Body image
'Incredibly destructive': Recognising and managing body dysmorphic disorder
Body dysmorphic disorder can devastate lives, but there is hope.
- by Evelyn Lewin
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Good Weekend
Federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley: 'I had to crawl along the floor at window level'
The Liberal MP discusses the topics we are told to keep quiet.
- by Benjamin Law
Opinion
Wellbeing
Imagine if the male anatomy was prone to the same fads as women's boobs
Breasts are the only part of our anatomy which go in and out of style.
- by Kathy Lette
Good Weekend
Sex education in a time of moral panic – and how it's failing our children
A climate of fear is playing havoc with the ability of teachers to prepare students for one of the most primal aspects of adulthood: a happy, healthy sex life.
- by Melissa Fyfe
Diet
I date my habit of eating in secret to when I was about eight
My obsession with food started at age eight, taking the place of a mother’s love.
- by Anonymous
Daily Life
Young girls are rejecting curvy Barbie. But why?
Curvy Barbie was the one they least wanted to play with.
- by Natalie Reilly
Daily Life
Why Meghan's refusal to buy into the body 'snap-back' is heartening
The duchess did not try to make her body look as if it never had a baby.
- by Natalie Reilly
Good Weekend
Casey Donovan's Australian hustle: being an entertainer is 'not a free ride'
The singer and actor discusses body image, her hate for politics and making money as an entertainer.
- by Benjamin Law
Daily Life
Why I unfollowed the Kardashians (and feel so much better for it)
The feeling in my chest every time I opened up Instagram wasn’t pleasant. The distaste that filled my mouth when I scrolled wasn’t adding to my life.
- by Jenna Guillaume
Opinion
What we're thinking
Illness isn't a trend. Fashion needs to stop acting like it is
Fashion shows are meant to provoke. But some of the recent runways went too far.
- by Melissa Singer
Opinion
Models
Things are changing for models in Australia, but this remains the same
The fashion industry knows how to talk about models and body image. It doesn't know how to talk about models and age.
- by Jenna Owen