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therapy culture
Specialist pleading
The Australian,
2 September 2009
One of the most influential contemporary cultural myths is that our era is characterised by the end of deference.
Medical labels are slapped on to rambunctious kids
The Australian,
15 August 2009
Why am I not surprised to discover the number of Australian schoolchildren diagnosed with psychological or emotional disorders is increasing at a dramatic rate?
After Jade, whose death will we watch next?
spiked,
23 March 2009
The salacious reports of Jade Goody’s physical demise confirm that death is the new sex: a form of voyeuristic entertainment.
A quack’s way to build the recovery
Sunday Times,
15 March 2009
The government plan to offer recession therapy just makes victims of us.
Phobias: in Greek
monkie magazine,
1 September 2008
There is something rotten in the trend to label political or cultural views as 'phobias' that must be treated. Essay republished in Issue 5 of the Greek bi-monthly magazine monkie.
Pursuit of happiness is personal
The Australian,
7 August 2008
Wellbeing crusaders have turned a private emotion into a public policy issue.
Fake Holocaust memoirs: history as therapy
spiked,
5 March 2008
In an era when suffering is celebrated and we all must ‘Believe the Victim’, is it any wonder people make up wild stories about wolves and Nazis?
Are ‘terrorist groomers’ warping our kids?
spiked,
6 November 2007
In turning terrorism into a child protection issue, where we must shield fragile youth from sleazy al-Qaeda, Britain has abandoned the battle of ideas.
A tyranny of experts
spiked review of books,
21 September 2007
In outsourcing their authority to international institutions, governments are bypassing the democratic process and reducing their publics to simpletons who must be guided by Enlightened Ones.
Really Bad Ideas: Phobias
spiked,
21 May 2007
There is something rotten in the trend to label political or cultural views as 'phobias' that must be treated
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