France | Germany | Japan | UK
This month I’m writing about SPORT – a topic I know far less about than anything I’ve covered so far. As I wrote in my introduction, while this might not be a sphere of life that I feel passionate about, it is one that obsesses athletes and viewers across the world and is only increasing… Continue reading
Theme #6 for Feminist Fact Friday So far in this series I’ve covered POLITICS, HEROES, MONEY, BEHAVIOUR and MEN and not a single one of those topics has left me as out of my depth as SPORT. In full confession mode I’ve never had much of an interest in sport. But that’s not made me blind to… Continue reading
In writing this week’s Feminist Fact Friday I’ve borrowed liberally from the excellent Book of Man who covered a report from Promundo called ‘The Cost of the Man Box’. As the previous weeks have shown, being a man correlates strongly with mental health issues and poor health, as well as inequalities in how men are… Continue reading
Before I start this piece I’d like to revisit some important resources I named in last week’s post: if you, or someone you know is having mental health difficulties or has talked about suicide or given you any other cause for concern then please check out any one of the following resources: Call the Samaritans… Continue reading