The other day, I was on a forum I’m a part of and reading a thread asking people what they can’t ‘rock’. The amount of responses was surprising and a little saddening. On the weekend, I was at brunch with my sister and, despite knowing my stance, she brought up that she thought certain people…
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I am not someone who enjoys group exercise. I’ve never been a fan of aerobics, team sports, aqua aerobics, or boot camp – it seems like complete torture to me – myself and a group of complete strangers united in an active dislike of the perky instructor, or me, the last one in the row,…
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I was reading a magazine I don’t usually read a few weeks ago. I was on a plane and needed some light reading – I can never read my books on planes, I tend to get extremely nauseated. Apart from the usual pages of mostly-unattainable-fashion and “must have!” tips and titbits, there were articles on…
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I just got back from Melbourne. I’ve never been before and was super excited to go – mainly for the shopping and eating, but also, just for the experience. I knew the shopping would probably be a bit better than it would be here – more variety of stores and much more space in the…
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My father told me about an incident at his work recently that left me bemused. He works in a very blue collar, male dominated work place. He was in the lunch room on his tea break, and stumbled across a conversation regarding weight. The men sitting at the lunch room table were trading diet tips….
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I belong to a few different forums, some of them fashion based. I gave up reading fashion magazines, but I still participate in these forums, for the interactions and for like-minded individuals. Well, mostly like-minded. I mostly keep my politics and beliefs out of these forums and purely focus on the fashion. Sometimes, I need…
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You know you shouldn’t. You really shouldn’t. You’ll spend the whole time loudly berating yourself for being such a pig, or adding a defense about how you haven’t eaten all day, or how you never do this. You’ll hate yourself afterwards, feel guilty for being weak. You’ve broken a promise with yourself to be good….
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This weekend, I’m going to be taking some much needed R ‘n’ R and indulging in a coast visit. If the weather prevails, it will be a time to walk around in my togs. I was sure I had conquered this fear of letting people see me in my togs, after all, I swim laps…
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Career, love, family, beauty. We’ve grown up in a time where we’ve been told we can have it all. But Gloria Steinem says the feminist ideal of perfection is a myth, and women need to be careful of trying to do everything. At a conference for eating disorder clinicians in the US a few weeks…
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Everyone from Cindy Crawford to Christina Aguillera has done it. Ever since Demi Moore appeared naked and seven months pregnant on the cover of Vanity Fair in 1991, it’s been a common trend for celebrities to pose for nude photos when they’re expecting. This week, Miranda Kerr has joined the hall of fame and stripped…
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The fashion industry is bored with its own air-brushed perfectionism. Now, gap-toothed models are all the rage, moving away from traditional ideals of beauty to celebrate the authentic and quirky. Open up a recent issue of Vogue, and you’re likely to see Georgia May Jagger, the full-lipped, goddess-haired daughter of Mick, flashing her gap-toothed smile….
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Fame, admiration, lust, constant smiles and a different designer dress every day. I must admit, the life of a fashion model sounds pretty good when put like this. But when you throw in the thermogenics, diuretics, appetite suppressants, amphetamines, and a few ‘grey market’ bodybuilding supplements, it’s starting to sound a little scary. Let’s put…
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There are 3 billion women who don’t look like supermodels and only 8 who do. When we are young girls, we are given our first Barbie doll. I still remember mine – a blonde, tall, skinny, smiling prodigy who never once frowned. In my tiny eyes, she was perfect. I would have given up everything…
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These women would rarely be photographed in fashion spreads, but Jodi Bieber’s daring and intimate collection of portraits reveals the very real beauty within each and every one of them. What makes a woman beautiful? We all have about a thousand different answers, but the one word most of us will keep coming back to…
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