How chronic illness radically changed my view of womanhood

Finding it ‘fragile’ and ‘gross’, femininity was something Ione Gamble refused to conform to. Then she was diagnosed with a disease which changed everything

Poverty in UK could increase death rates during or after pregnancy, warns WHO

Britain is falling behind European countries for mortality among mothers, and suicide is the leading cause of postpartum death

Postpartum psychosis: new mothers speak out over need for support

Mania and depression can set in very quickly after a baby is born but care across the UK is patchy

Young people don’t hate their bodies because they are weak – but because capitalism demands it

From buccal fat to cellulite, anything innate to humans that can be made into a problem will create a market for the solution, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

I hate my ageing body. Why do I look at myself with disgust?

Observe your critical voice to put distance between it and you – and remember that the most attractive women are those who carry themselves with pride

I became the poster girl for sobriety, then returned to big nights on the lash

Sobriety was a lonely place when Jill Stark wrote High Sobriety 10 years ago. Teetotal again, life is much easier in the sober curious age

Piggy review – darkly fun horror wreaks brutal revenge on the bodyshamers

Laura Galán is a delight as an awkward teen caught in a web of small-town gossip and murder in this socially conscious Spanish slasher

Sex is a taboo subject in India. If I can change that I’ll make women’s and LGBTQ+ lives better

The education resources I provide will, I hope, lead to greater equality and improved sexual health and rights

What would you do to support the NHS? My mother gave up her festive tipple

From refusing a whisky to not having her cataracts done, my mother’s quality of life has been irrevocably reduced by the party that has whittled away our health service, writes Zoe Williams

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