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Gerda Wegener: 'The Lady Gaga of the 1920s'

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WomenThe Danish Girl tells the story of the painter Einar Wegener, who had the world’s first gender-reassignment surgery and became Lili Elbe. But his wife Gerda had a fascinating life and career of her own Eddie Redmayne is already being Oscar-tipped for his latest role in Tom Hooper’s biopic, The Danish Girl – the story of the painter Einar Wegener, who underwent the world’s first gender-reassignment operation to become Lili Elbe. Read More...

It feels like the progress is getting reversed: how fashion fell out of love with curves

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Bella Hadid at the Coperni show at Paris Fashion Week in September. Photograph: Pierre Suu/Getty ImagesBella Hadid at the Coperni show at Paris Fashion Week in September. Photograph: Pierre Suu/Getty ImagesFashionCatwalks are more diverse than ever on paper. But at the high-profile shows this season, it was all about the flat stomach Sometimes fashion is about clothes, but sometimes it is really about bodies. The Council of Fashion Designers of America awards are the highest honours awarded to US fashion designers, so you would expect the star-studded New York gala to be a showcase for extraordinary clothes. Read More...

My teenage son hates me but says his dad is amazing

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‘It’s OK to show you have limits. Your son may have been pushing you to say those things.’ Illustration: Lo Cole/The Guardian‘It’s OK to show you have limits. Your son may have been pushing you to say those things.’ Illustration: Lo Cole/The GuardianAsk Annalisa BarbieriFamilyIt seems as if your son doesn’t like you, but it isn’t that simple, says Annalisa Barbieri I cannot cope with my teenage son. He is my youngest, aged 14, with an older brother and sister, both in their early 20s, who have happy, successful, independent lives and with whom I have a lovely relationship. Read More...

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