Investigation Reveals 'Barbaric' NHS Shock Therapy: LGBT Survivors Recount Their Experiences In a recent investigation, the BBC has uncovered a disturbing history of Electric Shock Aversion Therapy (ESAT) administered within the National Health Service (NHS). Between 1965 and 1973, over 250 individuals were subjected to this practice, purportedly aimed at altering their sexual … [Read More...]
’17’ A Small Hookup Story with a Heavy Echo – A movie review
17 is a short film linked above that follows a 17-year-old boy who moves through the world like a ghost in his own life—barely seen at school, barely understood at home, and desperate for any kind of … [Read More...]
The New Activistism: Can mutual aid co-operatives succeed where punk resistance failed in the 20th century?
The New Activistism: There’s a telling image from 1984: a scrappy banner reading Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners — a grassroots, cross-class act of solidarity that helped knit two very … [Read More...]
Elliot Loves [2012]
In the quiet space between childhood and adulthood lies the pulse of Elliot Loves (2012) — a film that moves in soft rhythms, layering memory and longing, and quietly asks: what does it mean to seek … [Read More...]
Watching the Watchers: How Local Councils Built a Digital Panopticon Around Us
Watching the Watchers - Across the UK – and very much here in Northern Ireland – local authorities have quietly stepped into the age of digital surveillance. Not the big dramatic kind you see in spy … [Read More...]