Author: Rebecca Manson Jones

Theatre Director, Artistic Director of Spare Tyre one of the UK's leading participatory theatre companies (www.sparetyre.org) working co-creatively. Co-Chair of What Next?-Lewisham, part of a national movement to place arts and culture at the heart of public conversations. Personally I'm a freecycler, gardener and Action Learning Facilitator, Trustee at Oily Cart. Safeguarding Trainer at ITC. Politically I'm progressive and a believer in collaborative politics. A Founder member of the Women's Equality Party and candidate in the GLA election and first-ever WEP local council candidate in Brockley, Lewisham in 2016, Ladywell, in 2018 and again in 2021 for the Greater London Assembly. I'm the Equality in Health Spokesperson and member of the Policy Committee. Blogging about all of those things, not necessarily in that order. No dots, no hyphens, no trouble.
Activism & Campaigning

Why I get angry when Caring is described as unskilled

On Thursday night I got to speak to activists from the Women’s Equality Party. Yes, I was talking to the converted but we all need some reassurance some times that we’re not shouting into the wind. And sometimes, we need to be reminded by our own team that what we’re doing matters and how it matters on a human level. Here’s something approaching what was … Continue reading Why I get angry when Caring is described as unskilled

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Activism & Campaigning, Caring

And when the caring is over ….what next?

I hid I went out into the world I laughed I shouted I told a story maybe true Maybe a myth I dressed up I dressed down I picked berries from a bush & and ate them direct without washing them first. I escaped the weather. All of the weather I escaped from my past into my past. I felt desolate. I felt joy I … Continue reading And when the caring is over ….what next?

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Activism & Campaigning

When your beer tastes weird – eat tumeric and get a test!

Today I have done day 3 of yoga with Adrienne without the full downward dog, plank or cobra, no lunges. But I kept moving and breathing for 30 minutes. I have sat down for as long afterwards. This morning I also have put on a load of washing, cleaned the bathroom and started to hoover the bedroom. Housework as a radical act of self care … Continue reading When your beer tastes weird – eat tumeric and get a test!

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Activism & Campaigning, Art and Activism, Creative Process

All the resolve and none of the action?

I have always found New Year’s resolutions to be unproductive but cheating by starting early has helped a bit. Last year I got going onTo daily yoga on 23rd December which I believe helped in my father’s last days and in combatting what could have been a much worse acquaintance with my new companion and house guest #LongCovid This year so far I have in … Continue reading All the resolve and none of the action?

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