Body image
Opinion
Film & TV production
What makes Bridgerton so bingeable? It holds men to women’s beauty standards
The one thing we’ve learned over decades of watching actors arrive on the world stage and be labelled heartthrobs is that the burden of attractiveness rests much more easily on men than it does women.
- by Zoya Patel
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Girls think their vulvas should look like Barbie’s. These experts want to change that
With a growing number of young women seeking cosmetic genital surgery, health professionals are on a mission to challenge the Barbie “ideal”.
- by Jewel Topsfield
Opinion
Opinion
Australians are the keenest nudists in the world. I want in
After a passenger was arrested for streaking 32,000 feet in the air on a Virgin flight, you have to wonder about the psychology behind getting your gear off.
- by Kate Halfpenny
Social media is making us forget what skin is meant to look like
Thanks to high-definition cameras and increasingly sophisticated filters, our obsession with having perfect skin has peaked.
- by Lauren Ironmonger
Opinion
Perth
There are plenty of weighty topics we should discuss. This isn’t one of them
Unless you are an allied health care professional, or you’re seeing a professional in a health care setting, consider not talking about your weight with others.
- by Marilyn Bromberg
Opinion
For subscribers
Does the desire to be thinner ever really go away?
Like most women, I thought the constant battle between my body and my brain would grow quiet as I grew older. But it doesn’t seem to be going anywhere for any of us.
- by Abbir Dib
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For subscribers
Diets, BMI and ‘bad’ foods axed: Eating disorders prompt curriculum overhaul
Hundreds of references to weight and the word “healthier” have also been removed, and replaced with terms such as “balanced nutrition”.
- by Henrietta Cook
Why ’roids are all the rage among young seeking the body beautiful
Steroid misuse will be a focus of the 2024 Global Drug Survey as performance and image enhancing drugs soar among the fitness and body-image conscious.
- by Amber Schultz
Jelena Dokic on abuse and resilience, body positivity and trolls
In a revealing podcast interview for Good Weekend Talks, former world No.4 tennis player Jelena Dokic opens up about the abuse she suffered at the hands of her father, her battles with online trolls, and the fight for body positivity.
- by Konrad Marshall
‘People would never need to go to hospital’: Is this the smarter way to tackle eating disorders?
When Hanna Patricia was in hospital for an eating disorder, it did more harm than good. A new program could have prevented her from being there at all.
- by Angus Thomson
Charlotte was just 19 when she had breast implants. These new rules would have saved her years of discomfort
Cosmetic surgery is now subject to new regulatory standards, including a referral process for anyone considering going under the knife.
- by Laura Banks