Tag Archives: cultural identity

Grayson Perry on Gendering & Cultural Pressures

Click on the link for this useful clip of Grayson Perry talking to Jon Snow on the extent to which gender and masculinity are culturally defined for children before they are even born. We notice at this service the huge … Continue reading

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The Disrobed Monk Who Provides Safe Haven to 85 Children – Joan Duncan Oliver

The writer was feeling in need of some loveliness and encouragement today, and went looking (thank you, Gina Belton and the Society for Humanistic Psychology, Division 32 on Facebook). There is a lot that is toxic in the world, a … Continue reading

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