Hooray hooray it’s another publication day! Huge thanks to the team at @hachetteus.bsky.social I love this cover 😊

"We are used to quick-fix surgical solutions as an answer to appearance anxiety – while that anxiety is industrially manufactured, algorithmically amplified and monetised at scale." Cultural historian @fayboundalberti.bsky.social writes for New Humanist on the commodification of our faces:

Are we pushing our bodies too far? Five experts ask where we should draw the line. Featuring: 💕 Viren Swami on how to fix our toxic dating culture 🐦‍🔥 Juliet Jacques on the power of reinventing our bodies 🙂 @fayboundalberti.bsky.social on how to save our faces from commodification

First up, five experts explore the pressures we’re putting on our bodies, and where we should draw the line - including Olympian Ryan Pini on doping, @fayboundalberti.bsky.social on how our faces have been commodified, social psychologist Viren Swami on how to fix our toxic dating culture (2/9)

You’ve probably read about “looksmaxxing” in relation to Clavicular, the manosphere and social media. But what does it really tell us about neoliberalism and its impact on face value? My latest for Time magazine time.com/article/2026...

Thanks Tom - this was a lovely conversation and we could have talked for hours! If you missed it and want to catch up, you can listen to the 9pm repeat or follow this link: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Face-inating discussion with @fayboundalberti.bsky.social @michaelpollan.bsky.social #MaryCostello www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... Thanks!

There is no male equivalent of resting bitch face - resting asshole face is not a thing. Why? Misogyny innit. It was great to speak to Melissa Denes for her brilliant article on moveable faces in film. observer.co.uk/culture/film...

Thanks to my lovely friends and colleagues and students who came to the launch of The Face last week. And to my Interface collaborators near and far who were unable to make it: a glass was raised 🙏

Thrilled that The Face is included in The Telegraph’s “Best Books of 2026 (so far)”! www.telegraph.co.uk/books/non-fi...

Men's faces are in the news - from Pete Hesgeth's chiseled jaw that conceals flimsier credentials to Trump's last-gasp hair and the is-he-or-isn't-he transformation of Jim Carrey. This is white male neoliberalism at its finest, as I wrote in my latest faces piece for @theguardian.com

Well that was rather wonderful and what a great book. Congratulations David! @kingschostm.bsky.social

“Who is feeding our children while we are making history?” That was Robert Chelsea’s question when asked about being the first African American face transplant recipient. Robert and I talked to Annie Kelly @todayinfocus.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/p/x4dd6m?CMP... #BlackHistoryMonth

Face blindness isn't well known and nor is its history. People with face blindness do *know* people - just not in the ways we are expected to! To find out more see the Telegraph magazine - out this Saturday. Photos Felicity McCabe www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/02/22/living-with-face-blindness/

Hooray hooray publication day! Huge thanks to the team at Allen Lane 🐧

🔔 Coming up in our seminar: New Book Party! Smart: A history of intelligence by David Brydan (with comments by Professor @fayboundalberti.bsky.social and Professor Federico Turkheimer) 🗓️ Tues 3 March, 18.00-19.30 📍 8th floor, Strand building Register in Eventbrite ➡️ tinyurl.com/smart-brydan

Our colleague @fayboundalberti.bsky.social will be talking about #loneliness @britishacademy.bsky.social on Thu 19 Mar 2026, 18:30 - 19:45 www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/the-a...