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September 2022 Diversity Dictionary Roundup

September 2022 Diversity Dictionary Roundup

For September’s Diversity Dictionary word of the week series, we went on an exploration into race-related mythologies and experiences: Reverse racism, white-passing and identity politics. These are terms that are misunderstood, misused, and can cause confusion, even provoke a sense of feeling attacked.

August 2022 Diversity Dictionary Roundup

August 2022 Diversity Dictionary Roundup

Cancel culture, echo chamber, woke, oppression olympics. These are all terms that have gained popularity in the past five or so years, and while they may have started life as phrases intended to create a sense of unity, community or accountability, their effect is the opposite.

June 2022 Diversity Dictionary Roundup

June 2022 Diversity Dictionary Roundup

In the northern hemisphere, as summer approaches, companies take it upon themselves to remind people that they need to get in shape, to get ‘beach-body-ready’, to shed the pounds to be desirable. This is an unhealthy message for anyone, and particularly for anyone dealing with eating disorders. This is why we made eating disorders our focus for June 2022.

April 2022 Diversity Dictionary Roundup

April 2022 Diversity Dictionary Roundup

DEI. EDI. DEBI. JEDI. There are so many acronyms out there to describe the work of diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging, justice and more. But with the alphabet soup, does the meaning of these individual words sometimes get diluted or lost? Maybe.

March 2022 Diversity Dictionary Roundup

March 2022 Diversity Dictionary Roundup

March is here! Which means we’re all gearing up for #InternationalWomensDay. But why does such a day need to exist? Because of the Patriarchy. #DiversityDictionary

Four Easy Tips On How To Be An Ally

Four Easy Tips On How To Be An Ally

Allyship. It’s a word that’s growing in popularity. But what does it mean? Put simply, allyship is when a person of privilege works together with a marginalised group for a more equal world. Marginalised and privilege are the two key words in that sentence.

February 2022 Diversity Dictionary Roundup

February 2022 Diversity Dictionary Roundup

Welcome to our first #WordOfTheWeek roundup for 2022! Our theme for this year is Joyful Sustainability. Because joy is often at odds with sustainability. We want to reframe the relationship between the two words, and share how we will be embodying joyful sustainability as a team this year.

January 2022 Diversity Dictionary Roundup

January 2022 Diversity Dictionary Roundup

Welcome to our first #WordOfTheWeek roundup for 2022! Our theme for this year is Joyful Sustainability. Because joy is often at odds with sustainability. We want to reframe the relationship between the two words, and share how we will be embodying joyful sustainability as a team this year.

December 2021 Diversity Dictionary Roundup

December 2021 Diversity Dictionary Roundup

As we approach the end of the year, it can be easy to get swept up in festive cheer and for the social issues that we hear about throughout the year to be swept under the rug. Yet many want to be seen to be ‘doing the work’, without actually doing the work. Cue December 2021’s #DiversityDictionary theme.

November 2021 Diversity Dictionary Roundup

November 2021 Diversity Dictionary Roundup

Question: could you easily articulate the difference between prejudice, discrimination, unconscious bias and stereotype? These four words have distinct meanings, yet often get used interchangeably, which means the work of diversity, equity and inclusion often becomes confused and lacking in aim.

October 2021 Diversity Dictionary Roundup

October 2021 Diversity Dictionary Roundup

October is Black History Month in the UK, and we're honoured to have partnered with Kim Loliya who runs Black Psychotherapy, for October's #DiversityDictionary series.

August 2021 Diversity Dictionary Roundup

August 2021 Diversity Dictionary Roundup

The theme for August 2021’s Diversity Dictionary was ‘Urban Planning’ , where we explored how cities have come to be and their relationships with humans, the environment and systemic oppression.

July 2021 Diversity Dictionary Roundup

July 2021 Diversity Dictionary Roundup

Our Diversity Dictionary theme for August explored body image - to empower us all to shift our understanding and perhaps even our relationships with our own bodies and appearance.

June 2021 Diversity Dictionary Roundup

June 2021 Diversity Dictionary Roundup

Around the world, Pride Month is celebrated in June. So it was only right to make PRIDE our theme for the month. This month’s Diversity Dictionary words looked critically at the roots of Pride and how it shows up today.

May 2021 Diversity Dictionary Roundup

May 2021 Diversity Dictionary Roundup

Mental health and mental illness are much more openly talked about across all parts of society. However, it can still be taboo and a heavily loaded subject. May’s Diversity Dictionary words sought to demystify and address commonly held misconceptions about mental health.

April 2021 Diversity Dictionary Roundup

April 2021 Diversity Dictionary Roundup

With April being Stress Awareness Month, we took the opportunity to focus on stress-related words for the month’s Diversity Dictionary theme. Read on to learn ways to understand, recognise and manage stress, and proactively keep it at bay.

March 2021 Diversity Dictionary Roundup

March 2021 Diversity Dictionary Roundup

March saw the arrival of Sleep Awareness Week in the US (from March 14th-20th), World Sleep Day on March 19th and National Bed Month in the UK. Multiple reasons for us to celebrate one of the most natural and instinctual healing powers within us as human beings: Sleep!

February 2021 Diversity Dictionary Roundup

February 2021 Diversity Dictionary Roundup

February marks LGBTQIA+ History month in the UK. We chose to mark the month through our Diversity Dictionary series, specifically focusing on identities that are actually left out of the ‘LGBTQIA+’ acronym.

January 2021 Diversity Dictionary Roundup

January 2021 Diversity Dictionary Roundup

Welcome to 2021! Our theme for the month – and for all of 2021, in fact – is sustainability. It will inform everything we do and create in-house, with and for our community and our clients. What better place to set the tone than with Diversity Dictionary

December Diversity Dictionary Roundup

December Diversity Dictionary Roundup

December is a short month for us at TOB HQ as we’re closing our doors for the festive period for three whole week so that we can rest and recoup from the year that has been 2020. But that doesn’t mean we’ve taken it easy with the Diversity Dictionary offerings! This month, we covered words and concepts that negatively impact the work of social justice and equity.