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# body-image - Tuesday 5 March, 2019
My body will change, but I'm proud: How I'm navigating pregnancy and an old eating disorder
I can let the worries about my body take over, or I can enjoy this adventure, writes Niamh Mongey.
# body-image - Tuesday 1 January, 2019
Opinion: What the evolution of the Special K swimsuit taught me about body image
Michelle McBride has grown up with the evolving Special K swimsuit, and wonders about its impact on how it has affected how she looks at herself.
# body-image - Sunday 5 August, 2018
People seeking surgery to look like 'filtered versions of themselves'
There’s a new phenomenon called ‘Snapchat dysmorphia’, researchers have said.
# body-image - Tuesday 10 July, 2018
Here's everything you need to know about Penneys' new sizing format
This could be great.
# body-image - Tuesday 13 February, 2018
Ed Sheeran spoke out about pressures he felt to lose weight early in his career
He said being in the public eye was tricky.
# body-image - Saturday 7 October, 2017
This artist says she received death threats for having hairy legs in an Adidas ad
Are we really still having this conversation?
# body-image - Wednesday 1 March, 2017
Zara used thin models in an ad about 'loving your curves', and people are not impressed
“Zara, wake up. This is not curvy.”
# body-image - Wednesday 23 November, 2016
This blogger's Instagram about what it's *really* like being 33 weeks pregnant is brilliant
Swollen cankles and all.
# body-image - Thursday 27 October, 2016
Poll: Is pornography damaging to young people?
The Taoiseach has called for a national conversation on the issue.
# body-image - Friday 22 July, 2016
This nurse's status about why you shouldn't judge a book by its cover is going mega viral
Mary Walls Penney’s was criticised for her multicoloured hair — and she showed everyone
# body-image - Sunday 3 July, 2016
'Psoriasis can have devastating effects on your body image'
Tadgh Dolan talks about the impact psoriasis has had on his life.
# body-image - Wednesday 29 June, 2016
From The Daily Edge 
Everyone is loving this woman's powerful response to being fat-shamed for wearing shorts
“You might have an issue with my body. I don’t.”
# body-image - Thursday 16 June, 2016
From The Daily Edge
This woman is going viral for slamming H&M's 'unrealistic' clothes sizes
When shopping just isn’t as fun as it’s supposed to be.
# body-image - Wednesday 6 April, 2016
This plus-size model had a spectacular response to being called a 'fat cow'
And it involved crisps.
# body-image - Tuesday 5 April, 2016
From The Daily Edge
Amy Schumer has slammed a magazine for including her in a special 'plus size' issue
” Plus size is considered size 16 in America. I go between a size 6 and an 8.”
# body-image - Thursday 18 February, 2016
Here's what 19 different countries think the 'ideal man's body' looks like
The results vary wildly from country to country.
# body-image - Friday 12 February, 2016
A fitness blogger has just demonstrated how Instagram photos don't always tell the truth
Jessica Pack’s honest post is going massively viral.
# body-image - Wednesday 27 January, 2016
# body-image - Thursday 31 December, 2015
This women's magazine has decided to ban the term 'bikini body' from its covers
Women’s Health will not use the terms “bikini body” or “drop two sizes” on its cover anymore.
# body-image - Thursday 26 November, 2015
A new Mam shared a selfie in her 'nana undies' to make a point about body shaming
“Screw what society wants from me. This is what’s on offer.”
# body-image - Saturday 21 November, 2015
This actor's searingly honest essay on his addiction to plastic surgery is going viral
Modern Family actor Reid Ewing believed that surgery would cure him of body dysmorphia.
# body-image - Monday 9 November, 2015
# body-image - Tuesday 3 November, 2015
A teen Instagram star has quit the site to expose her 'fake and forced' beauty pics
Essena O’Neill has recaptioned all her photos to tell the real stories behind them.
# body-image - Friday 23 October, 2015
This model shared a photo of her pregnancy stretch marks to shut down body shamers
Robyn Lawley shared the image yesterday.
# body-image - Thursday 22 October, 2015
People are raging at Oasis over this 'irresponsible' skinny mannequin
“This is disgusting, damaging and irresponsible.”
# body-image - Thursday 10 September, 2015
# body-image - Thursday 3 September, 2015
Cindy Crawford has finally spoken out about THAT viral unretouched photo
“I felt really manipulated and conflicted, so I kept my mouth shut.”
# body-image - Tuesday 1 September, 2015
Those viral no make-up selfies aren't what they seem
Have a quick check before you share.
# body-image - Tuesday 25 August, 2015
This model is going viral for highlighting fashion's mind-boggling body standards
She’s technically underweight, but can’t get work.
This model is going viral for highlighting fashion's mind-boggling body standards
She’s technically underweight, but can’t get work.
# body-image - Saturday 15 August, 2015
Here's what 18 different countries think the 'ideal woman's body' looks like
The variations are startling.
# body-image - Tuesday 11 August, 2015
# body-image - Wednesday 29 July, 2015
Women are celebrating their stretch marks with the inspiring #ThighReading hashtag
Because the lines on your thighs tell a better story than the lines on your palms.
# body-image - Saturday 4 July, 2015
8 body anxieties every Irish woman faces in the summer
“There isn’t a decent togs in the house!”
# body-image - Wednesday 3 June, 2015
This Yves Saint Laurent ad was banned for using an 'unhealthily underweight' model
It’s not the first time the French fashion label has been the target of complaints.
# body-image - Wednesday 29 April, 2015
All the complaints over this controversial billboard may have backfired spectacularly
The advertiser looks like it’s laughing all the way to the bank.
# body-image - Monday 20 April, 2015
Our bodies are amazing, why don't we give them the love they deserve?
Like so many women and men, I wasted time hating my shape and trying to change it. Then I realised what an incredible, beautiful machine my body is.
# body-image - Friday 27 March, 2015
This mam's empowering bikini selfie is going super viral
“I have stretch marks and I wear a bikini.”
# body-image - Thursday 19 February, 2015
Lambasting Kate over a few grey hairs isn't harmless – it shows the pressure women face
Kate Middleton is 33 years old, the mother of a toddler, and is currently pregnant… is anyone really shocked she has a grey hair or two?
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Poll: Should all pubs be allowed to reopen on 10 August?
ALL PUBS IN Ireland are currently scheduled to reopen on 10 August, as part of Phase 4 of the government’s reopening.
A decision on whether to proceed on that timeline is set to be made this week as NPHET is to deliver its advice on the matter to the government today.
This comes after Acting Chief Medical Officer Dr Ronan Glynn on Saturday issued a warning to people and businesses over what he has described as a “concerning trend” of Covid-19 cases in the country.
So, today we want to know: Should all pubs be allowed to reopen on 10 August?
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