Category: society
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Morons
The current module on my course talks of the importance of NVC – Non- Violent Communication when holding conversations with people of differing views. There are four stages to NVC communication: 1) Making observations 2) Describing feelings 3) Identifying needs 4) Making requests So for example, instead of projecting what you are feeling onto what…
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Empathy
So I have been completing a course with Berkely Greater Good Science Centre (Might as well make use of insomnia). In one module, I was asked to complete the empathy test below: https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/quizzes/embed/empathy The summary of my results included suggestions on how to be more empathetic. Rather than swimming in neurosis on whether the tips…
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Truss Us
She is appalling. And Kwasi. Oh Kwasi. He is appalling too. But have you noticed the relative ease the media has had at pointing this out? Where was this energy with Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson? The man who broke his own law and partied as people died. Literally. 330k deaths from austerity, 208k Covid.…
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Long live the people
In the trenches of blighty, the enforced mourning is exhausting. Across billboards and headlines we are told that we must feel deeply devastated about the death of an elderly women who lived a very long, comfortable and privileged life at the expense of the general public. For those of us in genpop who are generally…
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She’s a good sport
With the England women’s football team making headlines for winning the Euros there is much talk of how to nurture and encourage girls to play football. I was reminded of a recent poetry submission I wrote for a BHM television special celebrating black sports personalities. Part of the submission included answering if any sporting heroes…
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hope +glory
Let us not forget that this vote of no confidence was brought about NOT because their Right Honourable leader – broke the law – the laws that he himself imposed across the land. NOR for lying about breaking the law or lying to the Queen. NOT for the 4am parties with vomit and red wine…
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Was The Hate U Give, given enough love?
****SPOILER ALERT*****. This post is really for anyone who has seen the film, read the book or is not planning to do either. The Hate U Give is a powerful film but has the book’s original message been scarificed for commercial backing. For me, it was the incredible performances, rather than the writing and direction…
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Why the Government needs PREVENT training.
Figures released today show that hate crime has risen in the last couple of years. This comes as no surprise to anyone who has undertaken PREVENT training recently. PREVENT is part of the Government’s counter terrorism initiatives which aims to prevent people from turning to terrorism. The hypocracy of the iniative however, is hard to…
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the United State of mental health in the UK
Last month the UK government announced an increase in mental health funding by 1.3 billion. This should be welcomed news, but I have my doubts. The total disregard and intentional underfunding of the NHS means I can’t help but wonder whether this is just another tactic to stop us thinking about Grenfell or DUP rather then a true…
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3 quotes 3 days
On to lighten the mood a little.. I decided to accept the 3q3d challenge from the lovely Suze. Full rules below X 1. Once I understood this it changed my life and self perspective in ways I could never have imagined. 2. You have to be courageous to risk failure. This is something I realised…
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Land of the free
Our world feels unstable at the moment. Brexit. Trump. Backstabbing. Resignations. Scapegoats. Uturns. New Laws. Innocents murdered. Victims villianised. Cognitive dissonance. I can’t keep watching the news and hearing people talk of not being racist then proceeding to find excuses for condoning the murder of a black person by an officer sworn to uphold the…
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Was there ever a time before Scapegoat Britain? Part 1
At first it seemed ridiculous to believe that people would believe that all of England’s problems were the result of the EU and of course those “terrible immigrants”. We laughed about it in the staff room. The same staff room where for the past year, disgruntled colleagues have viciously blamed and attacked the Head…
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