body positivity

EDITORIAL

Jameela Jamil’s good looks are irrelevant – what she’s saying matters

Jameela Jamil is an actress and television presenter, most recently appearing in the hit Netflix comedy The Good…

By Erin Lindsay

EDITORIAL

Are you tall, thin, and blonde? You’re hired!

Colette Sexton, news correspondent at The Sunday Business Post, on why being attractive is an asset when it…

By Colette Sexton

body

BEAUTY

‘I’ve been told that I’m attractive but I’ll always be the ‘fat girl”

At IMAGE, we believe in real beauty and celebrating difference. In our new Love Your Body series, we speak to…

By Grace McGettigan

EDITORIAL

Hit Me Up: My family keep fat-shaming me and it’s really getting me down

Our resident agony aunt Rhona McAuliffe offers advice to a reader whose family have an unhealthy relationship with…

By Niamh ODonoghue

EDITORIAL

Plus size model Tess Holliday stars on the cover of Cosmo UK

Plus-size model and body positivity activist Tess Holliday has been revealed as Cosmopolitan UK's cover star for their…

By Erin Lindsay

EDITORIAL

The world needs more body positivity for men – and here’s why

Last night on Love Island's penultimate episode, one half of the favourite-couple-to-win, Dani Dyer, got the chance to…

By Erin Lindsay

EDITORIAL

Skin deep: ‘Flatulence, carbs and awkward dates. This is life with Crohn’s’

If you're one of the millions of people worldwide living with a chronic health condition, whether it's itchy…

By Niamh ODonoghue

EDITORIAL

Tackling the issue of food & body image with your daughter: 10 tips for parents

Coming from a family of five sisters, and having spent ten years in an all-girls school, I know…

By Geraldine Carton

EDITORIAL

Women are still tirelessly striving to be thinner, but now they can’t even admit to it

The language around what we put into our bodies has become something of a minefield in recent years.…

By Sophie White

FASHION

The struggle finding summer clothes when you’ve got big boobs

Yay, it's summer! Bardot tops, itsy-bitsy bikinis, all the plunging necklines I can handle! Except no. I cannot…

By Erin Lindsay

EDITORIAL

Positive affirmations are making me a better person

What was the last thing you said thank you for? Your coffee this morning? Your colleague opening the…

By Niamh ODonoghue

EDITORIAL

Forget ‘get beach body ready’ and get body positive: BoPo accounts worth following

Now that summer is here, we're bracing ourselves for the annual summer “GET BEACH BODY READY” marketing onslaught.…

By Geraldine Carton