‘I feel liberated’: the women celebrating their body hair
For the past month, women around the world have been celebrating the joys of ditching hair-removal products as part of a campaign called Januhairy. Here, they share their stories
I worry for my teenage boys – the beauty standards for young men are out of control
From men’s magazines to the chiselled gods of Love Island, boys are inundated with messages to both bulk up and moisturise. It all reminds me of my own youth, much of it wasted on bulimia
Body transformation: from ‘dad bod to rad bod’ in just seven weeks
When Séamas O’Reilly embarked on a mission to change himself from ‘slob’ to ‘fitter slob’, he was hoping to lose some fat and find some muscle. But he ended up transforming himself in more ways than he could have guessed
‘Body positivity’ has had its day. Let’s find peace with ourselves
Women are now told to feel good about their bodies – whatever their shape – but it’s not as simple as that
How weight loss surgery saved my life
I have felt fat since I was eight years old. But a gastric sleeve procedure gave me the head start I needed and finally put health and happiness in sight
Am I happier because I’m thinner, or thinner because I’m happier?
Looking in the mirror, I feel happy with my new body shape. But that’s not what body positivity taught me to do
Lizzo: lack of body positivity in media took toll on mental health
Truth Hurts singer says negative and stereotypical images affected her as a child
Making my own clothes transformed my body image – and my life
As a teenager, the styles I liked never came in my size. So discovering that I could sew my own was profoundly freeing – and led me to help curvy women all over the world
So we are supposed to diet – but not to get ‘diet face’?
Jenni Murray says she doesn’t want to shed more pounds for fear of looking gaunt. When it comes to society’s obsession with weight, women just can’t win, writes Suzanne Moore
How to survive a Twitter storm
Tanya Gold published a piece about a plus-size mannequin one Sunday. By Monday morning the internet had gone mad and was out for her blood