Whitewashing beauty standards
Whitewashing beauty standards
By Georgina Lavan One of the many Vanity Fair Hollywood Issue covers lacking diversity Source: Buzzfeed Vanity Fair’s Hollywood...
November 25
You’re wasting your time with waist trainers
By Georgina Lavan Source: Marie Claire When we’ve hit a low in our body confidence and try to find...
November 23
Caring for Ourselves
By Deborah Etienne-Ward All too often we criticise our own bodies e.g. “too fat”, “too skinny”, “too short”, “too...
November 17
Why my diet isn’t working
By Deborah Etienne-Ward Height is largely determined by our genetics. Similarly, genetics also plays a large role in determining our...
November 12
LEARNING TO LIVE IN MY NEW BODY
The following is a guest post for the Yoga and Body Image Coalition by Gwen Soffer, the co-founder of Enso studio...
November 10
The rise of #Fitspo
(Trigger warning: unsafe dieting practices; ‘clean eating’; excessive exercise) By Georgina Lavan The popular wave of fitspo, or fitspiration, has...
November 9
Sarah makes an appearance on SBS’ Insight
By Georgina Lavan Our very own Sarah McMahon, psychologist and director of BodyMatters, made an appearance on SBS’ Insight,...
October 27
Kyle and Jackie O’s Fatchelorette
By Georgina Lavan Source: KIIS FM Following the conclusion of this season’s Batchelor, Kyle and Jackie O rode on...
October 26
Ethnic plastic surgery: Changing your face and your race
By Georgina Lavan Ethnic plastic surgery – a term coined by the industry as cosmetic surgery for altering features...
October 26
Fat Talk
By Deborah Etienne-Ward Friend 1: “Ugh, I hate my thighs”? Friend 2: “What’s wrong with your thighs?” Friend...
October 24