Janon
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I'm passionate about stories. Was all about cinema for many years, now obsessed with reading incredible fiction. I'm in the process of writing my first book, but also have a YouTube channel called 'Beyond a Thought'.
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January 26th
Every time we enter a new year the conversation begins again in the media, online, and at the workplace whether we should celebrate a national holiday on the 26th of January. We all know the reason why this date was chosen and why many people refer to it as Invasion Day. What I didn’t know - and let’s be honest most white people like me don’t know - is the long history of resistance that has occurred on this date-. All these events in just the last 100 years, long before January 26th became an official public holiday in 1994.
By Janon4 years ago in Confessions
Engaging with your Emotions
This is the Reckoning, the Rumble, and the Revolution. In Rising Strong, Brene Brown draws on her visit to Pixar studios and Joseph Cambell’s The Hero’s Journey, to create this three-act process to rise from a face-down moment with more wisdom and worthiness.
By Janon4 years ago in Motivation
A Story About Body Shame
Nathan got his looks from his father: his skinny body and his excessive body hair. In fact, he was one of the first boys in his year that had facial hair, the bold hairs sprouting in the eighth grade. It was the moment he first had to deal with being called a ‘lanky monkey’. His father felt like a road map for Nathan’s body, with the only current difference being the tops of their heads. Bald on the top with hair wrapped around the side like a desperate wreath, thin enough to let his big ears stick out. Nathan dreaded losing his hair.
By Janon4 years ago in Confessions
Opinions
Are you entitled to your opinion? You can have an 0pinion but you aren’t always entitled to it. Professor Patrick Stokes, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Deakin University, in an article originally posted in The Conversation, says “philosophy teachers owe it to our students to teach them how to construct and defend an argument – and to recognize when a belief has become indefensible.” That article came out in 2012 and earlier this year Stokes revisited it, stating that, “Today, it is clear that many of our politicians and commentators have never seen the inside of a philosophy classroom and the question of whether we are entitled to our opinion is more pertinent than ever before.”
By Janon4 years ago in Confessions
