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Regarding the Infection of Others: Pandemic and Colonial Indifference

Pandemics and Colonial Indifference

Seeking perspective for our misleadingly named ‘unprecedented times,’ I re-read Albert Camus’ The Plague. Themes in the storyline of complacency, escapism, resignation, fear, heroism, altruism, heightened awareness of nature and death are reflected in the novel’s mainly male characters. The... More…
White fluff

White fluff

Despite extensive awareness and evidence of the dangers of working with asbestos, it continues to feature in domestic and international decision making. The ramifications of its use are felt at an individual level in the experiences of people with asbestos... More…
NHS Privatisation and who really is Matt Hancock?

NHS Privatisation and who really is Matt Hancock?

It was back in September 2013 that we penned a post for Cost of Living entitled “We need to talk about Jeremy”. Way back then we were blissfully unaware of the possibilities of Brexit or Trump. Our major concern was... More…
It was Big Tobacco, not Trump, that wrote the post-truth rule book

It was Big Tobacco, not Trump, that wrote the post-truth rule book

After two chaotic months as president, Donald Trump is widely credited with rewriting the political rule book. We are witnessing Trump’s new era of post-fact politics, where distraction and obfuscation are central, and critical stories are dismissed as “fake news”.... More…
The Rise of the Nasty Women – reclaiming the feminist collective

The Rise of the Nasty Women

Each year I teach a lecture on gender and health to my third-year students.   Alongside ideas of gender roles and norms, gendered power relations and the move from a binary to a spectrum understanding of gender, I introduce the idea... More…
Three Weeks in June and One Night in November: Brexit and Trump

Three Weeks in June and One Night in November: Brexit and Trump

The year 2016, with both Brexit and the election of Trump, has been extraordinarily bleak.  In June, following a nasty campaign, peppered with a barely concealed racist venom, Britain narrowly voted to leave the EU.  Then in November, after an... More…