Hot spots: the photographer who helped me love my freckles
Brock Elbank scored a hit with his beard portraits. Will his freckles series follow suit? Our writer poses for the photographer – and sees her ‘angel kisses’ in a whole new light
Body image: MPs to consider ban on ultra-thin catwalk models
Caroline Nokes to launch parliamentary investigation into industry after 30,000 people sign petition demanding fashion week health checks
Where are all the plus-size male models?
There are seven UK agencies for larger female models, but for a male equivalent, you’d have to look to Germany. Is it time for more realistic images of men, too?
Learning to love our bodies
A young woman dies taking diet pills; girls as young as eight are dissatisfied with their bodies... Could raising awareness around obesity be triggering eating disorders, asks Eva Wiseman
Teenage girls are skipping meals as weight anxiety soars
Two-thirds of girls in their mid-teens want to be thinner, and self-esteem continues to fall
Body image is a bigger issue than many people realise
The 25-year-old who forced Topshop into a U-turn over its use of ultra tall and skinny mannequins says the battle is not finished
If we know idealising thinness is silly, why do we keep on slating fat people?
Shoppers at the mall where Topshop’s unnaturally skinny mannequins sparked a social media furore earlier this week reflect on all the fuss
Topshop ditches unrealistically thin mannequin after slating from customer
Laura Berry had accused the retailer of a ‘lack of concern for body conscious youth’ after posting photo of the offending mannequin on Facebook
Talk to your children about body image – it’s not worth dying for
Eloise Parry took illegal diet pills in pursuit of an unachievable body image ideal, and it killed her. Society should tackle the problem at its root
A moment that changed me – ditching the diets and embracing my plus-size body
I was disgusted by my own body, and dieting only made things worse. But then a chance Google search changed everything