Teens and tech: what happens when students give up smartphones?

A recent project challenged young people to go cold turkey on using digital devices for a week. The results suggest compulsion – not addiction – is the issue

Fitspo: how strong became the new skinny

Health has become fetishised on social media by ‘fitspiration’ devotees posting pictures of ‘clean’ food and gym-tight abs. But does the trend inspire better living – or is it promoting a new form of body fascism?

How to embrace loneliness: a modern guide

A survey showing 83% of people under 35 have felt lonely is no surprise to me. But if you get the knack of being alone it can be a luxury you’ll learn to love

Facebook removes ‘feeling fat’ status option and emoji after campaign

Social network responds to petition from anti-body shaming group to get rid of status option and double-chin emoji

#thisgirlcan ad campaign: no models – just gumshields, sweat and endorphins

Sport England’s drive to get more women involved in exercise and sport sweeps aside stigmas and is ideal for social sharing

Losing your smartphone: the five stages of grief

Dean Burnett: Given how indispensable smartphones can become to a person’s life, the loss of one is worryingly hard to cope with

Don’t judge Robbie Williams for live-tweeting his little angel’s birth

Ally Fogg: There’s an awful lot of hanging around involved in childbirth, and Ayda Field didn’t seem to mind, so what’s the problem?

Status update: nobody cares about the run you just went on. Or your marathon

Emma Brockes: Brace yourself. There will be photos

Campus nightmare: female students on the rise of sexual harassment

Photographed in their beds, shamed on social media – and, for some female students, that’s just the beginning. So what are British universities doing about sexual harassment and assaults on campus? Sally Williams investigates