‘As much as I love Depop, it triggers me’: is body image a fashion disruptor’s final frontier?

Virtual fleamarket Depop aims to be fashion’s ‘most diverse and progressive home’, but its users are still grappling with the industry’s oldest issue

The model who made Instagram apologise: Alexandra Cameron’s best photograph

‘My first picture of Nyome Nicholas-Williams was removed by Instagram. This one was taken as a celebration after it agreed to change its policy’

The wall between what’s private and what’s not is dissolving. Which side am I on?

In our performative age, we’re rewarded for sharing every crisis that happens in our bodies, every thought that passes through our heads

How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division by Elif Shafak review – a poignant look back at another age

What has happened to the belief that social media can create a new and better world?

The Guardian view on empty offices: goodbye to all that?

Editorial: The coronavirus pandemic is accelerating a digitally driven trend that was already in train. We need to plan for the downsides

I like the sound of my own voice – but does that make me a narcissist?

Millennials are said to be more narcissistic than any other cohort of society. A self-confessed self-obsessive works out whether that’s a problem

Return of the phone call: why talking beats texting when you’re in isolation

For some, text banter has long replaced the intimacy of an actual conversation. But as many are now rediscovering, a call can offer real closeness

‘People think I bathe in asses’ milk’: how Towie’s Gemma Collins became a podcast hit

She went from selling cars to starring on reality TV – and now fronts a smash-hit podcast. But 10 years in the tabloid line of fire hasn’t been easy

Confessions of an accidental influencer

When Bella Mackie began posting about her struggles with anxiety, she unexpectedly found herself becoming an influencer. But what did sharing her private fears teach her?

My journey into the dark, hypnotic world of a millennial guru

‘Spiritual influencers’ are flourishing online. Their model is built on recruiting eager followers – but what happens when they attract vulnerable people?