by jo1test | May 31, 2023 | longer reads, Relationships
How one Jacqueline WIlson book taught me my Mum was more than ‘mental’ and why we should treat the ‘maddened mother’ trope with more nuance. “What is a Bitch?” I asked. I sat cross-legged on my floor, nestled between my Sylvanian families, balancing Mr...
by Maddy Burgess | May 30, 2023 | Society
Last weekend, BLOT Magazine attended Sheaf Poetry Festival in Sheffield. It celebrates the best in UK poetry, spoken word and lyrics, taking place in venues across Sheffield and the Peak District, and online. This year, the festival themes were activism, brains and...
by Chloe Evans | May 30, 2023 | longer reads, Relationships
In a world where social media is adding to the countless romance titles on our ‘to be read’ lists, are our favourite book men setting the bar too high when it comes to our standards and turning us into toxic women? If you were to ask a single, heterosexual female...
by Sophie Olejnik | May 30, 2023 | Library
A Dallas school district has apologised after sending children home with a Winnie the Pooh themed book about school shootings. The book, titled Stay Safe: Run, Hide, Fight, is meant to teach students how to stay safe during a gun attack. The cover reads “If...
by Arthur Barratt | May 30, 2023 | Mind, ReadForYourMind Campaign
Storytelling is as old as mankind itself. Long before the Sumerians were writing down The Epic of Gilgamesh on their clay tablets 4,000 years ago, people have been gathering round the fire to tell long-forgotten tales. These stories helped us to understand the world...
