How Art Helped me to Process my Psychosis
“I like to call it ‘The Andy Warhol Effect’ - not sure if it exists, but for me, it’s the idea that I can use art to cope with the chaos I can’t control.” - Rebecca Toms
Dating apps in the divergent world: It wasn’t made for us
In 2020, it was estimated that a whopping 280 million people globally are using dating apps, and this was an estimate predicted for 2024 - but the pandemic sped the online dating game up drastically.
With Gender-Transitioning on the Rise, Barriers are Challenged
For most, the blueprint of one’s identity is a ‘given’ for life. Yet, for some the ‘given’ leads to questioning and the need for an identity which fits.
Borders and Bodybuilding: Insights into life as a refugee in Europe (part 2)
“I really liked when I helped. You forget yourself, your problems, that you are in that situation.” Abbas.
Community Integration, Participation and the Right to Self-Fulfilment
“My Job Centre Plus worker told me about this place and because of the type of job I wanted, she thought it would be a good steppingstone to help me in between my jobs and career path.” Said Tamara.
March 2022 Editorial
Welcome to this, our special celebratory issue, as Barriers to Bridges Magazine is 1 year old this month and as the Founding Editor, I couldn’t be more over-the-moon with pride!
Borders and Bodybuilding: Insights into life as a refugee in Europe (part 1)
‘When did we stop thinking of each other as human and start thinking of each other as numbers’?
Performative Activism, Corporate catfishing and the blurred lines of allyship
Corporate Catfishing Infographics
“Matching your actions to your words is true activism.”
The road to addiction recovery and the kindness facade
“What’s often frustrating about social justice issues in general is that in order to get people to show basic empathy or understanding, you have to use the ‘what if it were your wife, your child'…”
December 2021 Editorial
Welcome to this, our 3rd issue and welcome to any new subscribers. Firstly, a special congratulations goes out to Nina Chesworth, who wrote the piece in June’s issue on the little-known condition of Charles Bonnett Syndrome – she has now completed her sponsored walk in all the Mancunian pride and glory it deserves – great work, Nina!