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    Body positivity: Can this popular movement actually turn ‘toxic’ and jeorpardise your health?

    Rajeev Kurapati
    · Nov 01, 2023 · 01:30 pm
  • Taylor Swift’s new music video has exposed the divisions within white feminism about fat positivity

    Taylor Swift’s new music video has exposed the divisions within white feminism about fat positivity

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    · Dec 16, 2022 · 09:30 pm
  • Why the body positivity movement risks turning toxic

    Why the body positivity movement risks turning toxic

    Viren Swami, The Conversation
    · Sep 17, 2022 · 07:30 pm
  • Men’s obsession with six-pack abs started long before Rambo and Terminator

    Men’s obsession with six-pack abs started long before Rambo and Terminator

    Conor Heffernan, The Conversation
    · Mar 07, 2021 · 07:30 pm
  • Dye another day: Why more and more Indian women are embracing their grey hair

    Dye another day: Why more and more Indian women are embracing their grey hair

    Meera Ganapathi
    · Feb 20, 2019 · 11:30 am
  • An Instagram handle is challenging the conventional norms of beauty in India

    An Instagram handle is challenging the conventional norms of beauty in India

    Zinnia Ray Chaudhuri
    · Jul 08, 2018 · 11:30 am
  • For a nation obsessed with white skin, India still sees vitiligo as impure and unattractive

    For a nation obsessed with white skin, India still sees vitiligo as impure and unattractive

    Durga M Sengupta
    · Nov 01, 2017 · 03:30 pm
  • A Bengaluru company is out to change Indian theatre’s big problem – ignoring plus-sized actors

    A Bengaluru company is out to change Indian theatre’s big problem – ignoring plus-sized actors

    Maria Thomas, qz.com
    · Oct 30, 2017 · 07:30 pm
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    Watch: Why this woman is doing headstands on the streets of Mumbai

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