What WhatsApp has taught me about friendship
When so many of us are trying to wean ourselves off our phones and “unplug” from social media, it feels…
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“Society is ableist”: Alice Hattrick on gender, chronic illness and long Covid
The author talks about their new book Ill Feelings, and why women are too frequently dismissed by doctors.
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The dark side of Strava: What happens when users lose control
“When I use Strava I’m doing it for my time, not because I enjoy it.”
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“Toxic” relationships, “burnout”, “productivity dysmorphia” – why do we medicalise societal problems?
Real structural political challenges are being dressed up with medical language and turned into pop psychology.
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How life without germs has left us newly vulnerable
Unseasonal respiratory diseases are surging as children and others repay an “immunity debt” from lockdown.
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Steven Pinker and the problem with rationality
The popular psychology professor makes the case for reason. But the lure of dogma is hard to resist.
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The fidget business
Pop-its and other fidget toys are selling in their tens of millions. Why are they so popular, and what do…
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Susie Orbach: “Human beings are unbelievably adaptive”
The psychotherapist and author on the mental health crisis.
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