All posts tagged: Burden

In defence of dropping dead: the burden of extended care for aged parents is a heavy new phenomenon | Lucinda Holdforth

In defence of dropping dead: the burden of extended care for aged parents is a heavy new phenomenon | Lucinda Holdforth

Published by Sam Flores

Looked at one way, the modern longevity narrative is an inspirational story of human scientific and social progress. Looked at another you could say that we are now condemned to longevity – our own and other people’s. It’s placing a massive economic, social and psychological burden on us as individuals and as a society. There are now so many old people that new categories of demographic definition have been created to describe them. Those considered the “young old” are aged between 55 and 65. That’s me: At 63 years of age, I’m a young old. By all the rules of human history, I should have been dead for years. Instead, when I look 20 years into the future, I foresee an even older me who will need to plan for the outside possibility that I may have another 20 years to go. This is not necessarily, in my view, a glorious prospect. Sometimes I see myself becoming one of the ancient crones at my own family reunion – the one wearing the garish makeup and …

Joe Bini on ‘Burden of Other People’s Dreams: Chapter One – Ganymede’

Joe Bini on ‘Burden of Other People’s Dreams: Chapter One – Ganymede’

Published by Daniella Wilson

Imagine sitting down in a room with an iPad, a screen and loudspeakers. After a brief introduction to the set-up, you are in there, alone, for what is described as an 80- to 90-minute “live cinema experience.” Its title: Burden of Other People’s Dreams: Chapter One – Ganymede. After you look around the room a bit, you pick up the iPad. And off you are on a surreal journey. If you are now wondering what the heck I am talking about, the creator of the experience, Joe Bini, is likely smiling. Yeah, THAT Joe Bini! The creative, who in his work as an editor has collaborated with the likes of Werner Herzog, Andrea Arnold and many others. While that work is all about helping someone else’s creative vision become reality, Bini has now created something very, very different. Is it a book? Is it a movie? Well, it doesn’t really matter what you call it. What it is for sure is a sold-out offering that is part of the Inter:Active Exhibition at the 23rd edition of CPH:DOX, …

‘My silence ends here’: The heartbreaking burden of Dolores Huerta

‘My silence ends here’: The heartbreaking burden of Dolores Huerta

Published by Sam Flores

At 95, labor icon Dolores Huerta made a shocking and heartbreaking revelation Wednesday, in the wake of a New York Times investigation into sexual abuse allegations against her fellow icon, Cesar Chavez. She was raped by Chavez, she said. Twice — both times resulting in pregnancies. “I have never identified myself as a victim, but I now understand that I am a survivor — of violence, of sexual abuse, of domineering men who saw me, and other women, as property, or things to control,” Huerta wrote in a statement Wednesday. “I have kept this secret long enough. My silence ends here.” Like so many women who have carried the burden of their own attacks behind an iron curtain of guilt and shame, Huerta now finds herself in the difficult, painful position of having not only to relive this trauma as it becomes public, but explain it to the rest of us. Like the brave women of the Epstein files; like our First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom and the courageous women who spoke out against Harvey …

The toxic burden of pesticides is growing all around the world

The toxic burden of pesticides is growing all around the world

Published by skeptic

A farmer spraying pesticides on a cotton field Tao Weiming/VCG via Getty Images More than 60 years after Rachel Carson warned of the dangers of pesticides in her book Silent Spring, the harm they are doing to wildlife may be greater than ever. “In more or less all countries, the trend is towards increasing applied toxicity,” says Ralf Schulz at RPTU University Kaiserslautern-Landau in Germany. The potential harm done by any pesticide depends on both the amount applied and its toxicity, which can vary greatly from species to species. To assess the overall burden of pesticides, Schulz and his colleagues have developed a measure called applied toxicity. The researchers started by looking at the quantities of 625 pesticides used in 201 countries from 2013 to 2019. The list includes some pesticides used by organic farmers as well as conventional ones. They then averaged data from regulators in several countries on how toxic each pesticide is to eight broad groups of organisms: aquatic plants, aquatic invertebrates, fish, terrestrial arthropods, pollinators, soil organisms, terrestrial vertebrates and terrestrial …

‘US’s critical minerals summit will burden Global South with most costs’ | Al Jazeera

‘US’s critical minerals summit will burden Global South with most costs’ | Al Jazeera

Published by Sam Flores

The United States has hosted its first critical minerals summit aimed at challenging China’s dominance of the global supply chain for rare earth elements. But political economist Stefan Zylinski warns that Global South countries are likely to bear the greatest cost from any plan conceived by the Global North. Published On 5 Feb 20265 Feb 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Source link

Rising ovarian cancer burden in Europe demands action now

Rising ovarian cancer burden in Europe demands action now

Published by Sam Flores

Developed and funded by AbbVie in collaboration with the World Ovarian Cancer Coalition (the Coalition) and based on an interview with Christel Paganoni-Bruijns, chief executive officer of the Coalition, and Frances Reid, programme director of the Coalition Late diagnoses, burdensome treatments and disease recurrence are realities for many women with ovarian cancer.1,2,3,4,5 Their stories are evidence of systemic challenges impacting care that policymakers have the power to combat. The World Ovarian Cancer Coalition (the Coalition), the only global ovarian cancer patient advocacy organization, is driving evidence generation to inform tangible policy reforms that could reduce the socioeconomic burden of this disease on individuals and wider societies.6 Ovarian cancer is one of the deadliest cancers affecting women in Europe, yet it remains overlooked.7,8 While other areas of women’s health benefit from policy frameworks and public awareness, ovarian cancer continues to sit in the margins, creating real human consequences. In 2022, Europe recorded the highest rates of ovarian cancer incidence and mortality worldwide.8 Only 40 percent of women in Europe remain alive five years after being diagnosed with ovarian cancer, with advanced-stage diagnoses often having poorer outcomes.8 Despite this, ovarian cancer remains absent from many national cancer plans and there is still no unified European policy framework to address it.  In partnership with European patient groups, the Coalition is convening a …

Flexible working should be an opportunity not a burden

Flexible working should be an opportunity not a burden

Published by skeptic

Flexible working is increasingly common in many workplaces. But the adoption of flexible practices in schools has been slow and patchy. For many leaders, requests for flexible working feel like a procedural hurdle to process and often decline. But the passage in December of the Employment Rights Act marks a significant shift in how flexible working requests must be handled. While it has not become an automatic right, the bar for refusing a request has been raised, and schools that fail to adapt will expose themselves to legal risks. Having a blanket policy of no flexible working is not a safe approach. What has changed? Schools can still refuse flexible working requests, and the eight statutory grounds for doing so remain in place. However, refusals must now be “reasonable” – a higher legal test. It is no longer enough to just state one of the eight reasons. Leaders must demonstrate why a refusal is reasonable in the specific circumstances of that request. Consultation with the employee is mandatory, so schools must meaningfully engage with the …

What Happened to Belle Burden in “Strangers” Has a Name

What Happened to Belle Burden in “Strangers” Has a Name

Published by Jenni Sidey

As soon as Belle Burden’s memoir, Strangers, came out earlier this month, I started receiving urgent emails in my in-box. Women from my Runaway Husbands community had heard Burden interviewed or read the review in the New York Times and wanted to make sure that I knew about the book. They were excited; her story mirrored their own so closely that it was eerie. But what happened to Belle Burden is classic Wife Abandonment Syndrome, a series of events that takes place when a man suddenly leaves what his wife believed to be a happy and stable marriage. When my own husband left without having previously breathed a word about being unhappy or thinking of leaving, as a marriage counsellor, I knew I had to understand what happened. How does a man morph overnight from a loving husband to an angry stranger? I started researching this unusual form of divorce and was blown away by the results. The 400 women who responded to my questionnaire told the same story over and over, sometimes word for …

The Burden of Being ‘The Reasonable One’

The Burden of Being ‘The Reasonable One’

Published by Jenni Sidey

We all know someone who’s always described as “reasonable.” They’re the person who stays calm under pressure, smooths over conflicts, and goes out of their way not to rock the boat, at work, at home, and everywhere. They anticipate the needs of others, apologize before voicing their own, and quietly absorb tension so no one else has to. Being “the reasonable one” sounds like a compliment. But in reality, it’s often a subtle demand to stay quiet, stay calm, and stay accommodating, no matter the personal cost. Over time, this constant self-restraint can leave a person feeling exhausted, resentful, and unseen. What It Really Means to Be Reasonable Being reasonable is often described as being logical, fair, and sensible. In practice, it can mean being compliant, supportive, and accommodating, for the sake of harmony. Being “the reasonable one” involves placating others, smoothing over disagreements, and keeping the peace in public, at work, and in relationships with friends and family. But being reasonable often comes with an unspoken rule: Don’t show emotion. Don’t inconvenience others. Don’t …