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Rachel Ward (left) and Rebecca Gibney.

‘Bad news and perfect faces’: Rebecca Gibney calls out youth-obsessed social media

Australian celebrities are coming face to face with social media following the online vitriol Rachel Ward received for presenting an authentic and unapologetic approach to ageing.

  • Lauren Ironmonger

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Facial dysmorphia describes the unsettling feeling that what you see in photos doesn’t match the image you have of yourself in your head.

Stacey spent eight hours a day looking in the mirror. Now her condition is trending on TikTok

Facial dysmorphia describes the unsettling feeling that what you see in photos doesn’t match the image you have of yourself in your head.

  • Courtney Thompson
Writer Emily Lighezzolo figured if she was going to write a book about life drawing, she had to experience being on both sides of the easel.

I got naked in front of a room full of strangers. This is what I learnt about myself

After my first life-drawing class, I felt transformed. Then I decided to become a model myself.

  • Emily Lighezzolo
Jessica Seitz, mother of three.

‘Tidal wave of pressure’: Has the Ozempic boom made it harder for new mums?

Once considered a relic of a bygone era, “bounce back” culture has reared its head again as new mothers face distorted ideals and unrealistic expectations.

  • Lauren Ironmonger
Johanna offers the kind of encouragement that bypasses the part of my brain dedicated to rejecting inspo-speak.

Haunted by the words of an Italian doctor, I’ve tricked myself into doing the thing I vowed to never do

A note to GPs – there is never any need to tell women like me to “eat better”.

  • Bunny Banyai
A cosmetic doctor has apologised after picking apart Troye Sivan’s appearance based on footage taken at the NGV Gala’s red carpet in Melbourne in December.

Troye Sivan called out a doctor who criticised his looks. But the ‘random sicko’ says he won’t stop

The Australian singer was accused of suffering from “twink death” by a cosmetic doctor who recommended procedures to “improve” his “problem areas”.

  • Bronte Gossling
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Celebrities are becoming unrecognisable. The problem isn’t Ozempic

As reproductive rights are destroyed and female journalists are told to be “quiet, piggy” by the US president, is it a coincidence that women are quietly erasing themselves?

  • Julia Baird
More women are removing or reducing the size of their breast implants but it is more about prevailing fashions than body positivity.

Breast implants are getting smaller. It’s not a win for body acceptance

While breast augmentations remain among the most popular cosmetic surgery procedures, plastic surgeons report it’s no longer a case of “the bigger, the better”. What is driving the shift, though, is complicated.

  • Amber Ferguson and Samantha Chery
Serena Williams admits to using weight loss medications, but some experts are worried what message this could send, particularly to other mothers.

Serena Williams admitted to taking weight loss drugs. What’s going on?

Even when elite athletes and celebrities are seemingly transparent about their health and bodies, we still may not be getting the full story.

  • Nell Geraets
Kate Moss was the face of the “heroin chic” era of fashion and culture that spanned the 90s and early 00s.

As a Millennial who lived through ‘heroin chic’, the Age of Ozempic terrifies me

Though it was far from perfect, the body positivity movement felt revolutionary in many ways. But so much of that essential change is being undone at breakneck speed.

  • Bianca O'Neill