Category: North
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Accent Discrimination.
Given Jack Whitehall’s ‘Wetherspoons Whitney’ comment to Becky Hill, I thought I’d touch on accent discrimination. It’s not something I’ve talked about much, this idea of accent discrimination, or the deeper divide that still exists between the North and South of England. Growing up in the North, I never gave my accent a second thought.…
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Bottom of the Barrel.
People use the term “working class,” but growing up, I didn’t even feel like working class. I felt worse, like I was at the very bottom of the barrel. A junkie’s rejected daughter, My mum and stepdad never worked (until later in life), they claimed benefits for as long as I can remember. Even though…
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My Step Dad the White Rasta.
Where do I even begin with my stepdad? Back in the 80s and 90s, he was a white Rasta, fully immersed in Rastafarian culture. He worshiped Jah, the Rastafarian term for God, a spiritual figure rooted in Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie, whom Rastafarians revere as a messiah. My stepdad couldn’t have been more different from…
Bipolar Mum Journey 