Soaliha Iqbal

2 weeks ago | mamamia.com.au | Soaliha Iqbal

What is glucose spiking? "Glucose spiking" refers to the spike of glucose in your bloodstream after you eat certain foods, which wellness influencers like Glucose Goddess say is the cause of health issues like fatigue, mood disturbances and food cravings. But, it's not actually a term used by health professionals. According to KIC's nutritionist Olivia Morrison, "glucose spiking" is a "new-age buzz word" for medical terms that already exist: high GI (glycemic index) eating versus low GI eating.

2 weeks ago | refinery29.com | Soaliha Iqbal

Snapchat and Instagram were my main social media platforms growing up in the 2010s. Most photos from my teen years are filtered or edited in some way, and as I scroll through them, it's been really disconcerting to see how clear my skin was, how small my nose was, how big my eyes were — but were they? Right now, I’m 26, nearly 27 (which my 18-year-old sister tells me is basically 30).

3 weeks ago | missingperspectives.com | Soaliha Iqbal

Who gets to be a woman? If you ask conservatives, they’ll tell you the answer is simple: if a person’s sex is female (by which they mean, they have a vagina), then they’re a woman. That’s it. No ifs, buts or intersex people accounted for. In fact, the simplicity of this argument is what transphobes believe makes it so convincing — there’s a yes/no, m/f binary that leaves no room for “confusion”.

3 weeks ago | sbs.com.au | Soaliha Iqbal

Gina Chick burst onto our screens and minds when she appeared on season one of Alone Australia, barefoot and swathed in a hand-made possum skin cloak that helped her survive the freezing wilderness in Lutriwita and ultimately win the mantle of the last (wo)man standing. Steadfastly chipper and defiantly earnest, Chick won hearts across the nation because of her deep reverence for the natural world.

4 weeks ago | mamamia.com.au | Soaliha Iqbal

How many times a day do you see your reflection? In mirrors, in shiny shopping windows, in the camera of your phone — we are constantly watching ourselves, and it's something most of us are not even really aware of. I certainly wasn't — not until I stopped seeing myself at all. And that's how I really saw myself for the first time. The beginning of April marked a month of chaos for me as I moved from Sydney to Melbourne.