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Discrimination: under the skin

By: Marilyn July 9, 2020January 17, 2022

Opinion piecesabuse, attitudes, discrimination, diversity, gender issues, history, mental health issues, social commentLeave a Comment

At its most basic discrimination is the positive or negative selective treatment of one group over another. The treatment may be unequal, unfair, or prejudicial; sometimes illegal. It is well on the way to being a ‘catch-all’ term for negative, perhaps toxic, attitudes particularly in situations of ableism, ageism, chauvinism, classism, heterosexism, racism, sexism; the…

When the struggle is brushing unbearable, part 3

By: Marilyn July 27, 2019January 14, 2022

Health Matters, mental health issuesabuse, being autistic, positive attitudes, survival, toxic attitudes, well-beingLeave a Comment

Reason to go on: Bloody-mindedness Wanting to be back teaching but without the relentless pressures I’d had in my last post, I applied for positions with little responsibility outside my classroom. Even so, I only managed 12 months. In my second post the bullying by senior colleagues, over just one term, pushed me to the…