Australian Women’s Weekly NZ

Through the looking glass

I distinctly recall the moment I discovered Zoom had a ‘touch up my appearance’ feature. I only hesitated for a second before turning it on. The reason: my self-loathing had spiked to the point where this functionality felt like Christmas, which only made me dislike myself more given the state of the world.

At a time when I was worrying about friends in London who had caught COVID-19 in the Marks & Spencer line, surely I should have been feeling gratitude for my good health, geographical location and

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