The ‘luteal uglies’ are all over your FYP. Suddenly, bloating, breakouts and the mysterious disappearance of your cheekbones have a name. But somewhere between learning to understand our cycles and trying to optimise every phase of them, did body awareness become another way of fixing ourselves? This month, In Bloom looks at the latest conversation taking over TikTok, the scrutiny surrounding women’s bodies in sport, what 1.2 million days of wearable data can tell us about the menstrual cycle, and some genuinely good news for Australian women’s health.