The decision was “incredibly difficult” and “very sad”, she has shared. Britain’s youngest Labour MP, Nadia Whittome, has been signed off work after being diagnosed with PTSD. The 24-year-old MP was advised to take the time off from work by her doctor after experiencing post traumatic stress disorder symptoms. According […]
Over the past several weeks, Prince Harry has spoken more candidly about his life than ever before. He opened up about going to therapy on the podcast Armchair Expert, and now, he’s given more details about his mental health journey. In newly released episodes of the documentary series “The Me […]
Spoilers are ahead. Katie Bailey is finally home. Mare (Kate Winslet) is still in the hospital recovering from her run-in with Wayne Potts (Jeb Kreager), the man who kidnapped Katie. Unfortunately, he isn’t Erin McMenamin’s killer, which means Mare must again play the local hero. The show is called Mare […]
Editorial use only. No book cover usage. Mandatory Credit: Photo by Miramax/Kobal/Shutterstock (5882796d) Matt Damon, Robin Williams Good Will Hunting – 1997 Director: Gus Van Sant Miramax USA Scene Still Drama Will Hunting The pandemic has driven many people into — or back into — therapy. We’ve probably all noticed […]
In our series Salary Stories, women with long-term career experience open up about the most intimate details of their jobs: compensation. It’s an honest look at how real people navigate the complicated world of negotiating, raises, promotions and job loss, with the hope it will give young women more insight into […]
Richard Dawkins was the first person to float the term ‘meme’. In his 1976 book The Selfish Gene, the controversial evolutionary biologist wrote that a meme was “a unit of cultural transmission – the cultural equivalent of a gene”. In Dawkins’ mind, memes referred to “tunes, ideas, catchphrases, clothes fashions, […]
Looking outside her own echo chamber, Candice Brathwaite explains why she’s not shocked at all that no meaningful change has happened despite a year of global protests and ferocious activism (Design: Ana Ospina) I am currently laying on the bedroom floor completely… well… overwhelmed. When I was approached to write […]
Nicole Ocran and Emma Slade Edmondson explain why they were compelled to create a safe space where people discuss race and identity through the lens of Mixed-Race experiences (Design: Ana Ospina) 2020 was a year of extremes. The summer was characterised by an oppressive heat wave of grief and fury. […]
The problems of systemic racism can’t be resolved, says Beverly Daniel Tatum, acclaimed clinical psychologist and race relations expert, until white people experience genuine empathy so we can build a more inclusive community (Design: Ana Ospina) Martin Luther King, Jr. warned in his last book, Where Do We Go From […]
Sharing her experience of this endemic symptom of racism, Dr Adanna Steinacker explains how we can all spot them and, more importantly, stop them forever (Design: Ana Ospina) I have experienced quite a number of racial microaggressions but on two occasions it really hit home. Once when I was at […]
