✍️NEW on the Mainstream blog: Stigma around trauma is constantly improving, but it's a little-considered factor in social outcomes for adults in Britain. Any Labour Government serious about making lives better would truly address it, writes @robdbalfour.bsky.social. Read it below:

I've written a blog article for Mainstream Labour My article explores why a Labour Goverment should drive proactive social action using a Citizen Assembly as part of a moral mission to address Trauma in all its diversity. www.mainstreamlabour.org/blog/facing-...

Our view on the Child Poverty Strategy published today. Child poverty is a moral stain on our society and its eradication is the least that the public expect from the Labour Party. The mainstream of our party wants social justice to be at the heart of our offer to the country.

Vision drives the future .... see you out there

✍️NEW on the Mainstream blog: With social media's role in misinformation and the rise of the far-right at an all-time high, Ilias Akhmedov argues an alternative strategy should be a priority for the Labour Government. Read it below:

Labour’s rebuttal to the Green party this week sums up the double standard that dogs our politics | Frances Ryan

If there is one positive cause at the moment worth a donation this brave young women and her fellow grooming - rape gangs survivors hope for a positive event to celebration their courage in speaking truth to power with an authentic intregity www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/survivors-...

“I'm here to endorse the Labour for a New Democracy call for a National Commission in this parliament - and a manifesto commitment to a system of Proportional Representation to be introduced into Westminster elections in the next Parliament.” 🌹 @andyburnham.bsky.social

I just signed the @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social petition calling on Labour’s Conference Arrangements Committee to allow party delegates a debate on ending the two-child benefit limit. We must tackle the scourge of child poverty. Sign the petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/la...

All hail VICTOR!!! He's a real-life hero whose selflessness & courage is an inspiration to us all. Wishing you a complete & speedy recovery. I salute you, sir! 🫡

To transform the country and take on the populist right, Labour must heed the voices of its radical realists - and build a principled, practical, popular left alternative. Join @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social and together we can bring that alternative to life. www.mainstreamlabour.org/get-involved

To transform the country and take on the populist right, Labour must heed the voices of its radical realists - and build a principled, practical, popular left alternative. Join @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social and together we can bring that alternative to life. www.mainstreamlabour.org/get-involved

Well 65 orbits completed (not sure how I'm still here 😂 ) But I get to do this one more time ... here's to 66 🖖 youtu.be/V1e5h9YSe_k?...

Stunning footage of a rare dark coloured deer, with estimates suggesting they make up less than 1% of all deer.

This month I will be presenting my perspectives on my academic publication journey using Autoethnography to almost all the leading Professors in the world exploring its possibilities as a tool to understand experience from the inner reality of people experiencing mental health distress. 🖖

The on demand replay of my play about the healing power of Doctor Who will be available for one week starting today. To get an email with the link, click below and make a small donation in support of the show. askasurvivorreplay.eventbrite.com #TheatreSky #DoctorWho @freefringe.bsky.social

This interactive play is a testimonial to the healing power of Doctor Who. Survivor Michael Broussard tells the story of the abuse he experienced as a child and of the great solace and strength he later found through his involvement in Doctor Who fandom. #TheatreSky askasurvivor.eventbrite.com

Young men have pretty positive views on manhood open.substack.com/pub/ofboysan...

Who represents Britain on screen? UK film and TV culture still has a worrying class problem theconversation.com/who-represen...

What the new grooming gangs inquiry must do to put victims before politics theconversation.com/what-the-new...

"The failure was not in the children. It was in the state. These girls were targeted precisely because the system did not care. " observer.co.uk/news/opinion...

How to protect yourself from narcissists’ weapon of choice – passive aggression theconversation.com/how-to-prote...

Does Therapist Gender Matter When Working With Men? open.substack.com/pub/movember...

"What we are calling for is a modest, first step towards addressing what everyone can see is an indefensibly broken voting system. We believe the government needs to set up a National Commission for Electoral Reform" ✍️ @alexsobel.co.uk & @lizzicollinge.bsky.social

Boys Are in Trouble. Here’s What We Can Do About It. bookoftheday.nextbigideaclub.com/p/boys-are-i...

NDAs can silence victims of abuse & harassment. Let's change this! Sign the petition to ensure the Employment Rights Bill bans NDAs in cases of misconduct. #StopAbusiveNDAs #EmploymentRightsBill you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

When You Are Blacklisted Because of A (Necessary) Act of Defiance open.substack.com/pub/toddkash...

Ever so timely

Gender without ideology open.substack.com/pub/ofboysan...

Have a Fantastic Tuesday!

Trump blames Ukraine for starting the war the way a rapist blames his victim for looking too sexy.

So called ‘British patriots’ really are a confused bunch… Imagine siding with a Russian tyrant who invades sovereign countries and poisons British people on British soil Whatever next?

Why does a medical model of recovery dominate medical, psychiatric and public discourses of healing after child sexual abuse?

Richard Gere, "We have a bully and a thug who is President of the United States"

Supporting a survivor of sexual violence can be daunting. You might be afraid of saying or doing 'the wrong thing'. But you don't have to be an expert. By being there and listening to them you're already helping. Read our list of dos and don'ts: bit.ly/4hnvVFW

Wonderful story. Deservedly on the front page.