Who wants to be “normal”?
Often what we consider “normal” is, statistically speaking, abnormal. And wouldn’t most of us prefer to be extraordinary anyway?
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Often what we consider “normal” is, statistically speaking, abnormal. And wouldn’t most of us prefer to be extraordinary anyway?
By Sophie McBainThe author reflects on writing about childhood cancer in her new book SuperDaisy.
By Sophie McBainThe sociologist Andrew Scull acknowledges that contemporary psychiatry is more rigorous – but is it more effective?
By Sophie McBainIs compulsively doom-scrolling and checking the news the cause of our anxiety or a symptom of it?
By Sophie McBainThe parenting forum has become a powerful political force, and has been repeatedly accused of transphobia. Its CEO explains…
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By Sophie McBain, Jeremy Cliffe, Michael Prodger and Gavin JacobsonFor some the phrase might seem like a useful shorthand. For women’s charities it raises alarm bells.
By Sophie McBainThe academic Nick Haslam discusses the complexity around defining psychological harm.
By Sophie McBainThe Premonitions Bureau by Sam Knight is a propulsive but flawed examination of the rationality of chance.
By Sophie McBain