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By: Phoebe Arslanagić-Little

Phoebe Arslanagic-Little writes a monthly column at City AM. She works on the birth rate challenge, thinking about how we can make it easier for everyone to become a parent. She is also head of social policy at the think tank Onward and a fellow at the Centre for British Progress

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  • Bored of mini golf and axe-throwing? Try the plague

    October 1, 2024

    Bored of mini golf? Try the plague, writes Phoebe Arslanagić-Little, as she discovers the world of 'human challenge trials'.

  • Why one in every 50 babies born in Taiwan has a parent who works for this company

    September 3, 2024

    The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company isn’t just the world’s biggest producer of chips, its family-friendly working practices are yielding another important output: babies, writes Phoebe Arslanagić-Little The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is a globally crucial business, the world’s leading manufacturer of semiconductors and producer of nearly 90 per cent of the most advanced chips. [...]

  • Let’s be honest, pornography is not sex positive – and it’s not prudish to say so

    August 6, 2024

    It is commonly believed that watching pornography is part of a healthy sex life. But what if our awkwardness means we're not asking the necessary questions?

  • The wedding industry is anti-marriage

    July 4, 2024

    The stress and exorbitant expense of weddings makes couple feel they are prize specimens at Crufts, rather than two human beings making solemn vows, says Phoebe Arslanagić-Little July has begun and we are in the thick of wedding season. For couples, the sting of discovering how much a photographer costs and decisions about napkin colours [...]

  • Clarkson’s Farm vs Yellowstone: what your bingewatch says about your politics

    June 4, 2024

    As Clarkson's Farm voters swing behind Labour, are our TV viewing habits becoming as polarised as our politics?

  • When fish can delay a nuclear power station, our animal obsession has gone too far

    May 14, 2024

    Hinkley Point C has been pushed back in part because of regulatory requirements around protecting fish. It’s just one example of how the UK frequently prioritises animals over humans, says Phoebe Arslanagić-Little When it’s built, nuclear power station Hinkley Point C will generate enough electricity to power around 6m homes for 60 years. It will [...]

  • It’s not all about you! How self-help made us into miserable egotists

    April 2, 2024

    From manifestation to Emily Ratajkowski's divorce ring, our obsession with self-help is materialism dressed up as philosophy.

  • What happened when I asked my male friends about women’s bodies?

    March 5, 2024

    Male ignorance of female issues is nothing new, but poor education around fertility is catching up with us, writes Phoebe Arslanagic-Little.

  • Mindfulness sessions may seem benign, but office therapising could be harming us

    February 6, 2024

    Mindfulness sessions may seem no more than a mild irritant, but the rise of workplace therapising could be doing us harm, writes Phoebe Arslanagic-Little.

  • Stanley cup stampedes are crackers – but they aren’t Tiktok’s fault

    January 9, 2024

    Stanley is a classic and seemingly workaday US brand – its first steel vacuum flask was invented by Victor Stanley in 1913. But after a century of quietly keeping Americans hydrated, Stanley cups got famous, Tiktok famous.

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