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Florence Pugh on the backlash to her sheer dress: ‘Keeping women down by commenting on their bodies has worked for a very long time’

Florence Pugh has shared what she perceives as the “scariest” side of body-shaming, in response to an interview question about the infamously backlash to a photo she shared...

Gwyneth Paltrow’s body double in ‘Shallow Hal’ developed an eating disorder and ‘almost starved to death’

Snitzer was harassed and ridiculed. She was accused of ‘promoting obesity’. She received diet pills sent to her home. By 2003, she'd developed an eating disorder and was...

I thought being thinner would guarantee me love, success and confidence but I was so wrong

“I’ll wear a bikini once I’m thinner”.“I’ll start dating again after I lose weight”.“I’ll book that holiday when I’m slimmer”.“I’ll be intimate with my partner when I’m smaller”.“I’ll...

‘I painted 200 women’s naked bodies – here’s what I’ve learned about self-love’

Sophie Tea is a London-based artist whose work honours the female form, with a focus on celebrating the diversity that distinguishes all of our bodies. In 2021, Sophie...

This is why ‘body positive’ can sod off and let ‘body neutral’ make us feel truly empowered

It directly insinuates that our emotions are wrong and if we just cheered up we’d be thin and confident and love ourselves. Newsflash: I’m a grown up, I...

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