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🚨 Our Summer 2026 issue is out today!

We unpick the lies behind the health and beauty industries and ask: Are we pushing our bodies too far?

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We spoke to @touretteshero about the furore around the film "I Swear" and why the condition she lives with is so misunderstood

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Are we pushing our bodies too far?

As part of our series on the issue, feminist writer Natasha Walter criticizes the "cult of youth" and says it's time to start celebrating older women https://t.co/2tyuzh1jiX

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"It is Iranian society – rather than its government – that we should focus on.

So I spoke with people from religious minorities and those who don’t believe in a god.

Understanding the Iranians and what they believe offers us a hint at their future" https://t.co/JUEPRYuxZA

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Geneticist @adamrutherford investigates how Jeffrey Epstein courted scientists in pursuit of a eugenic fantasy
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Iranians are moving away from Islam, towards a more secular and plural society https://t.co/JUEPRYuxZA

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Are we pushing our bodies too far?

Five experts explore the pressures we’re putting on our bodies, and where we should draw the line https://t.co/2tyuzh1jiX

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What a pleasure to speak with Standford's @milaniabbas, UCLA's @SahbaShayani, Bishop Guli Francis-Dehqani of the Church of England, Pastor @hormoz_shariat, @HolakouR, @miladresaei from the Central Committee of the Ex-Muslims in Scandinavia, and my peerless friend, @arash_tehran at Yale, about the diverse and unifying movement to pluralism and secularism in Iranian society today. Lots of amazing insights in this piece for the @NewHumanist – all of it demonstrating that there is far more to Iran than the headlines suggest.
I hope you enjoy.
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Do you have a dilemma?

Our humanist agony aunt Janet Ellis answers your questions on relationships, work, and how to cope as the world goes crazy.

Send 100 words to [email protected] with subject line ASK JANET by June 20. If chosen, your question will appear anonymously in New Humanist

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Social media bans for young people: An essential tool for safety, or a fool's errand that will never work?

Two experts share their views:

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What do Iranians really believe?

It's hard to conduct surveys there, but here's what we know: https://t.co/JUEPRYuxZA

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The UK government is considering a social media ban for young people.

Supporters say it's essential to protect children from the worst effects of the internet. Critics say that simply isn't supported by the evidence.

We invited two experts with differing views hash it out: https://t.co/MRP3WssWSc

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Why are so many people going off dating apps? And how can we fix our toxic dating culture?

A social psychologist weighs in: https://t.co/2tyuzh1jiX

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Social media bans for young people are gaining traction around the world. After Australia's example, similar legislation is being considered in Spain, France and Denmark.

Should the UK follow suit? Or do these bans risk doing more harm than good?

We asked the experts: https://t.co/MRP3WssWSc

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The Islamic regime in Iran aims to present a united front; an image of a population with homogenous beliefs.

But speaking to Iranian atheists and religious minorities explodes that lie

https://t.co/JUEPRYuxZA

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"We are used to quick-fix surgical solutions as an answer to appearance anxiety – while that anxiety is industrially manufactured, algorithmically amplified and monetised at scale."

Cultural historian Fay Bound-Alberti writes for New Humanist on the commodification of our faces: https://t.co/LJf1eYE6eM

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"When the stories that once tethered us unravel, Jack in the Green shows that shared rituals can bind us together again" https://t.co/m9QdXmY7Y8

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Iranian society's move towards secularism has been an “incremental revolution”, according to @milaniabbas, which “manifests itself in language, fashion, graffiti, art, underground theatre, the way they dress, where they go.”

Read the full story about Iran's growing secularism: https://t.co/toYt4E4DYz