I maintain that radical psychology needs to centralise class consciousness and class conflict if it is to do anything other than perpetuate the status quo borrowed-language.ghost.io/on-friction-...

ON FRICTION, CLASS CONFLICT AND PSYCHOLOGY’S OPPRESSIVE COMMAND TO ENJOY!

NB. A quick shout out to Gregk and Thomas and their podcast BLOODWORK, for helping me think through some of the themes of this essay and ultimately grapple with the fact that every ideological state a...

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🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏@bignewgraphz.bsky.social · 6h ago

I think many people take this seriously, but thats irrelevant in many ways as no one in power is going to do anything without general strike levels of grassroots collective action forcing them to. It’s vital we shift from the mindset that govt will do something if things get bad enough. They won’t

It’s exam results time. If we get the grades we were hoping for = success. If we don’t get them = failure. Thinking we are a failure isn’t great but it’s also not great to think we are a success either. Here’s why and also here’s some advice. 🧵 www.bishuk.com/about-you/su...

'Success' and 'Failure' (why they are both bad)

Thinking we are a 'failure' isn’t great but it’s also not great to think we are a 'success' either. Here's why and some really great advice

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This is just shocking for staff and students - and on results day as well! A huge loss.

James Dyke@jamesgdyke.info · 24h ago

It's just been announced that the University of Exeter is scrapping BA/BSc Geography, including BA History & Geography, and BA Politics & Geography programmes and their variants in Penryn campus in Cornwall. There will be no new students starting in September 2026. 1/5

I hope those getting their BTecs, A and T Levels today have the results they want. And for those who don't, remember your college can support you and explain other options. Young Minds have some good advice for students, families and carers www.youngminds.org.uk/young-person...

Tips to Help You Prepare for Results Day | Blog

Rachel, 24, looks back on GCSE and A-level exams and results days, the impact on her mental health, and shares her tips to help you feel more prepared.

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Oh I forgot to post in here. I put the kids book I wrote on Spotify. If you have kids or grandkids or like magical stories yourself you might enjoy Grimalkin Grumblepuss and the Case of the Vampire Dentures! open.spotify.com/show/7oiPxqV...

Grimalkin Grumblepuss & the Case of the Vampire Dentures

Podcast · Dolly Osborne · Grimalkin Grumblepuss isn't just any old curious cat, she's a cat with a purpose: to keep the network of magical creatures living in London a secret from the human world. Gr...

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This Ebook is the ‘best of BISH’ in one resource which is easy to read on your phone. A great place to start if your sex ed has left you with more questions than answers. www.bishuk.com/bish-ebook/

BISH Ebook

This Ebook is the 'best of BISH' in one, easy, private resource. This is for you if your sex ed left you with more questions than answers.

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Well that was fun. Made a pinhole camera. Hung out with neighbours. Swapped different methods for watching. Pinhole camera is sharp but small. Two bits of card worked well. Colandar was fun. Had a go on some glasses. Better than the last one, where I was running a summer playscheme....

I even made it look nice

Justin Hancock@justinhancock.bsky.social · 2d ago

If you have a question for my advice podcast Culture Sex Relationships I have a new anonymous form for you to send them in (slowly ditching big tech). cryptpad.fr/form/#/3/for...

Also very pertinent as a Derby County fan, who have been victim to another grifter lately. #dcfc #dcfcfans

Jason Read@jasonread.bsky.social · 2d ago

Camus famously argued that there was an ethical imperative to be neither victims nor executioners; I would add that in this day and age it is equally important, and equally difficult, to be neither marks nor grifters.

Camus famously argued that there was an ethical imperative to be neither victims nor executioners; I would add that in this day and age it is equally important, and equally difficult, to be neither marks nor grifters.

If you have a question for my advice podcast Culture Sex Relationships I have a new anonymous form for you to send them in (slowly ditching big tech). cryptpad.fr/form/#/3/for...

Strong recommend for this course folks. I've been banging on about Solution Focus practice (from SFBT) and it is super helpful for group work too. Biba is a really great facilitator and this course was great. I use this all the time. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/solution-f...

Solution Focused Groupwork

The Solution Focused approach is being used extensively in groupwork and is proving its worth in a wide range of settings across the world.

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Why is the @greenparty.org.uk holding a webinar tomorrow with Jo Bartosch, the author of this book? As well as being extremely right-wing (and anti-science) when it comes to porn, she is also extremely hostile to trans rights. www.amazon.co.uk/Pornocracy-J...

In the 'inessential other' line

Dr Eleanor Janega@goingmedieval.bsky.social · 4d ago

In the Eurostar line passport maxing and Irish mogging.

This is really good. We've known for years that a whole school approach, adopting more consensual, less hierarchical, teaching and pastoral interventions makes for happier kids (that get better results). Adopting youth work methodologies and refunding the 73% cut has got to be on the table.

London Review of Books@lrb.co.uk · 5d ago

‘For many British children, school is a place of stress, in which exam results are overbearingly important and there is minimal scope for other forms of self-expression or creative transgression.’ @will-davies.bsky.social on what’s wrong with Britain’s youth: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Deleuze and Guattari refer to the fascist state as a suicidal state, a state on a path of self-destruction. That always seemed like the hyperbole of theory to me until now. www.thedailybeast.com/ice-detains-...

ICE Rounds Up Dozens of Relatives of U.S. Troops

The change reflects the ruthlessness of Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda in his second term.

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Look, I agree but no one said shit about statutory youth services.

Stephen Bush@stephenkb.bsky.social · 5d ago

It’s just depressing. Further education has been cut to ribbons. Higher education is in crisis. Labour turns its eyes to the bit of the education system which is turning out the highest literacy rates in the western world and goes “that’s the bit that needs to change”

New Advice. "The important thing is to imagine what will be happening, rather than what won’t be happening. When I do a session with someone, they might say ‘well my shoulders won’t feel tense’, and I’ll say ‘what will your shoulders be doing if they are not tense?’" www.bishuk.com/your-questio...

How Can I Get My Sexual Self Confidence Back?

Here's my advice for a reader who would like to get her sexual self confidence back after self harming (there's no detail about that).

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Something a bit new for you. This is the first of my 'Solution Tracks'. An audio track of me talking you through a Solution Focused approach to a topic. This one is Relationship Improvements. Sign up for the CSR Patreon (from £1) to listen to it. www.patreon.com/culturesexre...

Solution Tracks 1. Relationship Improvements | Culture Sex Relationships

Solution Tracks 1. Relationship Improvements by Culture Sex Relationships on Patreon. Join Culture Sex Relationships 's community for exclusive content and updates.

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As scholars of this predicted. The ban doesn't work. Kids will use it even more privately. This shuts down conversations and avenues for support. Risk of harm increases. Hers my advice about this www.bishuk.com/relationship...

Make Social Media Work For Us

This article explains why social media bans are bad, but also I have some advice about how we can make social media work for us...

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Sky News@news.sky.com · 2w ago

Most Australian teens still on social media despite landmark ban

Very proud to have recorded this interview with feminist cultural studies pioneer, Angela McRobbie: culturepowerpolitics.org/2026/08/07/a... (You can find it by searching for Culture, Power, Politics in any podcast app) @angelamcrobbie.bsky.social

Angela McRobbie: Feminism, Culture, Politics (part 1)

An interview with pioneer of feminist cultural studies, Angela McRobbie. For notes, info and to give us support:

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*visibly sweating trying to come up with a post in response to this* Um, the marker pens in unis are the community dick of the higher educational system.

Justin Hancock@justinhancock.bsky.social · last wk.

It says something about pedagogy that finding a working marker pen at an educational establishment is getting impossible nowadays. So I bought these from the nearby supermarket and they were a lifesaver today. My girlfriend is going to repost this later with something amusing about trash boyfriends

Went to buy these marker pens and they all said they knew your BF?

Rod Liddle once called me "creepy and pornographic" in his column in The Spectator. Sad for his loved ones, but not sad he has gone. RIP (P not standing for peace here)

Sam@samomar.bsky.social · 2w ago

Here's some of his work

The Pluto Books version of this book would say. "So consent isn't some hurdle or barrier you have to navigate. It's a set of tools and resources which we can use to increase our collective capacity to act."

Justin Hancock@justinhancock.bsky.social · 2w ago

If you like that I've done a video recording of my book Can We Talk About Consent? you could buy a copy or join the BISH Patreon 😊😊😊😊 www.patreon.com/BISHuk/posts...

It says something about pedagogy that finding a working marker pen at an educational establishment is getting impossible nowadays. So I bought these from the nearby supermarket and they were a lifesaver today. My girlfriend is going to repost this later with something amusing about trash boyfriends

The Pluto Books version of this book would say. "So consent isn't some hurdle or barrier you have to navigate. It's a set of tools and resources which we can use to increase our collective capacity to act."

Justin Hancock@justinhancock.bsky.social · 2w ago

If you like that I've done a video recording of my book Can We Talk About Consent? you could buy a copy or join the BISH Patreon 😊😊😊😊 www.patreon.com/BISHuk/posts...

Rod Liddle once called me "creepy and pornographic" in his column in The Spectator. Sad for his loved ones, but not sad he has gone. RIP (P not standing for peace here)

Sam@samomar.bsky.social · 2w ago

Here's some of his work

Been teaching / facilitating some Spinoza and Sex Ed across the road from Spinozastratt

1/3 Strip away the theatre and Reform UK is a billionaire-backed project to dismantle the public realm, shred regulatory protections and hand what remains of state power to capital. It’s plain to see – just follow the money.