Sarah Manavis

Gig economy workers are villainised instead of supported.

The delivery-driver moral panic

From shallow protest in 2016 to outright endorsement in 2024, Donald Trump has been given an easy ride.

Both the Trump and Harris teams relied heavily on online personalities and meme-style messaging. Will it matter?

Our obsession with "efficiency" has led to many students reading excerpts over whole books. But we lose something crucial when we disregard context.

We cannot pretend the drug has released society from oppressive beauty standards.

The show, once celebrated for its wholesomeness, is now emblematic of an uncomfortable truth in TV entertainment.

The highly anticipated release of Love Is Blind UK has met a surprisingly tepid response. Is this the death of the micro-genre?

The cultural impact of Twitter/X is waning – but Musk’s personal fortune could be a crucial resource for the Republican party.

Kamala Harris, Brat, and the political meme paradox

From “gifted kid burnout” to “eldest daughter syndrome”, influencers are rebranding familiar human experiences as a trauma diagnosis.

The Bushey murders and our violence against women crisis

The evidence is clear: a four-day work week would boost productivity and happiness. So why aren’t our politicians pushing for it?

The slow creep of influencer publishing – the rise of social media stars being handed fat advances and big marketing budgets for memoirs, self-help books and novels – is accelerating. Since the l

What makes therapy “work”? What encourages someone to open up, challenge themselves, commitment to change? It might come down to the approach your therapist takes, the rigour with which they interroga

Who is winning the TikTok election? Is it the Reform Party, thanks to Nigel Farage’s viral videos? Shitposts from the Lib Dems? You might say it’s the memes posted by the Labo

There was once no greater sign of desperation than a celebrity on reality TV. This transparent scramble for the limelight was synonymous with low-brow depravity. Reality stars were seen as talentless

When I arrive at Edinburgh’s Murrayfield Stadium on Friday 7 June for the first UK date of Taylor Swift’s global sell-out Eras tour, I will have seen every section, transition and poorly conceived dan

In the 2010s, brands increasingly sold the public a social message. You couldn’t just sell soap – you had to sell personal hygiene products that encouraged society to accept people of all sizes.

In the last two days you have likely come across an image from a refugee camp, supposedly in the south of Gaza but plainly AI-generated, with tents spelling out the words “All Eyes on Rafah”. You have