prejudice

It's common in Ireland to see a sign saying 'soup and sambo offer' or 'tea and sambo'. In Ireland this doesn't raise an eyebrow but for people from other countries it is a really strange thing to see. The word 'sambo' is an old - fashioned…

Women have long reported doctors not taking them seriously, and recent research indicates physicians do treat female pain more dismissively than they do men's. Maybe the phenomenon occurs in part due to the way women's bodily autonomy has…

I’m a blow-in and have been for the past thirty six years. So like all migrants nobody is aware of my pedigree. Or lack thereof. Thankfully such concerns have never featured greatly on my radar. I grew up in a family where you made your…

It was August 2002, and 17 year old Leona was curled on a trolley in A&E, rocking back and forth with pain, no energy left to cry anymore.  She had been admitted the night before with debilitating pain in her lower abdomen.  This was…