New Humanist | Autumn 2013

Inside Jonathan Franzen • Blasphemy in the classroom • Cruella’s fol ly • The joy of pessimism

New Humanist A rational approach to the modern world Autumn 2021 Published since 1885

Plus: cryptic crossword,

quiz and new poetry

Who controls our bodies?

Zoe Holman on the battle over childbirth Ray Filar on the new threat to sex workers

Jem Bartholomew on the right to die Alex Riley on the electroshock revolution

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Vol 136 No 3 £5.95

ISSN 0306-512X newhumanist.org.uk