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‘It’s about owning your power!’ How Frozen changed a generation of girls. And boys. And Hollywood … | Frozen
Like millions of parents around the world, Pragya Agarwal has spent countless rainy afternoons watching Frozen. Back in 2013, when Disney first released its animated …
A moment that changed me: I wrote a late-night love poem – and my life careened off course | Life and style
Late one night in the 1980s, I was tackling a gnarly physics problem in my dorm room at Harvard. My bedroom was sparsely furnished – …
How TikTok Changed PR | BoF
Public relations has gone from a behind-the-scenes practice to content fodder. Scroll TikTok after a big celebrity scandal or a botched product launch, and chances …
A moment that changed me: I heard people sneer at me – and my mummy guilt turned to anger | Life and style
I was invited to speak at a travel conference in Dublin in 2013 and I brought my 18-month-old toddler with me to the event. As …
A moment that changed me: I joined some refugees for a game of football – and found my mission in life | Refugees
It was the deflated football that did it. The patchy field behind the apartment complex in Atlanta, Georgia, was miles apart – in every sense …
How War Changed Ukrainian Brand Sleeper
Nearly a decade ago, Kyiv, Ukraine-based former fashion editors Asya Varetsa (of Elle Russia) and Kate Zubarieva (Ukraine’s Pink magazine) were dreaming up a name …
A new start after 60: my son died – so I changed career to keep his dream alive | Life and style
Jill Wright’s son, Harry, had song and dance in his bones. At 18 months old, he was dancing like the Spice Girls, copying the choreography …
Mother of modelling: how Bethann Hardison got frank about fashion’s racism – and changed the industry for ever | Fashion
When Bethann Hardison was a kid she didn’t see faces like hers in magazines. Not that she needed them to feel seen as a Black …
how a military-style uniform changed the face of China – and clothed Australian prisoners during the Korean War
In the collection of the Australian War Memorial there is a photograph of four men in a North Korean prisoner of war camp, taken in …
A new start after 60: I was unfit and prediabetic. A month tracking turtles changed everything | Life and style
As a careers teacher in a secondary school, Jacqui Hodder tries to enlarge the world of possibilities for others. During lockdown, she was supervising a …
‘I’m not just faster, but taller’: how I learned to walk properly – and changed my pace, posture and perspective | Fitness
In all the time I spent with Joanna Hall, she barely stopped walking. I would see her coming towards me in Kensington Gardens, London, gliding …
A moment that changed me: the missile alert promised sudden death. That awful hour taught me how to live | Mental health
I was helping my mother prepare for an appointment at the Department of Motor Vehicles in Honolulu when I got the text message. “BALLISTIC MISSILE …
A moment that changed me: I was bullied over my cleft palate – but found confidence as a life model | Life and style
I wasn’t meant to be a life model. My sister and I had started running online life drawing classes during the first lockdown, and for …
A decade on from Rana Plaza, fast fashion still reigns – has anything changed for Gen Z? | Fashion
Gen Z are often hailed as being pioneers of sustainable fashion, but a decade on from the Rana Plaza disaster I wonder if this is …
The BoF Podcast | Ten Years After Rana Plaza, Has Fashion Changed?
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A moment that changed me: I was unfit and flipping burgers when I decided to win the Olympics | Olympic Games
In the summer of 2012, it felt as if everyone in London was watching the Olympics. It was the same for us, on our lunch …
Three things with Indira Naidoo: ‘It seems like a simple thing, but it has changed my life’ | Life and style
From Sunday 19 March, Indira Naidoo will begin a new job hosting the ABC’s long-running current affairs program Compass. Landing the gig is a “dream …
A moment that changed me: I was a personal trainer – then my teenage cousin pushed me to go to university | Books
Mid-2012, I was trying to read a book on the physiological and biological changes that occur when a person begins training, and I was failing. …
A moment that changed me: I was vilified as a gay teenager – but Mariah Carey saved me | Life and style
I was 12 when it happened. Dad was parking the car and we were getting ready for a torturous hour of food shopping. Suddenly, over …