Flo Bellinger

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Half of British women are turning to therapy and martial arts over safety concerns.

5 days ago | thred.com | Flo Bellinger

A demand for self-defence is the product of cultural self-blame. If you’re a woman, you’ve probably walked alone with your keys between your fingers at least once. Your heart rate has quickened when you hear someone approaching from behind after dark. You’ve pretended to take a phone call when heading home at night. These small rituals may sound overblown to a cisgender man, but they’ve become an unwelcome mainstay of womanhood. And it turns out they’re no longer enough, either.
Opinion - Do we really need another biopic?

1 week ago | thred.com | Flo Bellinger

What makes the Bourdain project particularly galling is that it contradicts everything the man himself appeared to value. Bourdain frequently mocked the artifice of celebrity. His appeal was rooted in discomfort, in his willingness to say the unsayable (and eat the inedible). A biopic cannot accommodate that kind of chaos. By it’s very nature, a story will seek to resolve a life that was intentionally unresolved. Anthony Bourdain ultimately died by suicide at the age of 61.
Does labour’s school uniform reform miss the mark?

1 week ago | thred.com | Flo Bellinger

Education Secretary, Bridget Phillipson, said of the measure: ‘Looking smart as school shouldn’t cost the earth, and no parent should be forced to choose between buying family essentials and a school shirt or tie. ‘Alongside our free breakfast clubs, these new laws will save parents hundreds of pounds a year, and make sure family finance have no bearing on children’s time at school.
What does Mark Carney’s win mean for Canada?

1 week ago | thred.com | Flo Bellinger

Carney’s campaign presented him as the adult in the room, a technocrat with backbone, and crucially, someone who could go toe-to-toe with Trump. In a media cycle increasingly dominated by spectacle, Carney’s promise of restoring Canadian confidence clearly struck a chord. ‘If there’s not a crisis, you wouldn’t be seeing me,’ he told supporters throughout the campaign.
Why is Gen Z turning to religion?

1 week ago | thred.com | Flo Bellinger

Loneliness has become a defining feature of post-Covid youth. In a world increasingly shaped by screens and filtered through algorithms, young people report feeling more isolated, more anxious and less connected than any generation before them. Remote work is on the rise, and many young people in their mid-to-late twenties will have experienced the better part of their student years learning in a digital, off-site context.
This new anti-spiking stir stick might save your life

1 week ago | thred.com | Flo Bellinger

Though the numbers are alarming, they are not surprising; the issue of drink spiking has been a known and largely unaddressed reality for decades. What is notable is that public safety in nightlife settings continues to rely on improvised strategies and individual vigilance rather than institutional safeguards.
Are synthetic hairstyles putting women’s lives at risk?

2 weeks ago | thred.com | Flo Bellinger

And as is the case with most things, not everyone bears the risk equally. Synthetic hair retails for a fraction of the price of human hair extensions, meaning they’re often the only viable option. Comment by from discussion inblackgirlsA full install of box braids or twists can easily run into the hundreds, depending on the stylist and region. For many, particularly working-class Black women, the only accessible choice is the one most likely to post a threat to their health. This is not new.
Opinion - Celebrities have the right to set boundaries in public

2 weeks ago | thred.com | Flo Bellinger

There’s a perception that being in the public domain means you’re public property. If someone’s work has made its way into your living room, or onto your phone screen, or into your headphones, there’s a sense that you have a stake in them – not just in what they make, but in how they behave. That they owe you something. It’s not that most people are malicious. But we see famous people so often and in so many formats that they start to feel familiar.
Opinion – Elon Musk’s vision of fatherhood is unsettling - Thred Website

3 weeks ago | thred.com | Flo Bellinger

When Tucker Carlson warmed up a Trump rally by suggesting the former president would return like an incensed father to “spank” the nation into submission, he was invoking a pre-modern archetype of fatherhood: punitive, performative, and intensely gendered. But Musk’s model is one of capital investment rather than discipline or dispersal. That’s hugely disconcerting in its own right, but even more so given Musk is currently one of the most powerful men on earth.
New study suggests diet changes could aid endometriosis pain

3 weeks ago | thred.com | Flo Bellinger

The report marks a turning point for sufferers of the disease – one which, despite growing awareness, remains grossly under researched. Turns out – if you’re one of the estimated 1 in 10 women globally living with endometriosis – there might be something revolutionary about your plate of food. A landmark new study has found that eliminating gluten, dairy, coffee and alcohol can significantly reduce the painful symptoms of the chronic (often debilitating) condition.