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Jack Belloli
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priest in the church of england | theology, poetics, activism | he/him
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Actual cause of youth isolation and depression: What parents think is causing youth isolation and depression.

Two newspaper headlines: severe cuts to urban youth services, and parents want to stop children having smartphones until they're 14.
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"this email could have been a nap"

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JBfrgiacbelloli.bsky.social

The reason being... she took notes from the Fleabag priest?

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JBfrgiacbelloli.bsky.social

Why did we need the revolution when just coining the term 'Britishcore' could've led to the final collapse of the ideology of the nation-state all along?

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JBfrgiacbelloli.bsky.social

But, yes, otherwise, Arius?

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JBfrgiacbelloli.bsky.social

This is largely my contrarian resistance to needing anyone to have a 'magnum opus'... I'd still, and not just for sheer provocation, say my favourite thing by him is the Violence and the Gospel in South Africa sermon...

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JBfrgiacbelloli.bsky.social

Probably my impression too - though it's picked up readers in surprising places (notably some corners of literary studies...)

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JBfrgiacbelloli.bsky.social

Ooooh, well... that's an opinion.

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SSsathnam.bsky.social

This feels like an outbreak of sanity. Taking "pride" in history is inane when you personally had nothing to do with it, and when it includes events as contradictory as slavery and anti-slavery. What the British public are developing is a sense of nuance. www.theguardian.com/society/arti...

‘Somewhat more critical’: pride in Britain’s history falls sharply in survey
‘Somewhat more critical’: pride in Britain’s history falls sharply in survey

Social attitudes survey finds high levels of pride over sports and the arts but less pride in country’s political influence

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Jack Belloli
@frgiacbelloli.bsky.social
priest in the church of england | theology, poetics, activism | he/him
337 followers378 following133 posts