Asylum Magazine
@asylummagazine.bsky.social
The radical mental health magazine. Been around since 1986. Distributed by PCCS Books Sharing does not equal endorsement.
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Website: https://asylummagazine.org
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://asylummagazine.org
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The Winter 2025 Issue of @asylummagazine.bsky.social will be out soon ❤️
With a Feature on AI and mental health among other timely material
With a Feature on AI and mental health among other timely material
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
"The causal links between experiences of gender based violence and acts of violence [perpetrated by women] are completely underexplored"
"The causal links between experiences of gender based violence and acts of violence [perpetrated by women] are completely underexplored"
Why women kill
Experience of domestic violence is at the heart of why many women are driven to commit violent crimes
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:11 PM
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
"The causal links between experiences of gender based violence and acts of violence [perpetrated by women] are completely underexplored"
"The causal links between experiences of gender based violence and acts of violence [perpetrated by women] are completely underexplored"
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A key part of the backlash to ending the two child limit is the idea parents won’t actually spend the extra money on their kids. Why not give them vouchers for food and clothes instead? critics ask.
Because it’s paternalistic classism that believes being poor means you’re a bad parent.
Because it’s paternalistic classism that believes being poor means you’re a bad parent.
November 27, 2025 at 11:36 AM
A key part of the backlash to ending the two child limit is the idea parents won’t actually spend the extra money on their kids. Why not give them vouchers for food and clothes instead? critics ask.
Because it’s paternalistic classism that believes being poor means you’re a bad parent.
Because it’s paternalistic classism that believes being poor means you’re a bad parent.
Front pages of UK newspapers following the budget announcement: featuring the decisive rhetoric of "strivers vs skivers" and encouraging the public to blame disabled and low-income people (in receipt of welfare benefits) for structural problems/collapses
@shrinkatlarge.bsky.social
@shrinkatlarge.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Front pages of UK newspapers following the budget announcement: featuring the decisive rhetoric of "strivers vs skivers" and encouraging the public to blame disabled and low-income people (in receipt of welfare benefits) for structural problems/collapses
@shrinkatlarge.bsky.social
@shrinkatlarge.bsky.social
The Winter 2025 Issue of @asylummagazine.bsky.social will be out soon ❤️
With a Feature on AI and mental health among other timely material
With a Feature on AI and mental health among other timely material
November 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
The Winter 2025 Issue of @asylummagazine.bsky.social will be out soon ❤️
With a Feature on AI and mental health among other timely material
With a Feature on AI and mental health among other timely material
migrantsrightsnetwork.substack.com/p/transphobi...
"[There is] a climate of hostility towards both trans+ people and migrants in the UK right now..."
One wonders about the impact of this on people's mental health ☹️
"[There is] a climate of hostility towards both trans+ people and migrants in the UK right now..."
One wonders about the impact of this on people's mental health ☹️
Transphobia, the gender binary and migration
Transphobia is rife in the immigration system and Government institutions. Hostility towards trans+ people and migrants means trans+ migrants are at the receiving end of multiple forms of violence
migrantsrightsnetwork.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:55 PM
migrantsrightsnetwork.substack.com/p/transphobi...
"[There is] a climate of hostility towards both trans+ people and migrants in the UK right now..."
One wonders about the impact of this on people's mental health ☹️
"[There is] a climate of hostility towards both trans+ people and migrants in the UK right now..."
One wonders about the impact of this on people's mental health ☹️
Better Off Dead?: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001z8wc via @bbciplayer
Really timely documentary as the Assisted Suicide Bill is being debated
Really timely documentary as the Assisted Suicide Bill is being debated
Better Off Dead?
A documentary on assisted suicide, authored by actor and disability rights activist Liz Carr.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Better Off Dead?: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001z8wc via @bbciplayer
Really timely documentary as the Assisted Suicide Bill is being debated
Really timely documentary as the Assisted Suicide Bill is being debated
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Cuts were linked to an extra 92,000 people with long-term conditions a year self-reporting “common mental disorders” such as depression and anxiety, after leaving their jobs and being placed in the WRAG, and 31,000 a year more disabled people experiencing severe poverty.
DWP ministers ‘must be shown’ new research which shows likely results of ‘obscene’ plans to cut benefits
It is “crucial” that the government is shown new research which highlights that “obscene” plans to cut out-of-work disability benefits are likely to have “devastating” consequences for claimants, s…
www.disabilitynewsservice.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Cuts were linked to an extra 92,000 people with long-term conditions a year self-reporting “common mental disorders” such as depression and anxiety, after leaving their jobs and being placed in the WRAG, and 31,000 a year more disabled people experiencing severe poverty.
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International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day.
Will be spending the day with those I love. May need more tissues than others this afternoon however…..
“Who can say if I’ve been changed for the better
But because I knew you
I have been changed for good”
#SuicideLoss #Siblings
Will be spending the day with those I love. May need more tissues than others this afternoon however…..
“Who can say if I’ve been changed for the better
But because I knew you
I have been changed for good”
#SuicideLoss #Siblings
November 22, 2025 at 8:52 AM
International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day.
Will be spending the day with those I love. May need more tissues than others this afternoon however…..
“Who can say if I’ve been changed for the better
But because I knew you
I have been changed for good”
#SuicideLoss #Siblings
Will be spending the day with those I love. May need more tissues than others this afternoon however…..
“Who can say if I’ve been changed for the better
But because I knew you
I have been changed for good”
#SuicideLoss #Siblings
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Tip for the Labour Party. If you have to clarify asylum seekers’ wedding rings won’t be seized, your policy is horrific. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Asylum seekers’ jewellery could be seized to pay for processing costs, says Home Office minister
Idea borrowed from Denmark is latest attempt to reduce number of people seeking asylum in UK
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Tip for the Labour Party. If you have to clarify asylum seekers’ wedding rings won’t be seized, your policy is horrific. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Today I stand with transgender friends and families as we honor those who have lost their lives at the hands of hate
November 20, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Today I stand with transgender friends and families as we honor those who have lost their lives at the hands of hate
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The phrase "lived experience" is so vague as a standalone.
Pros: it doesn't say how horrific or positive those experiences have been, & it's safely apolitical (unlike 'psych survivor').
Cons: it doesn't say how horrific or positive those experiences have been & it's safely apolitical.
Hmm.
Pros: it doesn't say how horrific or positive those experiences have been, & it's safely apolitical (unlike 'psych survivor').
Cons: it doesn't say how horrific or positive those experiences have been & it's safely apolitical.
Hmm.
November 20, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The phrase "lived experience" is so vague as a standalone.
Pros: it doesn't say how horrific or positive those experiences have been, & it's safely apolitical (unlike 'psych survivor').
Cons: it doesn't say how horrific or positive those experiences have been & it's safely apolitical.
Hmm.
Pros: it doesn't say how horrific or positive those experiences have been, & it's safely apolitical (unlike 'psych survivor').
Cons: it doesn't say how horrific or positive those experiences have been & it's safely apolitical.
Hmm.
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The predictable knee jerk incompetence of this government. Instead of addressing the material problems in people lives they scapegoat immigration and make the material problems worse. 50k nurse could quit the UK!
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Up to 50,000 nurses could quit UK over immigration plans, survey suggests
Exclusive: union leaders say proposed changes are immoral and could threaten patient safety if there is staff exodus
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:09 AM
The predictable knee jerk incompetence of this government. Instead of addressing the material problems in people lives they scapegoat immigration and make the material problems worse. 50k nurse could quit the UK!
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2025/11/04/i...
Really interesting piece by Elizabeth Cotton, author of *Uber Therapy*
Really interesting piece by Elizabeth Cotton, author of *Uber Therapy*
November 19, 2025 at 11:25 AM
www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2025/11/04/i...
Really interesting piece by Elizabeth Cotton, author of *Uber Therapy*
Really interesting piece by Elizabeth Cotton, author of *Uber Therapy*
youtu.be/kfgSVOxvv78?...
Elizabeth Cotton talking about the rise of digital therapies and her new book "Uber therapy"
Elizabeth Cotton talking about the rise of digital therapies and her new book "Uber therapy"
Understanding UberTherapy
YouTube video by Surviving Work
youtu.be
November 19, 2025 at 8:29 AM
youtu.be/kfgSVOxvv78?...
Elizabeth Cotton talking about the rise of digital therapies and her new book "Uber therapy"
Elizabeth Cotton talking about the rise of digital therapies and her new book "Uber therapy"