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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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The Invisible Stereotypes of Bisexual Men
Alon Zivony & Thalma Lobel update us on their recent research…Bisexuals face two broad social problems: public invisibility and discrimination. Read more
Posted on 29 June 2014 LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY -
Bisexuality Talks at EuroPride 2014
Last weekend (20th to 22nd June) was the beginning of EuroPride 2014 that was being held in Oslo, Norway. Alongside the usual parties, parades and merriment,... Read more
Posted on 27 June 2014 LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY -
Will Gay Rights and Feminist Movements Please Return to Your Assumptions
Pride season is upon us and I’ve been struck by the tension that still exists across various Pride events around the B and T parts of the LGBT acronym... Read more
Posted on 26 June 2014 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Openness and Vulnerability: Did I Hit Forty Or Did It Hit Me?
I always planned to write a blog post here about turning forty, especially after sharing a wonderful 80s vs 90s themed party last month with my decade sibling... Read more
Posted on 25 June 2014 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Non-binary Genders Talk
Here’s a talk about non-binary genders that I did at the excellent Pink Therapy conference on trans* earlier this year. Thanks so much to Alex Drummond for her... Read more
Posted on 04 June 2014 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Dominant and Submissive Relationships
Since Rewriting the Rules was published I sometimes get asked to do email interviews with journalists on various topics. Some of these get published in an edite... Read more
Posted on 02 June 2014 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Kink Awareness Exercise
Yesterday I ran my training session on kink/BDSM (bondage and discipline, dominance and submission, and sadomasochism) to a group of sex and relationship... Read more
Posted on 24 May 2014 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
New Article on Bisexual Counselling Competence
Brooks, L. M. Inman, A. G. (2013). Bisexual Counseling Competence: Investigating the Role of Attitudes and Empathy. Journal of LGBT Issues in Counseling, 7... Read more
Posted on 06 May 2014 LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY -
Quick Wins for Bisexual Inclusion
For the purposes of this post, I’m going to assume that people do want to include bisexual people when they are talking about ‘LGB people’ or ‘LGB&T; people’. Read more
Posted on 11 April 2014 LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY -
Guardian Article – Relationship FAQ
Yesterday The Guardian interviewed a bunch of sex and relationship bloggers to find out our answers to our most frequently asked questions. Read more
Posted on 19 March 2014 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Getting Back Together
A bit of a departure from my usual blog entries but hopefully by the end it’ll make sense why it fits here. I need to write this to you out in public, for all t... Read more
Posted on 16 March 2014 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Only Connect: Some Personal Thoughts on the Importance of Connection
This is more of a personal post than most that I write but I’m including it here rather than in the offline journal where I write more self-focused reflections. Read more
Posted on 09 March 2014 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Bisexual Health Awareness Month
Activists and researchers in the US have dubbed this month ‘Bisexual Health Awareness Month’ to highlight the health disparities faced by bisexual people. Read more
Posted on 07 March 2014 LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY -
Diverse Love
This month I was asked to contribute to the series that Photoworks has been doing on Queer Representations. This is a series of commissioned texts marking LGBT... Read more
Posted on 17 February 2014 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
57 Genders For Facebook
February is a pretty busy time for somebody who writes about sex, gender and relationships what with the coinciding of LGBT history month and Valentine’s Day.... Read more
Posted on 15 February 2014 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH -
The Advocate on Bisexuality and Fluidity
A useful article in The Advocate on bisexuality and fluidity:Exploring the Umbrella: Bisexuality and Fluidity A growing body of research indicates that for... Read more
Posted on 12 February 2014 LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY -
New York Times on Bisexual Experience and Research
From the New York Times, 5th January 2014.Bisexual: A Label With LayersTom Daley Comes Out as Bisexual, Igniting L.G.B.T. Debateby Michael ShulmanThose six... Read more
Posted on 04 January 2014 LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY -
A Very Mindful 2014
Telegraph agony aunt Petra Boynton has put together a great set of suggestions going into 2014, drawing all many of the people who’ve advised her on her... Read more
Posted on 04 January 2014 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Happy New Year
all!Soon into the new year I will be linking to a great article where a bunch of people give their suggested alternatives to making standard new years... Read more
Posted on 31 December 2013 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Happy Holidays – TED Talk
Happy holidays from Rewriting the Rules. A great present for me was that my TEDx talk from the Brighton 2013 event has now been edited and gone live. I hope... Read more
Posted on 24 December 2013 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY