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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Addressing Stuck Patterns When Stuck in Together
This blog post outlines ways in which we might address our relationship patterns if we're stuck in with others during Covid-19. There's a post discussing the... Read more
Posted on 26 March 2020 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
New Radio Show: The Book of Polyamory – The Ethical Slut
Thanks so much to Radio 4 for including me in this awesome show about The Ethical Slut: The Book of Polyamory. Give it a listen to hear all about open... Read more
Posted on 25 March 2020 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Locating Our Selves During the Covid-19 Crisis
Today is the first time I've felt able to post more personally since the Covid-19 pandemic began. In fact it's the first time I've felt able to write this way i... Read more
Posted on 17 March 2020 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
First Book on Audio
The first of my books is now available on audio - The Psychology of Sex! I hope it's the first of many. Links and blurb below... What can psychology teach us... Read more
Posted on 20 February 2020 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
New Year Slowing Down and Gentleness Podcasts
Soooo... The eagle-eyed among you will have noticed that I haven't blogged here for a couple of months. This is because on top of the already tough year that... Read more
Posted on 03 February 2020 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
All About Boundaries
I recently got included in this great piece for Allure magazine about making and maintaining sexual boundaries. Boundaries are a vital element of consent, but... Read more
Posted on 02 December 2019 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Figuring out Your Sexuality
Thanks to Paisley Gilmour for including me in this nice netdoctor overview about figuring out your sexuality: Am I gay, straight, lesbian, bisexual or LGBTQ+?... Read more
Posted on 29 November 2019 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Brighton Book Launch
I'm launching Gender: A Graphic Guide in Brighton on 11th December. Do come along if you're nearby. Meg-John Barker is the author of a number of popular books... Read more
Posted on 26 November 2019 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Love Isn’t Binary
My art-ner (co-author!) Alex Iantaffi and I keynoted the Non-Monogamies and Contemporary Intimacies conference in Barcelona last week. Thanks to the awesome... Read more
Posted on 19 November 2019 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Rethinking Sex in Relationships
Recently I was interviewed Rachael Healy for a couple of articles on My Viv about sex beyond penis-in-vagina intercourse and about navigating no-sex spells in... Read more
Posted on 18 November 2019 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Sexual Fluidity and ‘Call Me By Your Name’
Recently I got interviewed for this great article about sexual fluidity which interviewed author André Aciman about his work. As a huge fan of Call Me By Your... Read more
Posted on 30 October 2019 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Plural Selves FAQ
Just two of my plural selves shooting the breeze about plurality, no biggie... J: Okay are we going to do this? B: Absolutely. Just you and me talking... Read more
Posted on 24 October 2019 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Consent Zine in Cosmo!
Meg-John Barker's 'The Consent Checklist' is perfect for anyone who still doesn't quite get it. While generally we're talking about sex and consent more openly... Read more
Posted on 17 October 2019 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Treating Writers Consensually
As regular readers know, I've been writing a lot about consent again recently. One of the areas that's come up for me is consent in my relationships with... Read more
Posted on 16 October 2019 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
New Zine! And Patreon!
The last few weeks I've been hard at work finishing the first draft of Sexuality: A Graphic Guide. This is my next follow-up to Queer: A Graphic History after... Read more
Posted on 10 October 2019 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Hot Love: Being and Having
A good friend recently asked me what I think about hot love: that intense in-love feeling. What does it mean when we feel that, and what should we do about... Read more
Posted on 19 September 2019 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Fighting Or Feeding Your Demons? It and Facing up to Historical and...
Last night I saw the sequel to It and obviously I have many many thoughts and feelings. You don't have be familiar with the film or book to read this post... Read more
Posted on 08 September 2019 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Sexual Incompatibility
I was recently included in this article about sexual incompatibility by Alix Fox. It's something that Justin Hancock and I talk about regularly on our podcast a... Read more
Posted on 04 September 2019 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Queer Mad Comics
Earlier this summer I was stoked to keynote the Graphic Medicine conference whose theme this year was Que(e)rying Graphic Medicine. My talk was called 'queer,... Read more
Posted on 02 September 2019 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Embracing Failure in Work, Home, and Relationships
Long read ahoy, all about failure. For the takeaways feel free to skip to the end. This summer I left employment - and education - after over two decades, to... Read more
Posted on 28 August 2019 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY