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I am not passively tolerant
I am not passively tolerant.
I am actively tolerant.
When a person of colour shares their experience of bullying, I empathise. When a trans woman talks of dysphoria, I try to understand. When a Muslim mentions the practical difficulties of Ramadan in the long days of British summer, I listen. When a friend tells me they vote for a party I dislike, I ( Read more... ) -
Snow
They were gone ( Read more... ) -
Walking the walk!
I survived the eight mile walk ( Read more... ) -
For all our tomorrows
Recently I saw a piece of D-Day remembrance co-opted by a racist group asking, in a somewhat accusatory tone "what are you doing for our country and our children?" It was not a call to honour those who fought, or to remember the sacrifices and tragedies. It was a call to join them in fighting their imagined invasion of Britain in the form of ( Read more... ) -
Not one fundraising excercise type thingy, but two!
I've been coerced and cajoled into taking part in two charity events by two different groups of people. I guess I should start coercing and cajoling people into sponsoring me.
Firstly, the Dougie Mac Mini Moonlight Walk. The Douglas Macmillan Hospice is a well-respected charity around North Staffordshire that looks after many people with care, ( Read more... ) -
Let us fall silent
Let us fall silent ( Read more... ) -
AP meets HV
Health Visitors get a lot of stick. They are seen as judgemental, interfering busy bodies. And let's face it, some of them are. From the stories that circulate you'd be forgiven for thinking that they are all vile creatures who spend their days sucking lemons and watching out for excuses to get their cronies in social services (another group who ( Read more... ) -
Facebook Secret Groups
I am a member of a "secret" group on Facebook. In the past few hours six people were added, but not by anybody in the group. one of the added people was kind enough to mention it and says she didn't know anything about being added, she just started getting notifications about posts there. The new people have since been removed, and in doing so we ( Read more... ) -
MEP responses
Several MEPs have responded to my letter about the advertising of follow-on formula. I'm not going to reproduce the responses, but I thought you might be interested to hear the gist of them:
Michael Cashman (Labour)
Yes, you're right. We should do something, but the tories will vote against it because they're evil. Everyone loves babies! Apart from ( Read more... ) -
Taking a stand
I believe that formula is a very important safety net because breastfeeding doesn't always work, especially if good, positive, non-judgemental support isn't readily available. However, I also believe that routine, widespread use of it poses a risk for public health. Efforts to encourage, support and normalise breastfeeding are being undermined by ( Read more... )