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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What is Queer? Joy 94.9 Podcast
I recently did a radio interview with Dean Beck from Australia's LGBTI radio station Joy 94.9. We talked all about my new book with Julia Scheele - Queer: A... Read more
Posted on 31 October 2016 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Mental Health Beyond Binaries: Ladybeard Panel
On 12th November I'll be speaking on a panel for Ladybeard magazine on mental health. I wrote a piece for their website here about my own thoughts on mental... Read more
Posted on 31 October 2016 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
My Self-help Project
I recently wrote a blog post for the Open University CCIG ' Methods in Motion' blog about my ongoing project of producing various forms of self-help (books, blo... Read more
Posted on 15 October 2016 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
New Website!
Today I can reveal my new-look website. Isn't it great?! Hopefully it'll be easier now to get information about my books, zines, videos, etc. as well as... Read more
Posted on 12 October 2016 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
White House Bisexuality Briefing
On 26th September 2016 I attended a historic bisexuality briefing at the White House. Bisexual community leaders had met with the White House on previous... Read more
Posted on 28 September 2016 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
White House Bisexuality Briefing
Rewriting The Rules On 26th September 2016 I attended a historic bisexuality briefing at the White House. Bisexual community leaders had met with the White Hous... Read more
Posted on 27 September 2016 LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY -
White House Bisexuality Briefing
On 26th September 2016 I attended a historic bisexuality briefing at the White House. Bisexual community leaders had met with the White House on previous... Read more
Posted on 27 September 2016 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
New Resources by National LGBT Hate Crime Unit Published
Professor Surya Monro has worked on behalf of BiUK with the National LGBT Hate Crime Unit. They, and in consultation with other bi* activist groups, have... Read more
Posted on 26 September 2016 LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY -
British Bisexuality: Purple Prose out Now!
Meg-John Barker reflects on the awesome new book on British Bisexuality…Last week saw the launch of a book project that I’m very excited to be part of: Purple... Read more
Posted on 07 September 2016 LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY -
British Bisexuality: Purple Prose out Now!
Last week saw the launch of a book project that I’m very excited to be part of: Purple Prose. This collection, edited by Kate Harrad, brings together experience... Read more
Posted on 07 September 2016 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
British Bisexuality: Purple Prose out Now!
Last week saw the launch of a book project that I'm very excited to be part of: Purple Prose. This collection, edited by Kate Harrad, brings together experience... Read more
Posted on 07 September 2016 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
New Article on Valuing Different Kinds of Relationships Equally
I recently did an interview for a great piece that appeared on The Establishment over the weekend about Relationship Anarchy. Relationship Anarchy is one of... Read more
Posted on 08 August 2016 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
New Article on Valuing Different Kinds of Relationships Equally
I recently did an interview for a great piece that appeared on The Establishment over the weekend about Relationship Anarchy. Relationship Anarchy is one of... Read more
Posted on 08 August 2016 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
New Case Studies Available About Older Bi(ish) People
There are some brilliant case studies available about older LGBT people, where someone’s individual story powerfully makes the case for why sexuality and... Read more
Posted on 21 July 2016 LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY -
Mad Studies and Queer Studies
My friend Helen Spandler and I recently wrote a piece for the Mad Studies Network about what Mad Studies and Queer Studies are, and what they might learn from... Read more
Posted on 18 July 2016 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
The Secrets of Enduring Love Videos
Jacqui Gabb and put together this series of videos with The Open University to answer some the main questions that we cover in our book The Secrets of Enduring... Read more
Posted on 04 June 2016 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
New Research: The Voices of African Descent Bisexual Women
Kristin M. Brown writes…Title: The Voices of African Descent Bisexual Women: Experiences Related to Identity and Disclosure, in Social Support Networks and... Read more
Posted on 04 April 2016 LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY -
Pink Therapy: Beyond Gay and Straight
On March 12th 2016 the UK LGBTQ+ therapy organisation Pink Therapy ran a conference on working with bisexual people. You can read summaries of the conference... Read more
Posted on 28 March 2016 LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY -
New Zine! Staying with Feelings
A topic I've written about on here quite a lot is the idea of 'staying with' feelings. After the Pixar movie Inside Out I wrote all about how important it is t... Read more
Posted on 21 March 2016 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
New Zine! Staying with Feelings
A topic I’ve written about on here quite a lot is the idea of ‘staying with’ feelings. After the Pixar movie Inside Out I wrote all about how important it is... Read more
Posted on 21 March 2016 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY