We are asking the Government to review current fireworks legislation and make simple, sensible changes to protect dogs from unnecessary distress 💛
Please write to your MP today and help us create a safer, calmer environment for dogs across the country: https://t.co/006Wr6PMZu..
So far, our ultra-realist project https://t.co/npsxzuTog6 has found four reasons to be worried and one reason to be intrigued or even hopeful. Neoliberalism is destroying a) the environment b) society and culture c) morality and d) geopolitical relations, BUT, it is also destroying e) capitalism. The 'revolution' is almost upon us, whether we like it or not. Not your typical long interregnum. It's all to play for.
Our project combines anthropology, sociology, neurospsychology, criminology and political-economic history to construct a zemiological picture of the harms neoliberalism and its actors are inflicting on our world. More about this soon.
@URealists@winlow_s
A soldier, a nurse, a lorry driver, a builder, a baker… these are just some of the men accused of the rape and assault of Gisèle Pelicot. By labelling rapists as “monsters,” we actively distance them from ordinary men, ignoring the reality that sexual violence against women is a deliberate choice made by countless men who walk all parts of our society.
Such labels prevent us from confronting the truth this trial now holds up to the world: that many men walk freely in our communities, appearing trusted and safe, yet actively choose to commit acts of violence against women and girls…
Many of the men accused in this trial have attempted to normalise their acts of sexual violence by framing their behaviour as a misunderstanding of consent, and even a reaction to personal struggles. These excuses do not mitigate their actions. Some of the men conceded they ‘should have left’ when they saw Gisèle Pelicot was unconscious, whilst others have been more explicit in their views towards women earlier in life, “I had a hatred towards women.”
This normalisation by these men of their violent behaviours creates a disturbing disparity, minimising the seriousness of their crimes and shifting focus away from the harm of the victim. One of the men accused went as far to state he was ‘was simply following her husband’s instructions,’ going as far to directly tell Gisèle Pelicot in court:
“It’s not me you should be angry with, it’s your husband,”
This is an abhorrent case. Yet, it is an incredible survivor, Gisèle Pelicot, who in choosing to waive her anonymity now holds these ‘ordinary’ men up to the world, to show the full extent of the crimes. To stare down that the men who committed these acts were characters who occupied the community in her life, even ones she unwittingly greeted in her everyday life:
“I saw him now and then in the bakery; I would say hello. I never thought he’d come and rape me,”
- Gisèle Pelicot
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Is psychiatry a crime against humanity? My new book is a frontal attack on biological psychiatry, which uses drugs for almost any mental health issue believing they can fix some non-existent biological abnormality. Download it for free: https://t.co/5qpI5Ma300
New book: Is psychiatry a crime against humanity? From 30 Aug, you can download it for free. See press release and first page in the book: https://t.co/Bx3iO2mWJ8 It is a frontal attack on biological psychiatry, which has made psychiatric drugs the third major cause of death.
First post-pandemic study of attainment gap finds pupils from low-income families have fallen further behind richer peers
Disadvantaged pupils are now more than 19 months behind their peers by the time they sit their GCSEs
https://t.co/lQpYxbvaSe
My new book on working class academics (WCAs) was released this week.Thanks to @EmeraldGlobal for their wonderful support. Thanks also to funding from Knowledge Unlatched @KUnlatched as the ebook is OA, and freely available to read online. https://t.co/VsRGQCmQnY 1/
A 🧵 on unintended consequences of mental health interventions, and why some school and workplace schemes may be contributing to the problem they were designed to solve. 1/10
Nationalists now the dominant force in France. Reductionists blame racism. Racism exists, but the real culprit is the postmodernist hustle that replaced the real left. It greeted and amplified the corrosive toxins neoliberalism pumped into our societies. https://t.co/v6oYl0Sjky
@Shrink_at_Large Being autistic can be traumatic in a world that doesn't understand. Same for those suffering from the impact of developmental/attachment trauma. Being repeatedly forced into boxes which don't fit your individual needs is traumatising.
It can be frightening to feel ‘stuck’ in a fight, flight, freeze or collapse survival state. This resource looks beneath these behaviours & explores what might be happening inside, giving us a deeper understanding of the internal experience.
Download: https://t.co/XUWvfijwKB
Language that problematises the individual by definition, isolates them from the experiences they’ve had which may have been violent and violating, the community they live in and the particular views and beliefs held by the society they are part of.
https://t.co/dqZdCPjQOk
NEW free resource for would-be parents, new parents & those supporting new parents who are healing from experiences of complex trauma.
This #free resource contains reflection & resourcing ideas for every stage of the parental journey.
Download here: https://t.co/QWPosNz9zI
NEW FREE RESOURCE: Exploring how fight, flight, freeze and collapse might be experienced in the body.
Create opportunities to start small and tolerable conversations about heart, body and mind experiences when in survival mode.
Download: https://t.co/oOauzEAENe
Shocker working class people discriminated against by the middle class and there's no problem at all - no one is calling for a public enquiry, no one has created a # because the middle class are happy with said situation
https://t.co/W8xHBjUYIo
Can you help? We are looking to hear from women whose housing situation has been impacted by domestic abuse and/or harmful gambling. The research aims to create a toolkit for professionals to develop knowledge and support.
Please share!
#DomesticAbuse#GamblingHarms#Housing