Why I Didn’t Try To Lose Weight For My Wedding
I tried to treat myself as I would treat a friend. To take care of myself in the months preceding my wedding I had to make a conscious effort to not dive into dieting. Wedding weight loss was off the...
View ArticleThe Day I Realized I Can’t Protect My Daughter From Body Shaming
But damned if I’ll stop trying. My toddler was twirling in her tutu bathing suit while I shimmied into my plus-sized polka-dot bikini. Since my two year-old is still in the phase where she finds it...
View ArticleWhenever I Hate My Body, I Get Naked
My body is my body is my body is my body. On most days, I love my body. I did not come by this love naturally, or maybe I did and the world forced me to unlearn it — to replace that love with a disgust...
View ArticleBikinis For Your Body Shape
Want to make your next bikini or bathing suit really pop? Sometimes it can all come down to picking the shape, style and colour which flatters your assets the most. Since there are so many styles out...
View ArticleAre Weight–Loss Shakes Bogus And Bad For Your Health?
Looking for a quick fix to help you shed some kilos over summer before the Christmas party season? Many women turn to meal replacement, or weight-loss shakes, at this time of year, thinking it’s an...
View ArticleKickstart A New You With A 30-Day Dietitian Plan
Have you ever fantasised about how much quicker you’d achieve your weight-loss goals if you could make like a celebrity and have unlimited access to a dietitian, personal trainer, nutritionist, chef...
View ArticleSelfie Game Strong: Body Image The Biggest Loser
Has our selfie obsession exacerbated women’s body image disorders? RELATED: Sex Selfies: Has Social Media Gone Too Far? Millennials, who are said to follow Generation X, aren’t called the...
View ArticleFacebook Removes ‘Feeling Fat’ Emoji Following Backlash
Are you having one of those days where you’re ‘feeling fat’? Well not anymore, according to Facebook. RELATED: How To Develop A Better Body Image Following a recent movement by activists, Facebook has...
View ArticleBody Image Documentary Said To Create Global Change
A viral before and after photo of a mum of three posing nude has prompted a movement that is said to “create global change” by combating body image once and for all. The project, titled Embrace,...
View ArticlePink Slams Fat Taunts With Love
Singer and mother Pink has always been a role model for younger women, and yesterday she proved why. When social media trolls took to Twitter to fat shame the 35-year-old after showing off her curves...
View ArticleChoosing The Right Filter: Instagram and Body Image
It seems like having a good body is more important than ever before, and the increasingly popular accounts on Instagram have something do to with it. But when does fitness stop and the obsession of...
View ArticleShould The Hashtag #Thinspo Be Banned On Social Media?
Search for the hashtag #thinspiration or #thinspo on social media and you’ll be confronted with images of extremely thin women and weight-loss quotes. RELATED: Body Image Documentary Said To Create...
View ArticleEmbracing Your Physical Imperfections
When it comes to the way we look, too many of us focus on what we don’t like about our physical form. For some, this starts in adolescence or childhood, and sadly for many people it lasts a lifetime....
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: Could You Go Makeup Free For A Day?
Do you think you could go makeup free for 24 hours? Makeup Free Me is a charity movement that seeks to empower Aussie women to develop and nurture positive body image. There’s nothing wrong with a bit...
View ArticleEating Disorders: Handle With Care
Culturally, eating disorders are associated with models, ballerinas and teenage girls desperate to look like Taylor Swift. We see stick thin girls with gaunt, sallow faces; ribs eerily prominent. The...
View ArticleShopping Frustration: Why We Need Standard Clothing Sizes
What size are you? Chances are you’re a size 8 in one shop and a size 12 in another. It’s the big shopping frustration: inconsistent sizing. Especially when it comes to pants, taking three different...
View Article7 Reasons Why The Dad Bod Is Here To Stay
Non threatening, pudgy in all the right places and nice to snuggle up to, what’s not to enjoy? For those of you who have never experienced the grandeur of a Dad Bod in all its glory, quite simply, it...
View ArticleIs Labiaplasty Modern Female Genital Mutilation?
A designer vagina. But at what price? When someone mentions the words ‘female genital mutilation’, my mind immediately jumps to ancient cultures performing a primitive ritual with a rusty scalpel on a...
View ArticleCome On Facebook, A Dislike Button? Really?!
Isn’t there enough hate in this world already? Okay. So unless you’re one of those increasingly rare people who rallies against social media, you’re probably going to be a lover of Facebook. Over the...
View ArticleIs ‘Relatable’ The New Body Ideal?
Say hello to the new bikini bod: the one you already have. Remember that line from Pink’s, Don’t Let Me Get Me, “L.A told me you’ll be a pop star, all you have to change is everything you are”? I...
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