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    Disenfranchised Grief

    Disenfranchised Grief A dance film by Diana Amma-Gyankoma Abankwah This 2.5-min long original bilingual dance film tackles the themes of disenfranchised grief, family estrangement, mental illness and the aftermath of life as a suicide loss survivor. It is choreographed, produced…

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    Care Under Capitalism: the work of health and sex

    Care Under Capitalism : the work of health and sex “The economy of desire and the economy of health are structured by the same inhumane architecture of oppression that structures all markets. And even so they are enduringly human, with…

  • Experiment disability justice

    the hearts that remain

    the hearts that remain A short story by Salvy Snr By Salvy Snr Commissioned by Molly Lipson Editor’s note: this story contains themes of sexual violence so if you choose to read, please take care. “i will tell you what…

  • Experiment disability justice, trans health

    Grief + joy befriend

    Grief + Joy Befriend AJ Venturini explores how grief and joy are deeply interconnected in the process of personal transformation and collective liberation By AJ Venturini Commissioned by Molly Lipson Grief and Joy Befriend explores how grief and joy are…

  • Abstract style colourful illustration of people in various body positions and different angles. Image has orange filter on it
    Experiment disability justice, racial justice

    Loss of reason

    Loss of reason Peter Barham explores white supremacy’s dominating influence on madness based on his book, Outrageous Reason: Madness & Race in Britain & Empire, 1780—2020 By Peter Barham Commissioned by Micha Frazer-Carroll Quite recently I completed a book called…

  • Large spiral set on a plain background, with paint flecks coming off the outside spiral. Image has a green-yellow filter over it.
    Experiment racial justice

    Intersectional alchemy

    Intersectional alchemy A poem by Marai Larasi By Marai Larasi I was born of a Black Pearl.Somewhere in the East of London.As a Leo with Gemini Rising and Scorpio Moon diviningI arrived wilfully and disrespectfullyTo a hospital in the middle…

  • Bowl of lentil soup with green filter overlay
    Experiment palestine

    Fatteh Adas during genocide

    Fatteh Adas during genocide From the West Bank, Lama Obeid shares a lyrical recipe for the Palestinian dish Fatteh Adas against the backdrop of the genocide By Lama Obeid Commissioned by Molly Lipson Most days we feel helpless while trying…

  • front cover of Sophie Chauhan's book Curious Affinities which has a mustard yellow cover and is sitting on top of a woven blanket. Image has yellow-green filter on it
    Experiment disability justice

    Is pain always political?

    Is pain always political? “It is crucial that we devise ways of life that are liveable for people with disabilities, but we must also ask how different ways of life inflict debilitation, illness, pain and death onto others.” An excerpt…

  • Light purple background with tomato stem and red flower on left hand side. White stemmed plant on the right hand side with green leaves of different sizes and textures, and small yellow flowers. There are bees around both stems and underneath are the words, We keep each other safe & help each other grow. Image is bordered by two blue flowers and two white flowers in the corners, with swirly stems between them to create a rectangle around the image. Image has blue filter over it.
    Experiment abolition, life-affirming infrastructures

    We keep each other safe

    We keep each other safe Han Gunji‘s illustration on radical health and healing using the metaphor of mutually beneficial flowers By Han Gunji Commissioned by Micha Frazer-Carroll Artist’s note: I thought about radical health/healing/movement building in terms of care and community…

  • red book sits on paving stone and grass. Cover has colourful round drawing in the centre. Title Tending Grief above it with underneath: Embodied rituals for holding our sorrow and growing cultures of care in community. Camille Sapara Barton. Image has orange filter on it
    Experiment movements, politicised somatics

    Why we need grief in our social movements

    Why we need grief in our social movements The Dagara people see regular grief tending as necessary for the health of the community. Why don’t we do the same? asks Camille Sapara Baron in this excerpt from their book Tending…

  • A four frame instant photo of Evie Muir holding her book Radical Rest sits on the grass with purple flowers in the foreground. Image has blue filter on it.
    Experiment politicised somatics

    Holistic expeditions of a somatic cartographer

    Holistic expeditions of a somatic cartographer The body is a landscape – an exploration by Evie Muir By Evie Muir Commissioned by Micha Frazer-Carroll “The body is a landscape”, my acupuncturist tells me as she reads the crumpled map of…

  • person with their back turned looking at the deaths by welfare timeline exhibition
    Insight abolition, surveillance, welfare

    Life-Affirming Research at HJL

    Research at HJL directly contributes to the organisation’s long-term strategy and vision by fostering personal, collective, and structural transformation. Our research is life-affirming, participatory, and collaborative, ensuring that it centres the voices of those most marginalised by systemic violence. This…

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