Four women in fashion, film and beauty on ageing and self-image
A look at the punishing beauty standards of film The Substance, and how that pressure shows up IRL.
Inside Sapphic Sounds: Auckland’s newest queer-only club night
Tāmaki Makaurau’s club night for queer shes and theys is a sacred space with big house party energy.
Don’t waste your time this International Women’s Day - go to the movies instead
As Ali Mau explains, women are “calling bullshit on performative nonsense”.
We think you’ll like this cool new designer
With Victorian-inspired shirts in Barbie pink silk, Jess Grindell brings a powerful feminine energy to the local fashion scene.
My friend Cat: She loved her fat body and that's what enraged people
In an image-obsessed world where thin is the norm, being unapologetically fat, like the late Dr Cat Pausé, is a radical feminist act.
What is Roe v Wade, and what happens if it is overturned?
How this decades-old ruling come to hold such significance in the global discourse about women’s rights.
More butts on the beaches is a win for feminism
Big and small, wrinkled, dimply or tanned, each and every butt deserves its moment in the sun.
White male saviour complex is alive and well in Aotearoa
The mansplaining of the pandemic needs to stop.
There’s no shame in being vain
Marc Jacobs' transparency about his recent facelift was shockingly refreshing. But one wonders if a woman would be treated in the same way?
My relationship with body image is healthy yet complicated
An honest, and deeply personal, take on diet culture and existing in a world designed to make us feel less than.
