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
Jameela Jamil is well-meaning, but slim, pretty women can’t smash the diet culture alone
We are still in a catch-22 in fighting sexism – women must be attractive before they are allowed to criticise the demand for them to be attractive
Is a women’s size 14 really XL? No – but if fat wasn’t stigmatised it wouldn’t matter
A row about the sizing used by retailer Asos has illustrated some insidious problems with social attitudes to body image, says Yomi Adegoke
‘I love staring at one spot for six hours!’ Life models on the secrets of disrobing
What sort of person would stand naked and still for hours, often in agony? Nude models talk about how tough yet life-changing the work can be, even when posing for hen parties
The naked truth: is naturism dying out in Germany?
The practice of FKK – being naked in nature – has declined because of a new nudity taboo. But some groups are seeing a rise in membership
Marketing boss quits Victoria’s Secret after first trans model hired
Ed Razek, who apologised last year for transphobic remarks, leaves US lingerie brand
Like a natural woman: why taboos about discussing the female body are dying
Periods, miscarriage and menopause were traditionally ‘private topics’. A raft of new books is changing that
Gym, eat, repeat: the shocking rise of muscle dysmorphia
The idealised male body has become bigger, bulkier and harder to achieve. So what drives a generation of young men to the all-consuming, often dangerous pursuit of perfection?