“It’s Just a Girl Thing” and Other Medical Rejections

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Updated: Jan 19, 2022 By Eilidh Murphy (she/her) Listen to it here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3MYlXWsEvOqvj8hEH8aGD1?si=c68ab660d8834db1 What is “a girl thing”? The truth is, pretty much anything can be. But there is at least one thing that is never “just a girl thing”: a medical condition. “It’s just a girl thing” was the first dismissal I heard from …

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Mental Health and Physical Health: It’s not either or!

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By Eilidh Murphy CW: This article discusses mental and physical health, hospitals, and coronavirus restrictions, and lockdowns. Many a meme like the one below may have circulated your social media, perhaps again recently as areas of the UK entered a second lockdown and the nation reminded each other to once again #bekind. Comic by Shruti …

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Thinking Outside the Classroom: Do children always need to learn in the traditional class environment

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Updated: Jan 19, 2022 By Eilidh Murphy Listen to it here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2UrvwXfHTjyLerMLI9Ui9Y?si=c92835b84cb342d4 Covid-19 has changed lives almost instantly and while lockdown measures are easing, some things haven’t gone back to normal. Working from home remains the norm and while schools have returned for the new academic year, there are robust plans in place to revert …

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