JOIN CLUB
Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers confronts our understanding of relationships, but writer Halima Jibril asks why it doesn’t go further in challenging our understanding of femininity and who is considered desirable
May 03, 2024
On Kathy Acker’s birthday, revisit how exercise and movement became powerful aids in the creation of her art
Apr 18, 2024
From Alessandro Michele booking a Greek god at Gucci, to Robert Mapplethorpe’s 1980s muse, we round up fashion’s best bodybuilding moments
Mar 27, 2024
Female bodybuilders exist outside of traditional notions of femininity, with some positioning it as a queer and feminist act. But it’s a bit more nuanced than that
Mar 19, 2024
Defined as a preoccupation with one’s perceived lack of muscularity, muscle dysmorphia is becoming increasingly prevalent, causing what experts are calling a ‘silent crisis’ in men’s mental health
Nov 20, 2023
Photographed by Hazel Gaskin, British bodybuilder Dawn Shillingford shares with us her competition beauty routine
Oct 02, 2023
The drug, which promotes fast muscle growth, is essentially steroids in pill form – but how safe is it really?
Jul 28, 2023
Forgoing gruelling workouts, people are drawing on abs with make-up and fake tan – we explore the process and its potentially damaging implications
Feb 27, 2020
The poet interviews the documentary’s director about the importance of representation, identity politics and moving the trans narrative away from suffering
Dec 06, 2019
We speak with a group of older gym buffs who are still training intensely and enduring strict regimes years after their heyday
Aug 19, 2019
Shredded is a new exhibition from artist and photographer Alix Marie shining a spotlight on gender construction and performativity
May 30, 2019
Unbeholden to the conventions of make-up, Anatoly Moscvin creates expressions of pure creativity that are compelling in their weirdness
May 05, 2019
Earlier this month the Diamond Cup took place in Kiev. As part of our ongoing report on Ukraine, we sent photographer Federico Radaelli behind the scenes to capture the sights
Dec 16, 2018