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?

Tinder and sobriety are incompatible

Tinder’s boring conversations and clumsy hookups are unbearable without a drink as social lubricant. But sobriety has given me my standards back.

Lifelogging technologies: quantified truths?

GrrlScientist: Lifelogging uses modern digital technologies to record, track, measure and share everything from heartbeats to heartbreaks. An exhibition at Science Gallery Dublin uses science, art and technology to explore the ethics, consequences and potential future uses of lifelogging