COMMENT Caitlin Logan: Tory attacks on inclusive education show ignorance on growing up LGBT
‘HAVE you noticed anything … unusual about Ellen?' My dad was talking about Ellen DeGeneres, star of the 1990s sitcom we’d been watching lately...
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Caitlin Logan is a regular columnist with The National and has also had bylines in The Ferret, Bella Caledonia, and CommonSpace. She often writes about equalities, human rights, and social justice. She also works on campaigns and research for the voluntary sector, with a focus on tackling poverty and inequality.
Caitlin Logan is a regular columnist with The National and has also had bylines in The Ferret, Bella Caledonia, and CommonSpace. She often writes about equalities, human rights, and social justice. She also works on campaigns and research for the voluntary sector, with a focus on tackling poverty and inequality.
‘HAVE you noticed anything … unusual about Ellen?' My dad was talking about Ellen DeGeneres, star of the 1990s sitcom we’d been watching lately...
BABY Reindeer is the nickname given to Donny, lead character of the Netflix sensation of the same name, by his stalker, Martha. Soft, frightened, vulnerable, unsteady.
HOPELESSNESS is, I believe, the most dangerous emotion because it gives us permission to stop trying and it places all the cards in the hands of those who seek to quell our thirst for progress.
I HAD no idea who Dan Schneider was when I was a child but I loved his work as a writer, creator, and producer. Growing up, I spent many an afternoon glued to Nickelodeon watching Kenan & Kel,
ACCORDING to “Godwin’s law”, as any discussion on the internet goes on, the likelihood of someone being compared to the Nazis or Hitler increases. But when is a comparison to Nazi Germany appropriate to make?
DO you ever wake up and think, “if only I didn’t know about all the horrible things the UK Government is doing, my mental health would be so much better”? I can relate, and apparently the Home Office can too.
THE standard response when someone announces that they are expecting a baby is to say “congratulations” and offer well wishes to them and their new addition.
ACCORDING to the latest statistics, there are 322 women in Scottish prisons. That’s 322 lives and stories we cannot know, but it is safe to say that these will be some of the most vulnerable people in our country today.
AT the age of 32, I joined my very first game of Dungeons & Dragons and it changed my life...
IN 1991, a 24-year-old Sinead O’Connor boycotted the Grammy Awards despite being nominated in several categories, including Best Record. Her reason? The awards primarily celebrated material success.
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