by admin | Mar 31, 2021 | Awareness Days, Definitions and explanations, Transgender
Today I want to talk about flags. No, not the Union Jack and the stealthy creep of it in the corner every Conservative MPs “zoom rooms” – I want to talk about the special flag for today, the International Transgender Day of Visibility. That is, this one: In my...
by admin | Mar 22, 2021 | Definitions and explanations, Racism
Education, Acknowledgement, Action. This simple summary encapsulates the 2021 theme of the UN International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade which falls on 25th March. Despite racism being discussed more in the past 12...
by admin | Mar 11, 2021 | Definitions and explanations, Inclusive workplace practices, Personal experience, Racism
(The theme of International Women’s Day 2021 is #ChooseToChallenge. I recognise that being white, financially secure and with a strong support network it is safe for me to #ChooseToChallenge when it may not be for others.) “Unconventional”. That’s the word that...
by admin | Nov 30, 2020 | Definitions and explanations, Personal experience, Racism
One of the reasons often given for not having conversations about racism, is fear of saying “something wrong”. Concerns about language are limiting our conversations. And conversations are what we need to have to make progress in terms of race equality (and indeed...
by admin | Jan 10, 2020 | Definitions and explanations, Personal experience
She is blonde, has waist, hip and eye proportions only possible for Disney princesses and can throw snowflakes from her fingertips. In short, nothing like me. However, Elsa from Frozen is in many ways my soulmate. And her journey through the two Frozen movies (as in...
by admin | Nov 28, 2019 | Definitions and explanations, Neurodiversity, STEMConnext
Neurodiversity (noun): the range of differences in individual brain function and behavioural traits, regarded as part of normal variation in the human population (used especially in the context of autistic spectrum disorders). Neurodiversity is a term I don’t think I...
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