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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Showing Your Working: On Writing Vulnerable
Now that I'm a full-time writer (yes, I did it!) I'm thinking even more than I did before about the process of writing. Something that comes up a lot around my... Read more
Posted on 21 August 2019 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Remembering Audrey: Another Memorial
Tonight is the full moon so another regret ritual for me. The more I do them the more each one seems to find the right shape for that particular time. Last... Read more
Posted on 15 August 2019 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Straight People Going to Gay Events and Venues
Recently Grace Walsh interviewed me for this great piece about straight people going to gay bars. You can read my full thoughts here on straight people going... Read more
Posted on 12 August 2019 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Queer Loneliness and Friendship
I recently did an interview for this great piece on queer loneliness, and how to find LGBTQ+ friends. It was a nice one for me because I did my PhD on lonelines... Read more
Posted on 01 August 2019 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Time to Ditch the Idea of Foreplay?
I recently did an interview with Franki Cookney about how problematic the concept of 'foreplay' is. You can read Frank's excellent articles here, and my... Read more
Posted on 25 July 2019 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Consent and Intentional Relationships
You can hear me this week on Hannah Witton's Doing It podcas t talking about consent and intentional relationships. This week, Hannah chats to author Dr... Read more
Posted on 18 July 2019 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Straight Culture
I was recently interviewed by Jake Hall for an article on straight culture. You can read Jake's piece here, and my full interview below. Straight Pride has... Read more
Posted on 10 July 2019 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Practising Regret
This week Moya Sarner wrote an interesting article about regret and the toll that it can take on mental health. I recently came across a Buddhist ritual around... Read more
Posted on 03 July 2019 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Queer Comics
Last night I was stoked to be on a panel discussing queer comics at Gay's The Word bookshop in London. Dream gig or what?! I'm going to share here my answers... Read more
Posted on 05 June 2019 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Memorial for Gran: Does Everything Happen for a Reason?
One of the many, many big changes that's happened for me in the past year is that I lost my last living Grandparent. My Gran, Leslie Duffield, died shortly... Read more
Posted on 26 May 2019 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
New Book – Life Isn’t Binary – Out Today!
My new book with my co-author Alex Iantaffi - Life Isn't Binary - is out today. Like Rewriting the Rules, Life Isn't Binary is an idea I'd had for a long time... Read more
Posted on 21 May 2019 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
What Gender Affirmative Therapy is and is Not
Two years on from 2017 when it began, we're still in the midst of a moral panic about trans. Daily news stories across all sections of the media continue to... Read more
Posted on 18 March 2019 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Podcast: Life Isn’t Binary! How Non-binary Thinking Can Help Us to Understand...
My fabulous co-author, Alex Iantaffi, and I have a new book out this summer called Life Isn't Binary. It's all about how non-binary thinking applies to way... Read more
Posted on 11 March 2019 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
The Snowflake Generation
Recently I was interviewed for an article in OUTNews about the term 'snowflake' and whether we are in the midst of a snowflake generation. You can read the... Read more
Posted on 04 March 2019 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Vanilla Sex
Recently I was interviewed for an article in VICE about what vanilla sex means and whether people are having it. You can read the full article here, and here's... Read more
Posted on 25 February 2019 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
The Pansexual Revolution?
Recently I was interviewed for an article in The Guardian about whether pansexuality and sexual fluidity are becoming mainstream. You can read the full article... Read more
Posted on 18 February 2019 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Happy Holidays Comic: Plural Selves
Happy holidays from Rewriting the Rules! I haven't blogged as much this year as I have in the past. This is partly because it's been a year of huge change and... Read more
Posted on 25 December 2018 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Trans: Adventurers Across Time and Space
This past year it was confirmed beyond all doubt that Dr Who is trans as Jodie Whittaker began playing their latest incarnation. During the same year we've... Read more
Posted on 13 November 2018 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
Sex Positivity
A while back I did an interview with Franki Cookney about sex positivity, which became this excellent article. It was great to read that, and this other great... Read more
Posted on 28 August 2018 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY -
New Zine: Mapping Your Sexuality
Over the last year my co-author Alex Iantaffi and I got together with top feminist scientist Sari van Anders to make a zine exploring her ' Sexual Configuration... Read more
Posted on 23 August 2018 LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY