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Fay Bound-Alberti @fayboundalberti.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Hooray hooray it’s another publication day! Huge thanks to the team at @hachetteus.bsky.social I love this cover 😊

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New Humanist @newhumanist.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

"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 @fayboundalberti.bsky.social writes for New Humanist on the commodification of our faces:

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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

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New Humanist @newhumanist.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Are we pushing our bodies too far? Five experts ask where we should draw the line. Featuring: 💕 Viren Swami on how to fix our toxic dating culture 🐦‍🔥 Juliet Jacques on the power of reinventing our bodies 🙂 @fayboundalberti.bsky.social on how to save our faces from commodification

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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

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New Humanist @newhumanist.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

First up, five experts explore the pressures we’re putting on our bodies, and where we should draw the line - including Olympian Ryan Pini on doping, @fayboundalberti.bsky.social on how our faces have been commodified, social psychologist Viren Swami on how to fix our toxic dating culture (2/9)

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Fay Bound-Alberti @fayboundalberti.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

You’ve probably read about “looksmaxxing” in relation to Clavicular, the manosphere and social media. But what does it really tell us about neoliberalism and its impact on face value? My latest for Time magazine time.com/article/2026...

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Face Value: Why ‘Looksmaxxing’ Is More Than Mewing and Mirrors

"What looksmaxxing really reveals is not a failure of individual young men, but a failure of everything around them," writes Fay Bound-Alberti.

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Fay Bound-Alberti @fayboundalberti.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Thanks Tom - this was a lovely conversation and we could have talked for hours! If you missed it and want to catch up, you can listen to the 9pm repeat or follow this link: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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BBC Radio 4 - Start the Week, Consciousness and Identity

Tom Sutcliffe with Michael Pollan, Fay Bound-Alberti and Mary Costello.

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Fay Bound-Alberti @fayboundalberti.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

There is no male equivalent of resting bitch face - resting asshole face is not a thing. Why? Misogyny innit. It was great to speak to Melissa Denes for her brilliant article on moveable faces in film. observer.co.uk/culture/film...

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Why can’t film’s leading women age like Sean Penn?

The star of One Battle After Another is capitalising on his lived-in look, but Hollywood actresses are held to a different standard

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Fay Bound-Alberti @fayboundalberti.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Thanks to my lovely friends and colleagues and students who came to the launch of The Face last week. And to my Interface collaborators near and far who were unable to make it: a glass was raised 🙏

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Fay Bound-Alberti @fayboundalberti.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Men's faces are in the news - from Pete Hesgeth's chiseled jaw that conceals flimsier credentials to Trump's last-gasp hair and the is-he-or-isn't-he transformation of Jim Carrey. This is white male neoliberalism at its finest, as I wrote in my latest faces piece for @theguardian.com

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‘There is no shame in being vain’: the relentless rise of impossible male beauty standards

Men’s faces are under scrutiny as never before, with more opting for cosmetic procedures than ever. What is behind this sudden and significant shift?

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Fay Bound-Alberti @fayboundalberti.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Well that was rather wonderful and what a great book. Congratulations David! @kingschostm.bsky.social

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Fay Bound-Alberti @fayboundalberti.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

“Who is feeding our children while we are making history?” That was Robert Chelsea’s question when asked about being the first African American face transplant recipient. Robert and I talked to Annie Kelly @todayinfocus.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/p/x4dd6m?CMP... #BlackHistoryMonth

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The ‘guinea pigs’ who had face transplant surgery – podcast

Face transplant patient Robert Chelsea and writer Fay Bound Alberti talk through the promise – and darker side – of this pioneering surgery

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Fay Bound-Alberti @fayboundalberti.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Face blindness isn't well known and nor is its history. People with face blindness do *know* people - just not in the ways we are expected to! To find out more see the Telegraph magazine - out this Saturday. Photos Felicity McCabe www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/02/22/living-with-face-blindness/

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Fay Bound-Alberti @fayboundalberti.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Hooray hooray publication day! Huge thanks to the team at Allen Lane 🐧

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King's CHoSTM @kingschostm.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

🔔 Coming up in our seminar: New Book Party! Smart: A history of intelligence by David Brydan (with comments by Professor @fayboundalberti.bsky.social and Professor Federico Turkheimer) 🗓️ Tues 3 March, 18.00-19.30 📍 8th floor, Strand building Register in Eventbrite ➡️ tinyurl.com/smart-brydan

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Smart: A History of Intelligence

Venue: 8th Floor Open Space, Strand Building, King's College London

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