September 23rd is bi visibility day: something I’ve written about here before. This year I thought I’d post a Q&A I did recently on the...
I’ve made my first attempt at a zine! For the last few months I’ve been thinking a whole lot about the social side of mental distress. It...
Novaramedia is currently publishing a number of useful articles around the theme of mental health, including pieces on work and mental health, and one on talking...
I’m stoked that I was voted in the top 100 sex blogger superheroes this year by the kinkly website. So great to hear that people are enjoying...
This post explores the importance of gratitude for mental health and well-being, and the limitations of taking an individualistic approach towards saying ‘thank-you’. The original...
Recently Diabetes UK have been running an advertising campaign that sits uneasily with me and with a lot of my friends. In their posters they...
The inevitability of treating partners as things? Romance in Ruby Sparks (and why I like the ending)
Recently I got round to watching last year’s Ruby Sparks on DVD. I’d been looking forward to watching this film for some time because it...
Last week I gave a talk on self-help books to literature students at UEA and, thanks to the marvellous B. J. Epstein, I had the...
Today is World Mental Health day so I thought I’d write a post about mental health in relationships. My own position on mental health is that we...
I just finished a fascinating book by Angela Neustatter called A Home for the Heart. The book deals with the importance of home in our...