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Heffalumps and Conflicts

  • by Meg-John Barker
  • 6 January
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I was recently very flattered to be asked to write a guest post for the wonderful blog Treasury Islands, which is all about children’s literature....
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Need for better sex and relationship education

  • by Meg-John Barker
  • 4 January
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Back in 2012 I wrote this post about Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) which nicely forecasts my work with Justin Hancock on Enjoy Sex and...
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Tragic Optimism

  • by Meg-John Barker
  • 31 December
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This post is about a short essay by the existential psychiatrist, Victor Frankl, called The Case for Tragic Optimism. Frankl wrote this in 1984 as a postscript...
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The importance of alternative household arrangements

  • by Meg-John Barker
  • 28 December
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Over the summer of 2011 the Radio 4 show Thinking Allowed examined cultural shifts and changes in the home. Presenter Laurie Taylor took a number...
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Christmas presence: Being present over the festive season

  • by Meg-John Barker
  • 25 December
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In Charles Dickens‘s classic festive story, A Christmas Carol (and in the Muppet version of same which is compulsory viewing in our house at this...
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Mental Health – Beyond the 1 in 4

  • by Meg-John Barker
  • 16 October
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This long read covers what we know about mental health, and why I think that distinguishing between those who are, and are not, mentally ill,...
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Mindfulness: A strategy for social engagement?

  • by Meg-John Barker
  • 14 September
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People who read my blogs and other writing will know that one of the things I’m heavily into is  mindfulness. This is, broadly speaking, the practice...
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The gap that lovers must fill: What exactly is a ‘conventional’ relationship?

  • by Meg-John Barker
  • 24 August
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The common idea of the conventional relationship is of a monogamous, long-term relationship between a man and a woman, based on them falling in love,...
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What’s wrong with heteronormativity?

  • by Meg-John Barker
  • 17 August
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This post that I wrote way back in 2011 is proving popular on my blog lately, so I’m sharing it again along with a page...
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Mindlessness, Mindfulness and the Riots

  • by Meg-John Barker
  • 17 August
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Following the news reports over the last few days I, like many people, have struggled over what, if any, response I can make that would...
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