersea and Croydon[12]. She also spent two years of her childhood living in Ghana in 1997.[13]
She attended Pimlico Secondary School and later studied at Croydon College, before graduating from Kingston University with a BA in Law in 2010.[14]
During her second year at university, she became interested in creative writing and started to reconsider pursuing law. She subsequently created a Blogger site, later named Nerd About Town, beginning with pop-culture content before broadening into beauty, fashion, and personal essays.[15]
Career
Early career and blogging
After graduating, Yeboah worked as a medical secretary at a hospital and later as a public relations executive at a boutique marketing agency, having decided not to pursue a legal career. She continued to blog as a hobby during this time.[16] Yeboah’s blog, Nerd About Town, won Blogger of the Year at the 2019 Blogosphere Awards (now BCreator), after which she signed with a talent management agency.[17][18]
Yeboah has built a writing portfolio centred on body image, race, and travel, with her work appearing in British Vogue[8], Elle[9], The Guardian[10], Refinery29,[19] Stylist[20], Fodor’s Travel,[21] and Lonely Planet[22]. She is a contributing style editor for Marie Claire UK, where she writes fashion features focused on plus-size style and inclusivity.[23]
Body image advocacy and activism
From around 2017, Yeboah began to focus more heavily on plus-size fashion and body image, becoming associated with the body positivity and fat acceptance movements in the UK.[5]She has spoken about the intersections between fatphobia, sustainability[24], racism, and misogynoir, particularly as they affect Black plus-size women. Yeboah has published numerous articles on body image, including widely shared work for British Vogue [25]and BBC Woman’s Hour.[26]
She submitted evidence to the British Youth Council at Parliament in 2017 on the body positivity movement and the importance of teaching body confidence in secondary schools.[27]
In 2018, Yeboah fronted a high-profile outdoor campaign for the plus-size fashion brand Navabi, created in response to a controversial “beach body” advertising campaign widely criticised for its narrow beauty standards.[28]
Writing
Yeboah’s debut book, Fattily Ever After: The Fat, Black Girls’ Guide to Living Life Unapologetically, was published by Hardie Grant in 2020.[6] The non-fiction work combines memoir, cultural criticism and interviews to examine fatphobia, beauty standards, mental health, dating, family dynamics and media representation from the perspective of Black plus-size women.[29]
Her second book, Chaotic Energy, is a romantic comedy that draws on Yeboah’s experiences of online dating and her own teenage experience of being catfished. The novel follows Artemis “Temz”, a Black plus-size woman whose digital flirtation with a tech entrepreneur becomes complicated when she catfishes him using another woman’s photographs. It explores themes of modern dating, insecurity, deception and friendship.[30]
Yeboah also contributed to the Lonely Planet travel book Women Travel Solo: 30 Inspiring Stories.[31][32]
Jewellery collection and brand collaborations
In October 2024, Yeboah released a size-inclusive jewellery collection with Ottoman Hands, drawing inspiration from Ghanaian Adinkra symbolism and names from her family. The 26-piece capsule includes adjustable designs, including the “Adwoa” mother-of-pearl ring and matching pendant.[33][34]
Public speaking, broadcasting and curation
Yeboah has appeared as a guest on BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour,[35] where she has discussed body image and her writing and on podcasts including Jameela Jamil’s I Weigh[36] and The Guilty Feminist.[37] She has also featured on television, including segments on the Channel 5 daytime talk show Jeremy Vine[38] and the ITV breakfast show Lorraine.[39]
As a public speaker, Yeboah has taken part in talks and panels on body image and wellness at events including The Beauty Beat[40], the Black British Book Festival[41], the Southbank Centre[42], the Women of the World Festival [43]and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.[44] She has also spoken about the influencer economy at institutions such as Oxford Brookes University.[45]
In 2025, she curated Beauty in Fluidity for the University of the Arts London Showcase, an exhibition examining beauty, gender and bodies as fluid and culturally shaped.[2]
Yeboah has also created and hosted the podcast Story Time with Stephanie, a sleep-story podcast.[46]
Personal life
Yeboah grew up in South London and has described herself as a “native South Londoner”, having lived in areas including Battersea, Croydon, Denmark Hill and West Norwood.[47] She has written about her experiences of childhood bullying, colourism and the impact of racism and fatphobia on her self-esteem.[48][49]
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