Martin Robbins

Casting a sceptical eye on sex, media and politics

Check your sanity privilege: writing online can be bad for your mental health

By Martin Robbins - 30 April 14:08

Mental health is a complicated thing, problems arise for complicated reasons, and the idea that it’s simply a question of being unable to cope with bad things is deeply unhelpful.

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Andrew Wakefield and supporters in 2010. Photo: Getty

Giving space to Andrew Wakefield on MMR isn't balance, it's lunacy

By Martin Robbins - 13 April 15:52

The Independent should not have run the discredited doctor's claims on its front page today, says Martin Robbins.

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If Richard Littlejohn didn’t exist, you’d have to make him up

By Martin Robbins - 26 March 12:04

Censoring the Daily Mail columnist, particularly in the wake of Lucy Meadows’ death, is tempting. But his views are still shared by millions, and worse is said on social media every single minute.

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Savile: Denialism and the "grooming the nation" delusion

By Martin Robbins - 14 January 15:32

The myth that Savile "groomed the nation" is pure denialism - pretending that the problem isn’t about us but some other group.

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Sir Patrick Moore: A great and bad man

By Martin Robbins - 10 December 14:00

The astronomer inspired many, but we cannot whitewash his sexist, xenophobic and homophobic comments as the outbursts of a quirky old eccentric.

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Savile "manhandles" 14-year-old Coleen Nolan on Top of the Pops.

The problem Leveson can't solve: we want newspapers to lie to us

By Martin Robbins - 28 November 19:06

"As long as our insatiable demand for trashy gossip and comforting lies remains it will continue to be satisfied by any means possible", writes Martin Robbins.

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The sinister campaign against Page 3

By Martin Robbins - 03 October 12:08

At worst, campaigners are engaging in exactly the same sort of sexual policing and censorship that The Sun does. The answer is more nudity, not less, says Martin Robbins.

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A suitably vague but uplifting photo of hot air balloon. Photo: Getty Images

The trouble with TED talks

By Martin Robbins - 10 September 13:33

In the cult of TED, everything is awesome and inspirational, and ideas aren’t supposed to be challenged, says Martin Robbins.

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A woman reads a tablet computer. Photo: Getty Images

Why do we let the Prudocracy police our sexual fantasies?

By Martin Robbins - 20 August 13:33

I masturbate. You masturbate. Let's not get our knickers in such a twist about it, says Martin Robbins.

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Epic Shell PR fail? No, the real villains here are Greenpeace

By Martin Robbins - 18 July 11:15

Since when were Greenpeace the bad guys?

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The doublethink that allows tabloids to campaign against online porn

By Martin Robbins - 06 July 9:26

A teenage rapist was excused by a judge because he had been "corrupted" by online filth. Where's the evidence?

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Kendall and Kylie Jenner are regular fixtures on Mail Online

Sex, children and Mail Online

By Martin Robbins - 11 June 11:09

The Daily Mail campaigns against the sexualisation of children. Meanwhile, its website runs pictures of 14-year-old Kylie Jenner in a "tiny wetsuit" and "skimpy bikinis". What's wrong here?

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