Wales Comic Con: An Aunty Social Story
Here is our very first Aunty Social World story. The one from when we went to Wales Comic Con...
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Laura
- Nov 17
- 5 min
Boundary hunting in a world of demands
Too many of us are losing our own boundaries in this wild world of demands. That's why we need to become boundary hunters.
Laura
- Nov 13
- 6 min
Social anxiety: Lessons learnt from a weekend away.
Sometimes, we need to laugh or else we'd cry. A story and lessons of social anxiety, being away from home and what happened this weekend.
Laura
- Sep 22
- 4 min
People think we’re ok (because it’s easier)
In a world where we are expected to mask, it is all too easy for people to think that we are ok when we're not.
Laura
- Jul 19
- 1 min
Embrace the time that you have
When someone has touched our lives, it doesn’t matter how long it has been since you were last in contact. Hearing that they have passed...
Laura
- Jun 22
- 5 min
Grave new world: Why we need to look at what social media is doing to us all.
Social media is affecting us all in some way. Its greatest protection is its culture of silence, denial and disinhibition
Laura
- May 19
- 8 min
Twitter addiction: An attention fuelled world that destroyed me.
My Twitter addiction began around three years ago. Since then it has destroyed me.
Laura
- May 12
- 8 min
Online communities are real: The dangers are real too.
Here we discuss the darker side of Twitter and why, despite the harassment, misogyny and unwanted attention, our online communities survive.
Aunty Social World
- May 1
- 6 min
Social anxiety: Why those of us who seek privacy often have the least.
Those of us who are autistic or live with social anxiety have a great need for privacy, but we are often left with the least.
Aunty Social World
- Apr 22
- 5 min
Have you noticed the change? Twitter: The inside stories.
Twitter is changing, and so are its communities. In this series of articles, we talk to those who know the platform best. Its users.
Aunty Social World
- Apr 21
- 3 min
Blue Ticks are gone: The real reason why they're so angry
The Blue Ticks are gone. Twitter's elite are up in arms. But who are they angry at? It's not Elon Musk. It's you.
Laura
- Apr 14
- 11 min
Twitter communities: The inside stories
Twitter and its communities are changing. In this series of blogs, we talk to the people on the inside about what this means to them.
Laura and Jon
- Mar 27
- 12 min
Autism Acceptance: Five practical changes that could create a more inclusive world.
It is not enough to just merely accept or be aware of autism. We need real practical change. Here are 5 lessons we can learn from lockdown.
Laura
- Mar 25
- 5 min
TAYLOR HAKWKINS: A PERSONAL STORY, ONE YEAR ON...
It's a year today since Taylor Hawkins died. I still remember the day like it was yesterday. I just couldn't believe it. I still can't.
Laura
- Mar 18
- 11 min
From break away to breakdown: A story of post-holiday depression and self-realisation.
We know that being able to go on holiday is a relative privilege, but the aftermath isn’t. Irrespective of the reason, depression is real.
Laura
- Jan 10
- 5 min
Social media: Attention is survival.
Social media. Whether you love it, loathe it or have mixed feelings towards it, we cannot avoid it.
Laura
- Dec 9, 2022
- 4 min
My life is a table: Life goals, aspirations and leaving it all behind.
Achievement is often seen as the big thing, but life is so much more than this. It's ok to leave that mindset behind..
Laura
- Nov 21, 2022
- 3 min
Change: A new story.
We don't all get the same pathways and scope to change our lives. That's why we need a new story that considers us all.
Laura
- Nov 15, 2022
- 2 min
Creativity: Why we are getting it so wrong…
Creativity isn't a level playing field. We need to challenge that it is only a viable pursuit for the privileged.
Laura
- Oct 27, 2022
- 3 min
Social anxiety isn’t a choice…
Someone recently asked me to describe what help I needed for my social anxiety. My answer was simple, ‘I don’t need help, I just need choice
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