Meg‐john Barker
Biographic Data
| ID | 4810666 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Meg‐john Barker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Meg‐john |
| FAMILY NAME | Barker |
| SIGNATURE | BARKER M J |
| AFFILIATIONS | The Open University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Meg-John Barker & Justin Hancock: A Sociological Playlist
Plural selves, queer, and comics
This article explores how comics and other graphic formats constitute a useful means for people to explore and articulate experiences of plurality. First the literature on plural selves is presented, drawing from therapeutic and self-help work around exploring and embracing one’s inner parts (children, critics, parents, alter egos, etc). This is linked with mad pride movements to reclaim pathologising psychiatric diagnosis like Dissociative Ident…
Life Isn’t Binary: On Being Both, Beyond, and In-Between
‘The book we all need for this moment in time.’ CN LESTER ‘An absolute must read’ FOX FISHER ‘A genius book’LIBRARY JOURNAL REVIEW Much of society’s thinking operates in a highly rigid and binary manner; something is good or bad, right or wrong, a success or a failure, and so on. Challenging this limited way of thinking, this ground-breaking book looks at how non-binary methods of thought can be applied to all aspects of life, and offer new and g…
Rewriting the Rules: An Anti Self-Help Guide to Love, Sex and Relationships
We live in a time of uncertainty about relationships. We search for The One but find ourselves staying single because nobody measures up. We long for a happily-ever-after but break-up after break-up leave us bruised and confused. Rewriting the Rules: An Anti Self-Help Guide to Love, Sex and Relationships is a friendly guide through the complicated - and often contradictory - advice that's given about sex and gender, monogamy and conflict, break-u…
Mediated intimacy: Sex advice in media culture
The bold argument of Mediated Intimacy (Barker et al., 2018)1 is that media of various kinds play an increasingly important role in shaping people's knowledge, desires, practices and expectations about intimate relationships. While arguments rage about the nature and content of sex and relationship education in schools, it is becoming clear that more and more of us - young and old - look not to formal education, or even to our friends, for inform…
The use of porn in sex and relationships education
Although many young people want more and better SRE, this is not true for all young people.In Justin's experience as a sex educator, some students just do not want to be there.Although parents can choose to remove their child from SRE classes, students often cannot choose to remove themselves.If we are endeavouring to teach young people to engage in consensual behaviour, then it is vital to model this by not making
Genderqueer and Non-Binary Genders
This book addresses the emerging field of genderqueer or non-binary genders - that is, individuals who do not identify as male or female. It considers theoretical, research, practice, and activist perspectives; and outlines a basis for good practice when working with non-binary individuals. \n \nThe first section provides an overview of historical, legal and academic aspects of this phenomenon. The second section explores how psychotherapeutic, p…
Self-help as an activist-academic research project
The use of porn in sex and relationships education
Although many young people want more and better SRE, this is not true for all young people.In Justin's experience as a sex educator, some students just do not want to be there.Although parents can choose to remove their child from SRE classes, students often cannot choose to remove themselves.If we are endeavouring to teach young people to engage in consensual behaviour, then it is vital to model this by not making
Genderqueer and Non-Binary Genders
This book addresses the emerging field of genderqueer or non-binary genders - that is, individuals who do not identify as male or female. It considers theoretical, research, practice, and activist perspectives; and outlines a basis for good practice when working with non-binary individuals. \n \nThe first section provides an overview of historical, legal and academic aspects of this phenomenon. The second section explores how psychotherapeutic, p…
Self-help as an activist-academic research project
Rewriting the Rules: An Anti Self-Help Guide to Love, Sex and Relationships
We live in a time of uncertainty about relationships. We search for The One but find ourselves staying single because nobody measures up. We long for a happily-ever-after but break-up after break-up leave us bruised and confused. Rewriting the Rules: An Anti Self-Help Guide to Love, Sex and Relationships is a friendly guide through the complicated - and often contradictory - advice that's given about sex and gender, monogamy and conflict, break-u…
Mediated intimacy: Sex advice in media culture
The bold argument of Mediated Intimacy (Barker et al., 2018)1 is that media of various kinds play an increasingly important role in shaping people's knowledge, desires, practices and expectations about intimate relationships. While arguments rage about the nature and content of sex and relationship education in schools, it is becoming clear that more and more of us - young and old - look not to formal education, or even to our friends, for inform…
The use of porn in sex and relationships education
Although many young people want more and better SRE, this is not true for all young people.In Justin's experience as a sex educator, some students just do not want to be there.Although parents can choose to remove their child from SRE classes, students often cannot choose to remove themselves.If we are endeavouring to teach young people to engage in consensual behaviour, then it is vital to model this by not making
Life Isn’t Binary: On Being Both, Beyond, and In-Between
‘The book we all need for this moment in time.’ CN LESTER ‘An absolute must read’ FOX FISHER ‘A genius book’LIBRARY JOURNAL REVIEW Much of society’s thinking operates in a highly rigid and binary manner; something is good or bad, right or wrong, a success or a failure, and so on. Challenging this limited way of thinking, this ground-breaking book looks at how non-binary methods of thought can be applied to all aspects of life, and offer new and g…
Meg-John Barker & Justin Hancock: A Sociological Playlist
Plural selves, queer, and comics
This article explores how comics and other graphic formats constitute a useful means for people to explore and articulate experiences of plurality. First the literature on plural selves is presented, drawing from therapeutic and self-help work around exploring and embracing one’s inner parts (children, critics, parents, alter egos, etc). This is linked with mad pride movements to reclaim pathologising psychiatric diagnosis like Dissociative Ident…
Sociology (5 works) · Gender, Feminism, and Media (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology (3 works) · Arithmetic (2 works) · Binary number (2 works) · Mathematics (2 works) · Media studies (2 works)