Articles by Franki Cookney

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The professor using compassion to detoxify the debate about trans rights Amid a toxic debate about trans rights, philosophy professor Sophie Grace Chappell suggests how to foster tolerance instead Peace Positive People Society
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How do young men navigate consent in a post Me Too world? Young men are keen to talk about consent. So say sex educators, who are helping them move the conversation beyond ‘no means no’ Body & Mind Lifestyle Society UK Youth
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Different belongs: the magazine seeking to redefine what it means to be a ‘foreigner’ Historically, the word ‘foreigner’ has had negative connotations: alien, outsider. Is that about to change? Franki Cookney meets the co-foun... Media Society
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Indigenous reconciliation: making peace with the past Injustices of the past continue to affect people in indigenous communities today. Franki Cookney investigates how Standing Rock has brought ... Environment Society

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