Archive for August 2024

Brunel University London’s Tienga Ngale and Vishal Udaya Kumar have both been shortlisted for the Social Work Student of the Year 2024.

“Social workers want to go above and beyond constantly. But people are saying they are permanently exhausted and it’s leeching into their personal lives. There’s no off-switch,” says PSA Delegate and Social Worker Jameela Diallo.

For some critics, the concept of toxic masculinity flattens the many layers of a complex social identity, including race, sexuality, class, and age. For this reason, some academics have come to prefer “hegemonic masculinity” or “machismo” or good old-fashioned “patriarchy.” And yet, according to social workers and educators on the ground, the divisiveness of toxic masculinity as a phrase can be an asset. “In my experience teaching violence prevention programs over the past decade, the tensions arising from the term’s popularity and infamy are an opportunity,” says Dr. Will McInerney, a researcher at the Centre for Women, Peace and Security at the London School of Economics. McInerney believes that when handled the right way, the reaction the term provokes can lead to engagement. “It’s an entry-point for men to think more critically about masculinity, the harms associated with some versions of it, and the possibilities of more equitable, less violent alternatives.”

Project 2025’s plan to train an army of political appointees who could fight the so-called deep state on behalf of a future Trump administration remains on track…. Dozens of never-before-published videos created for Project 2025 were provided to ProPublica and Documented by a person who had access to them.

The South Carolina Department of Social Services (SCDSS) has named Robin “Holly” Morris as the new Child Welfare Services Lowcountry Regional Director. Morris, a 28-year veteran of working with children and families, began her new role on August 2.