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The “snowflake generation”
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Oct 4, 2017

The “snowflake generation”

by Lesley Henderson
Dangerous myths in precarious times You might have seen headlines about the “snowflake generation” or “generation snowflake”: a derogatory term to describe young adults in the 2010’s. It was made one of the “words of the year” in 2016 by... More…
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May 17, 2017

Learning to Drink in Nigeria

by Lesley Henderson and Emeka W Dumbili
In Nigeria, there is no concept of ‘counting your units’ nor are there nationally co-ordinated public health campaigns to challenge the normalisation of drinking alcohol ‘to excess’. With little or no regulation of the alcohol industry, transnational drinks companies are... More…
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Nov 13, 2015

Cracked

by Hannah Bradby
How does it feel to have a young person in your care experience psychosis for the first time? An impressionistic answer to this question played out over sixty minutes in a studio theatre in Easterhouse, Glasgow: distress, frustration, repetition, annoyance,... More…

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