@cheimonette Thank you. It took a bit longer for us, but all much better now several years on. Also, as a result, my wife has since found a career working to support new mothers - but thats her story to own.
@cheimonette Thank you for sharing. Our family had a simillar experience. The weight of social expectations of joy make thing even tougher in the moment, so stories like yours are, as you say, important to share.
@BritishPodcast funny - I was just coming ask what the BHP's parental leave policy was. Speaking as a member, and so funder of the BHP, I would argue strongly for (and be willing to pay for) more than 2 weeks. How do i propose this to other stakeholders?
just liked a tweet by accident and with the same fumbling scrolled to latest tweets losing all context. terrified by possibilities of what i may have endorsed. leaving twitter for ever and hiding under the covers...
@katebornstein My father told me he thought men had as much to gain from feminism as women. His point was how much emotional damage toxic masculinity does to boys. He wasn't wrong.
Our English is corrupt because what we do around the world is corrupt. We say "surgical strikes" (bombings) and "targeted killings" (assassinations). We do everything we can not to see the bloodshed we cause. We help kill by adopting the very nomenclature of war hawks.
My grandfather was sent to Auschwitz when he was just 10 years old. During his time there, he had two face to face encounters with the notorious Dr. Mengele. These are those two encounters: