Category Archives: Crazy World

Dancing With My Inner Critic – Steve Chapman

Posted on October 17, 2017 by

“This talk isn’t very good.” “Thoughts” “voice”, inner voice” “inner critic” –  whatever you call yours there are at least as many ways of learning to live with it as there are ways of learning to live amongst humans. Many … Continue reading →

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I feel no shame about my mental breakdown: it helped make me who I am – David Harewood

Posted on October 14, 2017 by

This week’s World Mental Health Day saw the global mental illness industry work itself into lather: Twit-storming wave after wave of stats and scary numbers at us of just how many of us are diagnosed,  have yet to be diagnosed … Continue reading →

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There is a way to prevent so many teenage girls being depressed – but no one wants to admit it

Posted on September 25, 2017 by

Powerfully written piece by Glosswitch in The Independent’s VOICES column… Nothing at all to add about the piece, since there is nothing I could possibly add. I though add how some respond to such truth-speaking: if you venture into the … Continue reading →

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Grenfell Tower – Ben Okri

Posted on September 16, 2017 by

It was like a burnt matchbox in the sky. It was black and long and burnt in the sky. You saw it through the flowering stump of trees. You saw it beyond the ochre spire of the church. You saw … Continue reading →

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Baboons in suits

Posted on September 12, 2017 by

Robert Sapolsky on how hierarchy has a destructive force in body and psyche in individuals and community. He is talking about baboons, the ones he’s observed for decades along with the effects of stress upon health and behaviour. His observation … Continue reading →

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I’m just a girl – Do Doubt

Posted on September 10, 2017 by

I’m just a girl In the world that’s all you’ll let me be Oh, I’ve had it up to! Oh, I’ve had it up to!! Oh, I’ve had it up to here Take this pink ribbon off my eyes I’m … Continue reading →

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Chokehold: Stop and Frisk

Posted on August 14, 2017 by

Stop-and-frisks are brutal assertions of police dominance on African American men, through sexual harassment, torture and even terrorism. Continue reading →

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There is Hope: evidence base

Posted on July 25, 2017 by

Concrete proof of Hope . Continue reading →

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Carnval des Voix comes to Oshawa, Ontario

Posted on July 14, 2017 by

Big Yo! to all the peeps and voices who came out for Carnival des Voix yesterday.
In Oshawa, Ontario. Continue reading →

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What we need to talk about is…

Posted on July 12, 2017 by

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