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Maladaptive daydreaming, gender myths and me

Can you daydream too much? Excessive daydreamer Laura Grace Simpkins reflects on studies into “maladaptive daydreaming” and asks why so few fellow dreamers seem to be men.

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Lying low for lockdown and beyond

For Liz Carr the chances of catching Covid-19 are the same as for anyone else, but as a Disabled person she's at much greater risk of not getting the treatment she needs if she falls ill.

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Eugenics and the welfare state

Indy Bhullar explores the ideas of William Beveridge and Richard Titmuss, who were strongly influenced by eugenic thinking, and yet championed the idea of the welfare state.

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Self-obsessing in the age of selfies

The tiny, joyful spark of a social media ‘like’ can lead to a damaging obsession. Find out how far people will go when their phone addiction gets the upper hand.

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  • Three women a girl and a baby standing in front of fence against a landscape representing the Postive Women's Network for women living with HIV/AIDS. Colour lithograph.
  • Silhouettes of figures with hearts walking representing an advertisement for the AIDS Walk for Life at Rundle Park Family Recreation Centre, Edmonton Canada, 3 Oct. 1993. Colour lithograph.
  • The legs of a man and woman representing an advertisement for AIDS Vancouver. Colour lithograph.
  • The AIDS Walk for Life on Sunday October 2nd 1994 at Rundle Park Family Centre, Edmonton, Canada. Colour lithograph by Robert Falconer and Cheryl Lieberman.
  • Details of the AIDS Walk for Life on Sunday October 2nd 1994 at Rundle Park Family Centre, Edmonton, Canada. Colour lithograph by Robert Falconer and Cheryl Lieberman.
  • A dotted square bearing the words "The presence of absence"; advertising an exhibition of the Canadian AIDS Memorial Quilt in Edmonton at the Citadel Theatre, June 26 to July 5, 1995. Colour lithograph by Quality Colour Press and Cheryl Anne Lieberman Typographics.
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