Megbarker
MY BLOGS
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Social Mindfulness
http://socialmindfulness.wordpress.com/
Social mindfulness draws together projects which explore the social potentials of mindfulness. The kinds of issues and topics explored on the social mindfulness blog include:
The potential of existing mindfulness practices for addressing social issues, such as conflict, sustainability, and discrimination.
The development of mindfulness practices which are explicitly social and/or collective (e.g. with the aim of improving empathy, or conducted in conversations or groups).
Explorations of the possibility of mindful relationships.
Dialogues between mindfulness and social theory, social science and social psychology.
Mindfulness therapies which are located more explicitly within sociocultural understandings of human experience.
The application of mindfulness to social settings, such as healthcare, education, and social work. -
Northern Existential Group
http://northernexistentialgroup.wordpress.com/
Northern UK group on existential philosophy, psychology and psychotherapy
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BiUK
http://bisexualresearch.wordpress.com/
The UK national organisation for bisexual research and activism
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Rewriting the Rules
http://rewritingtherules.wordpress.com/
A blog on love, sex and relationships covering issues such as self-help, break-up, communication, conflict, marriage, LGBTQ, monogamy, non-monogamy, break-up, gender, sexuality, commitment, romance, depression, self-care, society, mindfulness, existentialism, philosophy, psychology, and counselling/therapy.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 326 )
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BiUK Response to Stonewall Bi Consultation
Back in February, several of us from BiUK were involved in a consultation between Stonewall and the UK bisexual community about how they could improve their wor... Read more
Posted on 14 August 2015 LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY -
Why Be Normal? Podcast Goes Live
Earlier this year I spoke at a panel at the SICK! Festival about normal sex: why people want so much to be normal, and why the struggle to be normal often... Read more
Posted on 14 August 2015 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
The Bisexuality Report in Metro
Today’s Metro included a great article about biphobia which included numerous mentions of BiUK’s Bisexuality Report.Many thanks to journalist Francesca... Read more
Posted on 12 August 2015 LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY -
Inside Out: Getting in Touch with Our Emotions
This weekend I saw the new Disney Pixar movie Inside Out. I’m a big fan of Pixar already, particularly because their previous films have explored huge... Read more
Posted on 27 July 2015 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
New Book Published: Surya Monro’s Bisexuality: Identities, Politics, and Theories
BiUK trustee and Purple List-er Surya Monro‘s new book Bisexuality: Identities, Politics, and Theories has just come out.Bisexuality has been largely erased fro... Read more
Posted on 26 July 2015 LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY -
BiUK Celebrated in the Purple List
We were delighted today to see three members of BiUK celebrated in the first ever Purple List: Biscuit magazine’s list of ‘people who make the world a little... Read more
Posted on 24 July 2015 LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY -
Public Health England to Report on Lesbian and Bisexual Women’s Health...
Lisa Colledge writes…Public Health England (PHE) is producing its first ever report on UK lesbian and bisexual women’s health inequalities. Read more
Posted on 21 July 2015 LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY -
Statement by the Trustees and Associates of BiUK: Pride in London
This is BiUK’s official statement on the inclusion of LGBT+ in UKIP in London Pride 2015:The inclusion of LGBT members of the United Kingdom Independence Party... Read more
Posted on 20 July 2015 LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY -
Call for Papers: EuroBiReCon Amsterdam July 2016
Bisexuality and (Inter)National Research FrontiersFirst European Bisexual Research Conference (EuroBiReCon)EuroBiReCon is a conference for anyone with an... Read more
Posted on 15 July 2015 LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY -
New Zine! Social Suffering and Social Mindfulness
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. Read more
Posted on 07 July 2015 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
New Report: Bi’s of Colour
Following the Complicated report on bisexual people’s experiences of services last month BiUK is pleased to be able to announce yet another important piece of... Read more
Posted on 22 June 2015 LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY -
Supporting Each Other Through Mental Health Struggles
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 talkin... Read more
Posted on 03 June 2015 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Ladybeard Panel Discussion on Sex
Back in April I chaired a panel discussion for Ladybeard magazine called ‘Sex: Mythmaking and Taboo’. It was an amazing night with some absolutely brilliant... Read more
Posted on 02 June 2015 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
New Research on UK Bisexual People’s Experiences of Services
This week an important new piece of research on bisexuality was launched: Complicated: Bisexual people’s experiences of, and ideas for, accessing services by th... Read more
Posted on 28 May 2015 LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY -
Bisexual Asylum Seekers
Please do adapt this letter and send it on to your local MPs.16 May 2015Dear Mrs May,Bisexual asylum seekersAs Trustees and members of Bi UK, a charity that... Read more
Posted on 20 May 2015 LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY -
In Memory of Trevor Butt
Last week I found out that my dear friend, colleague and mentor, Trevor Butt, had died. It’s still very hard to believe that he is gone. Read more
Posted on 26 April 2015 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
In Memory of Trevor Butt
Last week I found out that my dear friend, colleague and mentor, Trevor Butt, had died. It’s still very hard to believe that he is gone. Read more
Posted on 26 April 2015 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Embrace Your Inner Mutant Superpower
This might seem a bit of a departure from the usual stuff that I write about here, but stay with me and hopefully you’ll see the connections. Read more
Posted on 12 April 2015 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Update: New Books!
I haven’t posted on here for over a month. Part of the reason is that I was hit with a big illness in February which took several weeks to recover from. Read more
Posted on 03 April 2015 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
New Book out on Bi Men from Around the World
Recognize: The Voices of Bisexual Men is a collection of short fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, reflective essays, critical essays and visual art produced... Read more
Posted on 20 March 2015 LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY