Stories
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How the mental health system fails Black people
Accessing mental healthcare as a Black woman can be a challenging experience. Rianna Walcott shares her story, alongside those of three other women, to reveal the barriers she faced.
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Surviving sex work on the streets
In care at four, on the streets at nine, Charmaine has had a traumatic journey to reach life as it is now: no drugs, no sex work, looking after her mum, and enjoying her grandchildren. Here she writes honestly about her past.
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Public health campaigns and the ‘threat’ of disability
By continuing to represent disability as the feared outcome of disease, public health campaigns help to perpetuate prejudice against disabled people.
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‘My Hair Is Not…’
Eight Black people talk about their relationship with their hair – their hairstyle history, their experiences, and how they decided to have natural hair.
Catalogue
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Sexual behavior--current issues : an interdisciplinary perspective / edited by Leonard Gross, with foreword by Harold Lief.
Gross, Leonard.Date: [1974]
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A young woman encourages the attentions of an old man while offering her hand behind his back to a younger one. Mezzotint by Wilson after C. Troost.
Troost, Cornelis, 1697-1750.Reference: 28300i
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An old man with his arms around a young woman. Stipple engraving after Thomas Rowlandson.
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.Reference: 28597i- Books
Living, loving & ageing : sexual and personal relationships in later life / Wendy Greengross and Sally Greengross.
Greengross, WendyDate: [1989]
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A prostitute leading an old man into the bedroom and taking money from him; implying that her services will act like a tonic and preserve his state of health. Coloured etching, 18--, after T. Rowlandson, 1811.
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.Date: 1800-1899Reference: 5117i