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Key Learning Points So Far: The portrayal of mental illness by writers/creators affects stigma. Stigma leads to negative treatment once individual is identified (‘marked’) as mentally unwell. Mental illness is difficult to define but is socio-culturally determined. Cultural context is … Continue reading →

Key Learning Points So Far: The portrayal of mental illness by writers/creators affects stigma. Stigma leads to negative treatment once individual is identified (‘marked’) as mentally unwell. Mental illness is difficult to define but is socio-culturally determined. Cultural context is … Continue reading →

Key Learning Points So Far: The portrayal of mental illness by writers/creators affects stigma. Stigma leads to negative treatment once individual is identified (‘marked’) as mentally unwell. Trigger Warning Up to 1 in 4 people can be affected by mental … Continue reading →

For reasons I won’t go into I could not give the talk I was scheduled to at the Nine Worlds London Geekfest . Instead, I’ve decided to do a series of posts on the same topic. Trigger Warning: Up to 1 … Continue reading →

Filed under: music Tagged: blues_and_pants, funk, james_brown, music, soul

It’s too funny to pass up.Filed under: comics, film Tagged: comics, film, movie, random

When you decide to write anything at all, fiction, non-fiction, reports at work, letters, whatever, and you decide that you are not skilled enough, you do what anybody in that position would do: you seek advice. You consult friends, books … Continue reading →

“A compelling, if gruelling short story, set in a near-future Nigeria. Bicycle Girl is not for the faint-hearted, as it includes some brutal scenes of interrogation, but this is a fascinating depiction of an all-too-credible future played out in a … Continue reading →

“A compelling, if gruelling short story, set in a near-future Nigeria. Bicycle Girl is not for the faint-hearted, as it includes some brutal scenes of interrogation, but this is a fascinating depiction of an all-too-credible future played out in a … Continue reading →

Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: classical_music, vivaldi