Public intellectuals come from a range of areas and use their expertise to comment more widely than just their field. They want to make a contribution to public space, and they stick their necks out to do it.

We accept there's an emotional aspect to life. But we're not very developed in our ways of understanding it.

A wanted pregnancy as much as a dreaded pregnancy can play differently than all one's previous imaginings.

There are so many young women who tip over into being a facsimile: they don't really inhabit their lives or their bodies.

Boys, young men, men of all ages are being captivated by the new visual grammar which pushes men to pout and posture.

We know that ever woman wants to be thin. Our images of womanhood are almost synonymous with thinness.

Skinny is only one body type.