Lizzo is a joyous inspiration – but body positivity has come too late for the likes of me
There was no such thing when I was a teen in the 80s; there was the heavenly Maria Whittaker on Page 3 and Sabrina in the Boys Boys Boys video
I’m a sucker for happy endings but sometimes I just need to read a story about defeat
Popular culture is saturated with so-called inspirational narratives. But we can’t always overcome adversity or find closure
I know what drives young people to self-harm – I did it for years
Self-harm can feel like the only way to get a handle on a world that seems out of control, says journalist and mental health activist, Harriet Williamson
Where machismo meets tiny gold pants: the bodybuilding art of Alix Marie
With her show Shredded, full of bulging bodies sweating under bright lights, the artist lays bare the fascinating, surreal world of inflatable musclemen
Body positivity can come in many forms – even a custom-made wedding dress
After three years of talking to tailors and women living in large bodies, I learned that there’s joy to be found in garments made to fit you perfectly
How much does poor body image affect mental health?
Having concerns about how you look is not in itself a mental illness, but can trigger a range of problems
One in three UK teenagers ‘ashamed of their body’
Findings prompt calls for weight loss ads to be vetted and social media firms to pay levy
What gets you hot? The sweaty, brutally honest show about bodies
They were a couple doing a performance about women, sex and bodily fluids. Then they broke up – and made it more explicit. Meet the duo behind Hotter
We’re deluged with images of ‘beauty’. No wonder so many of us feel so bad
Adverts for weight-loss and cosmetic procedures bombard us on social media, undermining our self-confidence, says the Guardian columnist Dawn Foster
Avengers: Endgame was brilliant – but the fat shaming broke my heart
Using a fat person as a punchline is cheap and lazy. So why was everyone in the cinema audience laughing except me?