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Weekly Online Newsletter 30 July 2013 HOME EDITOR'S CHOICE ECONOMICS POLITICS CULTURE BLOGS JOBS SUBSCRIBE If you were forwarded this by a colleague please click here to subscribe Editor's Choice Ten must-read blogs What is it about those vans? Surely Cameron's modernising senses detect the toxic smell given off when a Tory Home Secretary runs a "migrants go home" campaign. By Rafael Behr "Babies are brilliant!": what's behind the increasing trend of social media baby bragging? Why do we feel the need to "share" pictures of children for others to gawp at on social media? Lulu Le Vay argues that there's more to this smug hollering about our reproductive successes than meets the eye. By Lulu Le Vay Generation Peak-Teen The global peak year for births was 1990. Now the number of babies being born is falling. What does this mean for the world as we know it? By Danny Dorling Who are the trolls? What we know about the men (and sometimes women) who spend their days trying to provoke a reaction on the internet. By Helen Lewis What today's introduction of Employment Tribunal Fees really means As of this morning, Employment Tribunals - set up to provide a proper, impartial forum for the resolution of disputes between employees and employers - are no longer free to access. By Matt Foster The time that I saw my balls on a giant television How do you tell a stranger, "I have too many balls"? Paul Dean has the answer. By Paul Dean Homeownership isn't a good aim of policy A nation of homeowners isn't better than a nation of renters - and it may even be worse. By Alex Hern Why I willingly handed over my credit card and PIN to a fraudster If scammers disguised themselves as your bank's fraud protection team, would you fall for it? Andy Welch did. By Andy Welch First they came for the porn stars: the problem with an online filter The idea that you can tackle misogyny with a porn filter or a plastic bag is one of the more ludicrous conceits of social conservatives in modern times. By By Martin Robbins Lez Miserable: "There's just something exhilarating about women being unashamedly gross" From Lena Dunham tweeting about her bladder movements to Lana Del Rey becoming the first ever pop star to describe what her vagina tastes like in a song, today's rude girls are storming the mainstream. Men no longer own gross. By Eleanor Margolis Promotion The New Statesman Century The New Statesman Century celebrates one hundred years of the finest cultural and political commentary written in the English-speaking world. This perfect-bound, 244-page collector's edition of the magazine brings together a selection of work from former New Statesman contributors including George Bernard Shaw, Virginia Woolf, Edward Said, Rebecca West and Julian Barnes. This limited edition of the New Statesman is now available. Click here to buy a copy now (UK). For order of multiple copies or for overseas delivery contact Stephen Brasher by email or on 44 0207 936 6459. Sponsored Advertorial   Subscribe Kindly note that if you receive this e-mail your e-mail address is being held by us for the purpose of communicating with you on New Statesman related matters. If you do not wish us to e- mail you, please unsubscribe from this list. New Statesman Limited is a Data Controller for the purposes of the Data Protection Act 1998. © New Statesman Ltd. 2013. The above information may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient of this email please destroy it. As Internet communications are not secure please note that the New Statesman does not accept legal responsibility for the content of this email message.