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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Guardian Post on Monogamy
There’s a piece by me on the Guardian Comment is Free website in response to today’s news about research on evolutionary theories of monogamy.So monogamy works... Read more
Posted on 30 July 2013 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Same Sex Marriage: Opening Up and Closing Down
This year I was invited to 10 Downing Street for a reception celebrating the same-sex marriage act which passed into UK law recently. Read more
Posted on 25 July 2013 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Same-sex Marriage – Inclusions & Exclusions
I’ve been invited to 10 Downing Street for their same-sex marriage celebration tomorrow. Here’s the report from the Open University website: Meg will be part... Read more
Posted on 23 July 2013 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Other People’s Feelings
Something that has been a live issue for me recently – both in my own life and in conversations with friends – is how we relate other people’s feelings. Read more
Posted on 16 July 2013 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Daniel Kawczynski Comes out as Bisexual
This week bisexuality has been in the UK news as conservative MP, Daniel Kawczynski has come out as bisexual. Interestingly, for the first time it seems,... Read more
Posted on 03 July 2013 LGBTQ, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Amazing New Bisexuality Book – out This Week!
Depicted as duplicitous, traitorous, and promiscuous, bisexuality has long been suspected, marginalized, and rejected by both straight and gay communities alike. Read more
Posted on 23 June 2013 LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY -
Mindfulness and Mental Health – London, 1st November
Call for presenters/facilitators/attendeesMindfulness and Mental Health Day – 1st November 2013, London CamdenDr. Meg Barker will be running a free event on... Read more
Posted on 18 June 2013 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, PSYCHOLOGY -
Life-changing Decisions
I was in The Metro newspaper this morning talking about making life-changing decisions. The piece was accompanied by this pic which I rather liked – especially... Read more
Posted on 13 June 2013 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Printsasia Blogpost on Rewriting the Rules
The fabulous people at Printsasia have posted up a blog about Rewriting the Rules:We live in a time of deep uncertainty about romantic relationships. Read more
Posted on 11 June 2013 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
The Tendency to Polarise
The last couple of days I’ve been thinking and writing here about academic and political debates, particularly the tendency that these have to become polarised... Read more
Posted on 05 June 2013 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Porn Again
After my last post about the debates around the new Porn Studies journal I wanted to add a further comment on the subject. Writing that post got me thinking... Read more
Posted on 05 June 2013 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
BiReCon Goes Stateside
BiReCon – the bisexuality academic/community conference set up by BiUK – has its first US outing this Friday with a day of events preceding the the 21st... Read more
Posted on 03 June 2013 LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY -
Erotic Award 2013: Why It Meant So Much
Following my last post I’m very pleased to report that, on Friday, I was the proud recipient of the Erotic Award in the academic category. Read more
Posted on 20 May 2013 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Nominated for an Erotic Award!
I’m very pleased to announce that my book has been nominated for an award. This was very unanticipated so I’m stoked about it. What was even more unanticipated... Read more
Posted on 10 May 2013 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
The Inevitability of Treating Partners as Things? Romance in Ruby Sparks (and Wh...
Recently I got round to watching last year’s Ruby Sparks on DVD. I’d been looking forward to watching this film for some time because it is a mediation on what... Read more
Posted on 29 April 2013 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Embracing Uncertainty: What Does It Really Mean?
An important idea that I’ve come across in various contexts is that of embracing uncertainty. I liked it so much that I ended each chapter of Rewriting the Rule... Read more
Posted on 19 April 2013 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Freud on Bisexuality
Lou Andreas-Salomé’s ‘Freud Diary’ (from her discussions with Freud c.1913). Describing a lecture by Freud on Feb 15 1913 to the Wednesday Group: “He spoke... Read more
Posted on 16 April 2013 LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX, SEXUALITY -
Relationship Conflict and the Community of Selves
I came across a great example this morning in a paper by my friend and colleague Trevor Butt which I thought could be very usefully applied to relationship... Read more
Posted on 03 April 2013 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
How to Break up
A great piece by Petra Boynton in The Telegraph today on how to handle relationship break-up. Breaking up is (usually) hard to do Breaking up with someone can... Read more
Posted on 29 March 2013 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
New Book on Women’s Sexual Fantasies
Emily Dubberley, founder of Cliterati website, is writing a book on women’s sexual fantasy in 21st century – an updating of the Nancy Friday books, which are... Read more
Posted on 05 March 2013 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY