Body image
How do we teach our girls not to believe in the 'black mirror'?
"I think filtering and photoshopping is having a tremendously negative impact on young girls' self-esteem,."
- by Wendy Tuohy
Latest
For pre-Instagram babes, getting your pic taken doesn't get any easier
I take about five selfies a year, usually with my daughter beside me to distract the eye.
- by Wendy Tuohy
Diet
Dieting is being re-branded 'wellness', but does that mean it works?
Dieting for weight loss has been a big money spinner, despite low long-term success rates, but can calling it 'wellness' make you lose weight and keep it off?
- by Kasey Edwards
Body image
Now we know the post-baby body rules, they need to change
Like every other part of a woman's body, the 'post-baby' belly now has a price on it, but we need to change the rules around what good enough is.
- by Natalie Reilly
Social media
These models aren't digitally altered, they're digitally created
Last week, luxury fashion label Balmain debuted three CGI brand ambassadors.
- by Mary Ward
Body image
Debby Ryan: The critics are mistaken over Insatiable's 'body-shaming'
She was accused of fat-shaming but actor Debby Ryan has had her own body issues. The social-media influencer with millions of followers chose success as the best payback.
- by Jenny Cooney Carrillo
Opinion
Opinion
My boyfriend was ashamed of my weight
I’ve spoken to hundreds of fat women who have experienced some version of my story.
- by Virgie Tovar
Beyonce
Beyonce loves her FUPA and, once you learn what it is, you can too
What is a FUPA? We are so glad you asked.
- by Mary Ward
Feminism
Author says a 'year of modesty' made her a better feminist
"Many of us have come to accept 'hotness' as a substitute for power," she wrote at the time.
- by Ruth La Ferla
Sexual assault
How a tattoo helped reclaim my body after my sexual assault
When I fully acknowledged the violation of my body, it became an open wound, and each of the expectations of my body added to the pain.
- by Laura Gutierrez-Gomez
Body image
People are sharing this explanation of 'thin privilege'
In seven widely shared tweets, a US woman did her best to explain the difference between feeling fat and being discriminated against for your size.