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Tuesday 28th November, 2023 Anonymous told me: “There is an area of domestic abuse that doesn’t get nearly enough attention – sibling abuse, either sexual abuse, violence or verbal abuse. Every day of my life until my brother left home when I was 14, I was verbally abused by my brother. Until I was 12, …
Sunday 19th November 2023 Today is international men’s day so I thought it was a good opportunity to celebrate non-toxic masculinity and what makes those men so bloody great. There are loads of wonderful men in my life; my sons, my marvellous boyfriend, my nephew, brother-in-law, my dad and a handful of really great friends. …
25th August 2022 What do we do when our heroes, our family, our friends, our ancestors turn out to have made mistakes? Deny, minimise, distance ourselves, tear down statues, defend statues? Whatever community or cause we identify with, we will find people throughout its history who have got it wrong, we will be let down …
Monday 21st August, 2023 It really shouldn’t be Christians I’m writing this for, honestly, the rest of the world is really starting to understand how harmful hitting children is (let’s get rid of that euphemism- ‘spanking’- and be real, it’s hitting) why are Christians always the ones behind the times when it comes to moral …
11th August, 2022 You know you don’t have to debate with the ridiculous expectations the world places on you as a woman.You don’t have to justify yourself.You don’t owe anyone any explanations for who you are, what you do or why you may choose to say no. Those words of judgement, that make you feel …
Tuesday 18th July, 2023 It finally seems to be happening. After all these long hard years of campaigning, suddenly the world seems to care about women’s safety. It’s an issue that’s finally being discussed and those on the political right seem to be at the forefront of demanding that women and girls have a right …
27th July 2022
Monday 3rd July, 2023 I love the story of the Starfish, you might have heard it:Early one morning an old man was walking along a beach when he saw thousands of starfish lying on the sand, and a boy, picking them up, one by one and throwing them into the ocean.“What are you doing?” asked …
26th June 2022. Sitting on a wall, looking out to sea, headphones on. In a world of her own. Or at least trying to be. She looked about 15 or so and the boy, balancing on the wall, clearly getting on her nerves looked a couple of years younger. I assumed he was her annoying …
21st June 2023 It’s 2023, I can’t for the life of me work out why we’re still doing this but it seems we are so, here we go: And, as a bonus, an extra one for any men out there tempted to tell their sisters in Christ that they need to change what they’re wearing …