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 ( 313 )
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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 -
Book Out Today: Hell Yeah Self Care!
My new book with the fabulous Alex Iantaffi - Hell Yeah Self Care! - comes out today. It's a workbook full of information and activities about self-care and... Read more
Posted on 21 January 2021 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Alternative Academia
If you're interested in my occasional thoughts on academic life - having left - there's a new discussion piece where David Robertson and I share our thoughts... Read more
Posted on 14 January 2021 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Words Matter: Non-Binary Gender
Thanks so much to Reina Shimizu who interviewed me for Vogue Japan this month in their 'words matter' section on non-binary gender. Here's the English language... Read more
Posted on 07 January 2021 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Queer Activism and Mental Health Activism: The Need For Dialogue
Recently I was asked to speak on a panel for NSUN - the National Survivor User Network - about what mental health activism and LGBTQIA+ activism could learn fro... Read more
Posted on 09 December 2020 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Sex/gender Episode of NatureBang
Today I was featured on a sex/gender episode of the Radio 4 show NatureBang along with Professor Jenny Graves. We spoke about sex/gender diversity across the... Read more
Posted on 08 December 2020 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
On Queer Writing
Congratulations to Queerlings magazine: a magazine for queer writing which started up today. Many thanks to the editors - Chris, Tom, Scott Ezra - for asking... Read more
Posted on 01 December 2020 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Consensual Events
In the weeks leading up to #IDOConsent on 30th November I'm sharing a few posts dealing with consent and non-consent at all levels: in wider culture, in our... Read more
Posted on 23 November 2020 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Gaslighting and Consent
In the weeks leading up to #IDOConsent on 30th November I'm sharing a few posts dealing with consent and non-consent at all levels: in wider culture, in our... Read more
Posted on 16 November 2020 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Consensual Relationships
In the weeks leading up to #IDOConsent on 30th November I'm sharing a few posts dealing with consent and non-consent at all levels: in wider culture, in our... Read more
Posted on 09 November 2020 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Self-care, Trauma, and Embodiment Podcast
Recently Alex Iantaffi and I spoke at an embodiment conference about our upcoming book, Hell Yeah Self Care. Alex released the dialogue over on their podcast,... Read more
Posted on 23 October 2020 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
So Many Wings Mental Health Podcast
I was stoked recently to be interviewed for the So Many Wings podcast, which is one of my favourite podcasts - about transformatice mental health and social... Read more
Posted on 12 October 2020 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Bi Visibility: How to Be a Good Friend
A couple of bits from me for bi awareness week. First I'll be on this panel tonight talking about bi visibility and mental health. ELOP LGBT centre are... Read more
Posted on 24 September 2020 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Leaving Academia
To complete my surprise trilogy of academic publications in the year after leaving academia, my interview about leaving academia with Daniel Cardoso is now... Read more
Posted on 17 September 2020 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY