82: Revd Joanna Jepson – Learning to love yourself: living in a world of self-image

The Revd Joanna Jepson is an Anglican priest, campaigner, first female chaplain of the London College of Fashion and a padre to the British Army. Born with a now corrected congenital jaw deformity, Joanna made headlines in 2001 for her legal challenge to the late abortion of a foetus with a cleft lip and palate – raising questions of morality over how we treat people born with disabilities. Her memoir, A Lot Like Eve: Fashion, Faith & Fig Leaves, draws comparisons between her life and that of the biblical Eve being shut out of the Garden of Eden; offering a contrast of life before and after facial reconstruction and an exploration of the world of self-image.