Stories
- Article
Belonging, babies and self-belief
As a first-time mother living abroad, it seemed too exhausting to truly connect with new acquaintances. Instead, Tanya Perdikou began to make a kind of peace with herself.
- Article
When self-deception becomes global hoax
Being deceived isn’t always a case of believing someone else’s lie. Experiments have shown that many of us can be manipulated into accepting our own fictions as true.
- In pictures
A personal history of albinism
Caroline Butterwick has often felt singled out because of her albinism. Here she explores how the genetic condition has affected her life, and how self-acceptance has followed understanding.
- Article
Deadly doses and the hardest of hard drugs
The invention of the modern hypodermic syringe meant we could get high – or accidentally die – faster than before. Find out how this medical breakthrough was adapted for deadly uses.
Catalogue
- Books
I [heart] me : a zine about self love and self acceptance.
Porter, HattieDate: [2018?]- Books
Happy fat : taking up space in a world that wants to shrink you / Sofie Hagen.
Hagen, SofieDate: 2019- Books
Man's aggression : the defence of the self / Gregory Rochlin.
Rochlin, Gregory.Date: [1973]- Books
- Online
The nature, and evil, of selfishness considered and elustrated [sic]. In a sermon preached in the Second Society of Norwich, September 21st, 1777. By Timothy Stone, A.M. Pastor of the Third Church in Lebanon. Published at the desire of a number of the hearers. [Two lines of Scripture text]
Stone, Timothy, 1742-1797.Date: M,DCC,LXXVIII. [1778]- Books
Mirror, mirror : the uses and abuses of self-love / Simon Blackburn.
Blackburn, Simon, 1944-Date: 2014