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Shame and the online free-for-all

Lucia Osborne-Crowley looks at how shame manifests online, where public humiliation is common and second chances all too rare.

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When everyday environments become anxious spaces

Social anxiety disorder isolates those who experience it. Part of the solution is to design public spaces with mental health in mind.

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The catharsis of cringe

Watching cringe comedy can be therapeutic. Find out why some of us are drawn to the build-up of stress in shows like ‘Frasier’ and ‘The Office’.

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A body apart from the head

We look back at the importance of the head, from how it’s influenced our language to the bold political statement of having it removed.

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  • The Roman miliary punishment of Humiliation either by taking away the Military Belt or Girdle or by making the offender do a task that is beneath them, more a temporary or part of a punishment
  • Krakatoa: fan palm (Chamaerops humilis L.) with surrounding tropical forest and native woman. Coloured soft-ground etching after J. Webber, 1788.
  • One cobra and four colubrid snakes, including possibly an oriental whip snake and the primitive worm-like species, Leptotyphlops humilis. Engraving, ca. 1778.
  • An Iron 'scolds bridle' mask used to publicaly humiliate
  • An Iron 'scolds bridle' mask used to publicaly humiliate
  • An Iron 'scolds bridle' mask used to publicaly humiliate
  • An Iron 'scolds bridle' mask used to publicaly humiliate
  • An Iron 'scolds bridle' mask used to publicaly humiliate
  • An Iron 'scolds bridle' mask used to publicaly humiliate
  • An Iron 'scolds bridle' mask used to publicaly humiliate
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