1.13 – EPM Sidecast – Burnout and dropout – with the No Lift Powerlifting Podcast

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-evtjp-fb457c Dr Pete and Hugh were invited onto the No Lift Podcast, hosted by Arthur Lynch, to discuss burnout and drop out in athletes specifically powerlifting athletes. Arthur Lynch is a bit of an enigma. Having competed at multiple IPF World Championships representing Ireland, he knows a thing or two about strength. But he’s not […]

Monkey chants and bananas: Understanding the racist language of sport.

I’m sure most football fans would say that supporting their teams is their main motivation for getting back in the stands. It’s also entirely possible that 90 minutes of outdoor screaming might provide a cathartic outlet for those still frustrated at seeing Black people enjoying gravy on TV last Christmas. While a third lockdown might […]

The Great Unwokening and the Gamification of Social Justice

Wokeness is defined as the quality or state of being aware of social justice issues. Consult the Urban Dictionary though, and you get a different definition. Here, to be woke is to be in a state of being permanently offended. Wokeness has become a pejorative term, an insult. Those fighting for social justice are mockingly nicknamed […]

White Supremacy shaped all of us. We must accept that before we can move on.

It’s difficult to know exactly when I figured it out. I was pretty much reading by the time I was three. I mean, I take absolutley no credit for that. I was three, I didn’t know what I was doing. But my mum made sure I was literate by the time I went to school, […]

I can see your but…

“I support the Black Lives Matter protests, but…” “I’m against police brutality, but…” “I deplore the 21st century lynching of a black man in broad daylight at the hands of those supposed to serve and protect… but…” I see you, you know? I see what you’re doing. I read what you write. I listen to what […]

A letter to my white friends

Originally posted on Lamb's English:
I see a lot of people – people I respect, love, value – saying they feel uneducated, that they don’t know many black people, that they want to be supportive but are afraid of saying the wrong thing, that they don’t know how to help, how to effect the…

Beyond the Blackout – How to start the real work of anti-racism

While #BlackOutTuesday was a lovely show of solidarity for one day, remember that if you truly believe that #BlackLivesMatter, your work doesn’t start and end with you changing your profile picture for a few hours, posting a neat slogan as your status, or taking a knee for a photo op. Your anti-racist work is ongoing. […]

The trauma of blackness

It’s been a difficult week. I feel stupid even saying that, because unlike George Floyd, I haven’t had my last breath forced out of my lungs by a Minneapolis police officer taking a knee on my fucking neck. Unlike Tye Anders, I haven’t been forced to lie on the ground by a sounder of police […]

Kobe

Ok. I think I have it now. I’ve refrained from commenting on Kobe Bryant’s death for a few days. Partly because nobody gives a crap about what I think, but partly because I needed a little bit of time to think about what I think and what I felt. I put my daughter to bed […]

Racial Gaslighting – What the Meghan Markle debate reveals about racism in the UK.

Ooof. Where to start. Right, let’s start at the beginning. Gaslighting is “the action or process of manipulating a person by psychological means into questioning his or her own sanity.” The term comes from the 1944 George Cukor film, Gaslight, in which Ingrid Bergman’s character, Paula, is manipulated into questioning her own lived experiences by […]