GBA 201 Mel Jones

Published: March 25, 2015, 12:02 p.m.

b"In GBA 201 we get better acquainted with Mel Jones. She talks about so many things both personal and political; sex, depression, therapy, age, forgiveness, family, performing, community, discrimination, news, songwriting and speaking words are just a few of the topics and tangents we cover.\\n\\nContent Note: This episode deals with mental health issues and therapy. The conversation also covers issues around child abuse and sexual abuse, although it doesn't contain graphic descriptions of either. It also contains plenty of love, warmth and laughter\\n\\nMel plugs:\\n\\nFriggers of Speech: https://www.facebook.com/FriggersofSpeech\\n\\nContact Mel poetrymel@hotmail.co.uk or https://www.facebook.com/mel.jones.505\\n\\nThe next SUT is: Tragic Spring: http://www.facebook.com/events/588668424609848/\\n\\nWe mention:\\n\\nPBH Free Fringe CD: https://pbhfreefringespokenword.bandcamp.com/album/a-maze-of-breaths-spoken-word-at-pbhs-free-fringe\\nStand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/\\nPorn Poem: https://pbhfreefringespokenword.bandcamp.com/track/porn\\nAsexuality: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asexuality\\nfog in the channel europe cut off: http://politicalquotes.org/node/19094\\nPage 3: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Page_3\\nIndigo Girls: http://www.indigogirls.com/\\nJoni Mitchell: http://jonimitchell.com/\\nLeonard Cohen: http://www.leonardcohen.com/home\\nLily Tomlin - forgiveness means giving up all hope for a better past: http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/87427-forgiveness-means-giving-up-all-hope-for-a-better-past\\nOscar Wild quote: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/o/oscarwilde124821.html\\nAmbivert: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ambivert\\nTantalus: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tantalus\\nThe Crib: http://www.thecrib.org.uk/\\nJohn Pilger - the inevitable ring of the unimaginable: http://www.rickieleejones.com/forum.htm\\nRT: http://rt.com/uk/\\nAl Jazeera: http://www.aljazeera.com/\\nRadio 4: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4\\nBang Said the Gun: https://twitter.com/bangsaidthegun\\nDan Cockrill: http://www.danielcockrill.com/\\nPaul Excentric: http://pauleccentric.co.uk/\\nDan Simpson: https://dansimpsonpoet.wordpress.com/\\nLuke Wright: http://www.lukewright.co.uk/\\n\\nFollow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!"