sport Serena Williams and the pressure on postpartum women to ‘bounce back’ An Instagram post this week by Serena Williams reveals the pressures women face post-partum to have ‘the perfect body’.
News & Views Myth-busting body image with Taryn Brumfitt, Australian of the Year Taryn Brumfitt has urged us to break the cycle of body image negativity for future generations in an address at the National Press Club.
Books Fat people are taught to hate themselves. Fat Girl Dancing could change that Kris Kneen’s ‘exquisite’ memoir about living in a fat body is deeply intimate. It somehow feels even more intimate than their books about sex and desire.
Uncategorised Dove launches ad to eliminate beauty stereotypes in video games for women and girls The beauty brand Dove has taken a stand against oversexualised graphics of women in video games by releasing a new ad.
News & Views Mike Carlton’s shameful twitter response to 2023’s Australian of the Year sparks controversial debate online about body image Australian journalist and former media commentator, Mike Carlton, has come under fire online, after criticising body image campaigner, Taryn Brumfitt, on her 2023 Australian of the Year win.
News & Views ‘It is not our life’s purpose to be at war with our body’: Body image activist Taryn Brumfitt named Australian of the Year In 2013, Brumfitt posted a photo on Facebook that went “seriously viral”. It sparked a rapid conversation that led into a global movement.
Life ’50 Worst beach bodies’ was an actual headline in 2021 My grandmother has always been a voracious consumer of gossip magazines. “Worst beach bodies” or variants of this same headline were common.
News & Views The perils of lauding weight loss The picture that launched a thousand articles was posted on Adele’s Instagram accompanied by a comment expressing gratitude towards essential workers.
News & Views New ad campaign praised for revealing women’s pubic hair in all its glory The campaign depicts a diverse range of women enjoying time on the beach. They all wear high-cut swimwear with visible tufts of pubic hair spilling out.
News & Views A note on the Nike mannequin everyone is talking about The Nike mannequin debuted in its flagship London store on the weekend has been celebrated in body positive circles and Jess Heading applauds it.