Or to slightly misquote Prendergast’s work – “it’s not just a discourse of pinks and blues” Whether or not they are aware, practitioners who work around young men’s sexual health issues are encumbered by a theoretical debate which lies at the root of all health work with men: do we attempt to challenge and change [...]
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Well, the fab chaps and chapettes at The Red Knob have been quiescent for a little while – but fear not…we’re hitting the road yet again! Representatives from the mighty Knob will be appearing at the Royal College of Nursing sexual health conference tomorrow in London…exploring the theme of lifestyle, subculture, and young men’s health…we’re [...]
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Then I reached inside a Snide bush And the next thing that I knew, I felt my hand touch someone! And I’ll bet that you know who. And for those people familiar with Dr Seuss’s wonderful book -The Sneetches, you may also recall another story within that weighty tome entitled ‘What was I scared of?’ [...]
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Well, here’s a cryptic message for a few folk – and those who possess an Enigma machine… Best before ’84? The title of a compilation of Greatest Hits by that popular anarcho-wedding band CRASS? Or perhaps an inference to the 5 Year Plan instigated by the planners in the Red Knob Coal Bunker (now occupied by [...]
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We’ve finally got around to judging the ‘Buster Says’ competition that we ran at the recent boys and young men conference in Plymouth. All in the name of fun of course! After all we’re informed that humour is one way of engaging with young men – young men whose language and culture is steeped in [...]
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The Red Knob crew would like to say a big thank you to Neil M and all of the other folk in Plymouth – the organisers and the participants who made for such an inspiring and fun day on work with young men on Thursday Nov 20th. Thank you. For those folk who entered the ‘Buster says’ [...]
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Sitting in my dentist’s waiting room earlier this week, and feeling apprehensive about my forthcoming checkup, I picked up a copy of The Times. In the health section of said paper was an article on the debate that Ms Fatale has described in the previous blog entry – the debate over whether in the UK [...]
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