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Fearful of the feminine?

Life

Fearful of the feminine?

2012 saw the birth of Fourth Wave Feminism, a renewed engrossment with the rights of women, particularly in opposition to sexual harassment and violence. This increase in awareness and interest around equal rights and opportunities has had many positive effects, and benefits society in numerous ways.  In a society in which gender is not a constraint, we are far better able to maximise the skills and assets of individuals. But is it all good news?

God in the machine

Faith

God in the machine

Are you anxious about what the future holds and the rate at which technology, especially Artificial Intelligence, is advancing? What happens when we’re no longer the most intelligent beings on the planet?

Sex is never NSA

Love

Sex is never NSA

There has been a pretty fundamental shift in the way we think about sex in recent history, from a soul-binding force to an animal act. But sex can never be No Strings Attached.

When an atheist professor says religion ‘brings out the best in people’, you should probably listen…

Faith

When an atheist professor says religion ‘brings out the best in people’, you should probably listen…

In our world of echo-chambers, it's not often you'll hear people commending something they don't agree with.

Hi, I’m Ben and Harvard says I might be racist

Life

Hi, I’m Ben and Harvard says I might be racist

And Harvard may well say the same about you.

Why you should NOT stop looking for the right answer

Faith

Why you should NOT stop looking for the right answer

Right answers can be hard to find, and hard to understand when we find them. But does that mean we should give up altogether?

Single again on Valentine’s Day?

Love

Single again on Valentine’s Day?

Do your Valentine's Days end in disappointment, tears and the occasional kebab? Me too, mate. How on earth can a desperate singleton survive in a world obsessed with romance and relationships?

We disagree on everything. So let’s keep talking.

Opinion

We disagree on everything. So let’s keep talking.

How can we look at the same world, the same problems, the same events and come to such totally different conclusions about them? Are we even seeing the same thing? And how can we ever resolve our disagreements?

You didn’t fail your resolutions. They failed you.

Life

You didn’t fail your resolutions. They failed you.

According to a survey published by The Guardian, 66% of us have given up our New Year’s resolutions by the end of January. Well, here we are with the first month of 2018 drawing to a dreary close, and I ask you: are any of your resolutions still standing?