Latest Blog Posts for Making Sense of Things

• My birth story
  on Aug 22, 2016 in 1. Society 7. Personal Development 8. Health and Nutrition 9. Making Things about us birth family Making Sense of Things
  Louis is now six weeks old and fast asleep beside me. He makes loud grunting noises as he sleeps, sometimes interspersed by soft squeaking and cooing. He’s lying on his back, tightly swaddled to contain his startle reflex. He frowns and smiles, let...
• It’s not IS we should fight against – it’s obscurantism
  on Nov 17, 2015 in 1. Society 3. Economy and Finance 4. International 5. Aid and Development 6. (In)security bombs Islamic state peace Syria terrorism Terrorist attacks war
  After having published a post yesterday (No more bombs) arguing that the West won’t win peace by dropping more bombs and should instead fight against inequality and injustice, Chris, a follower of Making Sense of Things on Facebook asked if we...
• It’s not IS we should fight against – it’s obscurantism
  on Nov 17, 2015 in 1. Society 3. Economy and Finance 4. International 5. Aid and Development 6. (In)security bombs Islamic state peace Syria terrorism Terrorist attacks war
  After having published a post yesterday (No more bombs) arguing that the West won’t win peace by dropping more bombs and should instead fight against inequality and injustice, Chris, a follower of Making Sense of Things on Facebook asked if we...
• No more bombs
  on Nov 15, 2015 in 1. Society 2. Ecology 3. Economy and Finance 4. International 5. Aid and Development 6. (In)security Afghanistan bombs Iraq Palestine peace terrorism Terrorist attacks violence war
  “#PrayForTheWorld” – Art by Leemarej   I now live in Australia but I’m French. I’ve lived several years in Paris where many of my friends and family members still live. Two of the attacks occurred in the same street...
• No more bombs
  on Nov 15, 2015 in 1. Society 2. Ecology 3. Economy and Finance 4. International 5. Aid and Development 6. (In)security Afghanistan bombs Iraq Palestine peace terrorism Terrorist attacks violence war
  “#PrayForTheWorld” – Art by Leemarej   I now live in Australia but I’m French. I’ve lived several years in Paris where many of my friends and family members still live. Two of the attacks occurred in the same street...
• I’m sick and tired of International Women’s Day
  on Mar 7, 2015 in 1. Society 5. Aid and Development 6. (In)security 7. Personal Development gender International Women’s Day men rape sexual violence women
  Today is International Women’s Day. I know we should celebrate this event but the truth is that I’m not in the mood for it. I’m a man, and I’m sick and tired of hearing horrible stories whichever part of the world I travel to, about how b...
• I’m sick and tired of International Women’s Day
  on Mar 7, 2015 in 1. Society 5. Aid and Development 6. (In)security 7. Personal Development gender International Women’s Day men rape sexual violence women
  Today is International Women’s Day. I know we should celebrate this event but the truth is that I’m not in the mood for it. I’m a man, and I’m sick and tired of hearing horrible stories whichever part of the world I travel to, about how b...
• How we silence sexual abuse
  on Mar 1, 2015 in 1. Society 7. Personal Development family paedophilia sexual abuse silence survivor voice
  Sexual abuse has cast a shadow over my family’s life. My mother was abused as a child by her step father, the man I grew up knowing as my grandfather. My cousin was also abused by him (repeatedly, for years). Friends I went to school with were...
• How we silence sexual abuse
  on Mar 1, 2015 in 1. Society 7. Personal Development family paedophilia sexual abuse silence survivor voice
  Sexual abuse has cast a shadow over my family’s life. My mother was abused as a child by her step father, the man I grew up knowing as my grandfather. My cousin was also abused by him (repeatedly, for years). Friends I went to school with were...
• How to make no-dig gardens
  on Nov 5, 2014 in 2. Ecology 8. Health and Nutrition 9. Making Things compost How to no dig garden permaculture sheet mulch
  A few weeks ago I built some no dig garden beds in our new home that we are renting and planted them out with small cuttings and seedlings. After living in Bolivia for the past 2 years, growing at altitude and indoors, in pots, I am excited to back a...

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