Stories you might have missed this week

Victoria's Secret under fire for perfect body campaign, the new airline seat that could change the way you fly and the best sex positions for a bad back are among the quirky or offbeat stories you may have missed this week.

If that's the case, here they are.

Victoria's Secret "Perfect Body" campaign has sparked outrage on social media for sending the wrong message to young girls about body image.

The ad features Angels Behati Prinsloo, Lily Aldridge and Jasmine Tookes in their lingerie emblazoned with the slogan, 'The Perfect Body'.

Three British students who spotted the advert in a shopping centre in Leeds started a petition against the campaign, calling for it to be pulled for promoting unhealthy body image.

Read the full story at Marie Claire

Researchers at the University of Waterloo in Canada found that one of the best sex positions to ease lower back pain is the missionary position.

Fan of a spoon sesh? It's among the worst positions for lovers with lower back issues. Sad face.



As part of the study, one of the first ever to examine how our spines move during sex, motion capture systems were used to track how 10 couples' spines moved while getting their groove on.

Read the full story on Women's Health

A new seat design could mean not only the end of elbow wars in the upper classes on planes, but also the biggest bed surface in the skies.


Picture: Paperclip


James SH Lee, of Paperclip Design, has won the top prize at this years IATA Passenger Innovation Awards for his metamorphosing Butterfly seat.

The Butterfly is a flexible seat for long haul flights that allows instant transformation between premium economy class seats and a business class flatbed suite.

Read the full story at Total Travel

As filming on season five of Game Of Thrones gets underway the TV show’s biggest stars received good news: they’re getting a raise, according to The Hollywood Reporter reports.


Maisie Williams, Kit Harrington, Pedro Pascal and Sophie Turner. Photo: Getty Images


Using a tiered system, HBO ranked its cast members to determine who earns what. Tier A – or the highest earning group – includes Kit Harrington (Jon Snow), Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister), Lena Headey (Cersei Lannister), Emilia Clarke (Daenerys Targaryen) and Nikolai Coster-Waldau (Jaime Lannister).

Last season both Headey and Dinklage made US$160,000 per episode.

Read the full story on Marie Claire

Aussie television personality Rebecca Judd has taken to her blog to vent her frustration at the body bullying and skinny-shaming and is urging women to celebrate their differences.


Rebecca Judd. Picture: Instagram


“We are all different and we are all NORMAL. This is the message we need to project, not “Is Rebecca Judd a bad role model for being thin?” Seriously?,” the 31-year-old writes.

The naturally-slim star has hit back at claims she has an eating disorder but that it is just her body type, "Remember, being thin is a body type not an illness," she says.

Read the full story at New Idea