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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Relationship Super Conference Talk
I recently did an interview for The Relationship Super Conference, which is running from October 4th to October 10th. It looks set to be an amazing event... Read more
Posted on 27 September 2021 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Bisexuality and Biphobia
Earlier this year, Carla Merino from El Pais interviewed me about bisexuality and biphobia. You can read the article here. Below is the full interview in... Read more
Posted on 23 September 2021 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Free Book 3: Consent
I've recently added a new page to my website for free books. These are collections of blog posts and other things I've written over the years on specific topics... Read more
Posted on 08 September 2021 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Free Book 2: Trauma
I've recently added a new page to my website for free books. These are collections of blog posts and other things I've written over the years on specific topics... Read more
Posted on 20 August 2021 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Madzines 2: Self Care Zines
Recently I had a long written dialogue with my friend and colleague Helen Spandler about the ways in which zines, comics, and graphic books can be helpful ways... Read more
Posted on 09 August 2021 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
MadZines 1: Crafting Contention
Recently I had a long written dialogue with my friend and colleague Helen Spandler about the ways in which zines, comics, and graphic books can be helpful ways... Read more
Posted on 27 July 2021 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Free Book 1: Plurality
I've recently added a new page to my website for free books. These are collections of blog posts and other things I've written over the years on specific topics... Read more
Posted on 12 July 2021 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Letting Go of Gender Reveal Parties
I was recently interviewed for Vogue about whether gender reveal parties are something we might leave behind in 2020. You can read the excellent piece they wrot... Read more
Posted on 16 June 2021 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Attachment, Emotion and Plural Parts Work
In this follow up to my recent attachment theory piece, two of my containing parts discuss how we can embrace all of the attachment styles within us - and the... Read more
Posted on 31 May 2021 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Staying with the Big Feels
In this follow up to my Staying With Feelings zine, two of my containing parts discuss how we can go about staying with intense emotions when they arise, why... Read more
Posted on 22 May 2021 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Working Dunbar’s Number and Other Adventures in Slow Relating
In this follow-up post to last year's Slow Relating, two of my connection-focused selves come together to explore relating in more consensual, trauma-informed... Read more
Posted on 04 May 2021 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Gender, Attachment and Trauma
Today I was stoked to be asked to be part of an online conference at The Bowlby Centre therapist training institute. The event focused on gender, hence... Read more
Posted on 24 April 2021 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Opening up from Lockdown
This week I was on the Culture, Sex, Relationships podcast with Justin Hancock (bringing the old team back together again) to talk about the personal and... Read more
Posted on 16 April 2021 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Trans Sex
My new book with Jules Scheele - Sexuality: A Graphic Guide - is out now, following up on our previous book Gender: A Graphic Guide. So it seemed a good time... Read more
Posted on 02 April 2021 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
What is Queer?
Last month Jules Scheele's and my new comic book - Sexuality: A Graphic Guide - came out. I'm also thinking and planning towards a fourth book in the series,... Read more
Posted on 16 March 2021 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Heteroflexibility and Bicuriosity
Thanks so much to Paisley Gilmour for including me in this recent Cosmo article about being heteroflexible: an awesome interview with sex educator and podcaste... Read more
Posted on 03 March 2021 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Hell Yeah Self-Care Podcast
This week me and Alex Iantaffi went on Justin Hancock's Culture, Sex, Relationships podcast to talk about our new book Hell Yeah Self-Care. It was so good to b... Read more
Posted on 18 February 2021 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Sexuality: A Graphic Guide Book Launch
Meg-John Barker is the author of a number of popular books on sex, gender, and relationships, including Queer: A Graphic History, How To Understand Your... Read more
Posted on 11 February 2021 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Facebook/LinkedIn Announcement
Just a quick announcement to say I'm going to delete my Facebook and LinkedIn accounts soon in order to have fewer social media platforms to engage with. If... Read more
Posted on 09 February 2021 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
New Sexuality Book Out! The Real Sex Education!
My new book with Jules Scheele - Sexuality: A Graphic Guide - comes out today. One of the ways we're launching it is that I spoke about the book on The Real... Read more
Posted on 04 February 2021 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY