We have known for some time that loneliness can be both a trigger for and a consequence of mental health issues, but the COVID-19 pandemic and the necessity of lockdowns have brought home the centrality of social connections for our wellbeing. Dr Lucienne Spencer (University of Birmingham) discusses

Few things are more mundane than becoming a parent. One, or one’s partner, gives birth to a child; one takes the baby home, if birthing happened in a hospital, or simply keeps the baby and raises her....

Publicly bombarding women with these images exerts control over how they present themselves online.

Legislation or an unexpected saviour could help – but the tech giants will try to crush them