‘Why did I hate myself so much?’ Leonie deletes TikTok after failed surgery
Being hyper-focused on how you look will “consume every ounce of your being”, warns a Gold Coast woman who has taken herself off TikTok after a botched cosmetic procedure.
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Social media algorithms create such insecurities about appearance that young women are being driven to risky interventions.
‘I do have views’: State’s favourite weather woman dodges hot topic
Jenny Woodward is synonymous with the weather in Queensland, but there’s one topic you’d be lucky to get her to talk about. WELCOME TO HIGH STEAKS
‘A tool to manipulate people’: How social media targets not just the vulnerable
A Gold Coast PhD student who became accustomed to a line-free forehead since first getting Botox at just 17, says the more she knows about social media, the angrier she gets, as it “targets not only vulnerable people, but everyone”.
Hanson the big winner from LNP’s ‘childish’ nuclear war
Pauline Hanson must be thrilled. The One Nation leader can expect to welcome more disgruntled conservatives into the fold as the divide within the LNP over nuclear power widens, writes Kylie Lang.
All boys’ private school appoints woman as principal in first for Brisbane
In a groundbreaking move, a woman has been appointed as the new principal of an all boys’ private school after beating several “first-class” candidates to the position.
Photo scandal threatens to blow up Qld council
There’s a big stink embroiling a Queensland council and it has nothing to do with roads, rates or rubbish. It’s about a photo, writes Kylie Lang.
‘Dark times’, ‘hurtful and baffling’: Inside story of Brisbane’s most powerful woman
Nina Schrinner takes us inside her personal vault to reveal the dark times and “seasons of brokenness” she has experienced as one half of a true power couple.
Zombies in class: Teachers despair at phone addiction crisis
A veteran teacher says students addicted to social media are behaving like zombies or drug addicts in class, while Year 11 student James admits his phone is a constant distraction.
Social-media-fuelled kids ‘zombie-like or hyper like they’re on speed’
Educators are losing control of their classrooms as social media consumes the way students think and behave, according to an experienced Queensland teacher.
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