Friday, March 29, 2024
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Cost of Living Blog – The Social Construction of Dental Fear

Fear of the dentist is one of the most common fears across Europe and North America.  Recent research in the British Dental Journal suggesting that over 50% of the UK population claim to be anxious about visits to the dentist, while the British Society of Dental Hygiene and Therapy suggest a further 36% are moderately […]

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Books by Female Sociologists

Books by Female Sociologists Author Title Margaret Abraham Speaking the Unspeakable: Marital Violence Among South Asian Immigrants In The United States Sara Ahmed Living a Feminist Life Sara Ahmed Cultural Politics of Emotion Sarah Ahmed Everyday Feminism Sara Ahmed Wilful Subjects Stacy Alaimo Exposed: Environmental Politics and Pleasures in Posthuman Times Claire Alexander The Asian […]

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Cost of Living Blog – “There’s none so deaf as those who will not hear”

A report released this week by the National Deaf Children’s Society (NDCS) shows that deaf children are falling even further behind their hearing peers in school than previously thought.  Figures show that 30.6% of deaf children achieve a grade 5 or above (strong C) in English and maths as compared with almost half (48.3%) of non-SEN […]

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Cost of Living Blog – From Period Poverty to Menstrual Cups (via the tampon tax and a brief trip to the Amex stadium)

Way back in the 1980’s I wrote to my then local MP Sir Archie Hamilton to ask why tampons were taxed as a luxury item when it was blatantly obvious to the 11-year-old me that this was unfair and that they were not a luxury but a necessity and that this was, therefore, a tax […]

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Cost of Living Blog – Extreme Waxing and the normalisation of hair free female bodies

Talking to a beautician friend about hair removal and summer beautification regimes led to a discussion about fashions in bikini waxing and hair removal.  Interestingly she said she had noticed generational differences in the requirements of her clients with younger women often requesting more extreme waxing regimes with either total hair removal or only a […]

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Cost of Living Blog – On Brexit, Nurses and Migrant Workers in the NHS

Figures released this week by the Nursing and Midwifery Council show a 96% drop in the number of EU nurses applying for jobs in the UK after the Brexit vote in June 2016.  In July 2016, 1304 nurses joined the NHS from the EU.  This fell to 96 applications by December 2016 and a new […]

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Cost of Living Blog – A Shared Love of the Beautiful Game

Sitting in the stands last Sunday watching Brighton and Hove Albion take on Everton there was a palpable energy in the air.  From the cheers and chants for home players to the booing of opposing players and officials, the atmosphere at the Amex stadium has already been credited with helping the Albion to reach the […]

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