Thenmozhi Soundararajan: fighting the Dalit women’s fight with art and activism

The Dalit-American transmedia artist turns a critical lens on the intersection of caste discrimination and sexual violence in India

Autism in film: X+Y is audacious – but is it cliched or the real deal?

In X+Y, a gifted young man prepares for a mathematics contest. Does it, and films like it, misrepresent or empower those who are on the autistic spectrum?

Belle Gibson’s book publisher never verified cancer survivor’s health claims

Penguin says it published The Whole Pantry ‘in good faith’ and never checked Gibson’s claims she cured her brain cancer through diet and lifestyle alone

Girl in the Dark review – a powerful chronicle of a life without light

Anna Lyndsey’s sparkling biographical account of her strange and sudden illness steers clear of being a misery memoir

Ruby Wax: Sane New World review – mirth and mindfulness in standup’s seminar

Is it a showbiz tale or a workshop for the audience? It’s hard to tell, but the comic’s interactive stage show does feel therapeutic

Leonard Nimoy’s photographs of fat, naked women changed my life

The late actor’s Full Body Project was bold and radical. It was the first time I’d seen women like me presented as objects of beauty instead of punchlines

That Sugar Film: how 60 days of eating ‘health food’ led to fatty liver disease

Australian documentary maker Damon Gameau cracks open the refined sugars hidden in so-called ‘healthy’ packaged food in a gonzo activist mission to map his own mental and physical disintegration

Winners and How They Succeed by Alastair Campbell – digested read

John Crace reduces a high-achievers’ handbook by the former Labour party spin doctor to a triumphant 700 words

Yoko Ono and Madonna both fight ageism – in radically different ways

Ono and Madonna have both felt the sharp edge of the ageism stick recently. Is it too much to hope that an artist can be loved for who she is?

How do we know chilli is hot and mint cool?

Rubbed on the skin, chilli peppers feel hot and mint leaves cool. Why? The answers might surprise you