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Review: Bisexuality: Identities, Politics and Theories by Surya Monro
Society, Politics & Law

Review: Bisexuality: Identities, Politics and Theories by Surya Monro

...care and intimacy have been addressed in the literatures about gay men, lesbians, and transgender people […] there has been no such analysis of bisexual practices of care, beyond some anecdotal material […] and texts that include bisexual people in their title but have no bi-specific content’. Monro also highlights how non-normative communities participated in by...
Constitutional Conversations: what Good Friday Agreement was for women
Society, Politics & Law

Constitutional Conversations: what Good Friday Agreement was for women

...care are faced by under-resourced women’s groups. These experiences are shared by women in loyalist and republican districts. Some see constitutional conversations as an opportunity to press for intersectional gender justice. A unity referendum is not a magic wand to fix these conditions. However, in the year of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement,...
On the loss of a baby
Health, Sports & Psychology

On the loss of a baby

...care that will work best for you. Is this a rare tragedy? Sadly, this is an experience shared by many mothers, fathers, siblings and grandparents in the UK. So no, it is not a rare tragedy: In 2021, there were 2,866 stillbirths (2,597 in England and Wales; 180 in Scotland; 89 in Northern Ireland). In 2021, there were 1,719 neonatal deaths (occurring in the first 28 days...
Trump - an appeal for enlightenment
Society, Politics & Law

Trump - an appeal for enlightenment

...care and job prospects. Such changes lead to feelings of insecurity and fear about the future. Meanwhile, the rich are seen to become richer with the poorest struggling to make ends meet. Successive US governments have failed to address this. Instead of investing in industry, education, health care and addressing the issues in deprived communities, campaigning within US...
Do whales commit suicide?
Nature & Environment

Do whales commit suicide?

...caring for distressed family members. Recent work, however, casts doubt on this analysis, with genetic tests showing that animals stranded close to each other during mass events may not be related after all. Perhaps this isn’t always a family tragedy. So why strand? The evolution of whales and dolphins is one of the best documented in the animal kingdom. These species...
Political grief: understanding an emerging phenomenon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Political grief: understanding an emerging phenomenon

...Care courses and qualifications. Politics, it has been said, is the art of the possible. One aspect of possibility when it comes to politics that is starting to receive the attention it deserves is the potential for political events, processes, or ideologies to give rise to grief, and grief of major proportions. This is what is increasingly being referred to as political...
Making a difference: Youth participation
Education & Development

Making a difference: Youth participation

...care about other people. And so getting involved with these projects means that young people have the opportunity to show that we can do really positive things, and that we do want to make a change in our society. And that we do want to act as responsible citizens, and that we do really want to start making changes and we want to be taking responsibility in our...
Prison Abolition in Question(s): Part Two
Education & Development

Prison Abolition in Question(s): Part Two

...care for other people. There are many historical and contemporary examples that can be drawn upon to indicate that human beings have a natural propensity to care and support people, sometimes even those that they do not know. There are everyday examples of human beings helping others when they are in trouble, from small acts of kindness like offering advice on directions...