Chris Wheatley

Writer and Journalist, Oxford, UK

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Chris Wheatley is a writer and journalist based in Oxford, UK. His writing has appeared in Vintage Rock Magazine, Longreads and What Culture, among other publications.

Written by Chris Wheatley

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GENDER

There is nothing new about gender fluidity and nonconformity

From Mesopotamia and ancient Greece to precolonial India and medieval London, gender has always been more than a binary

by Chris Wheatley

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MINDFULNESS AND MEDITATION

When mindfulness meets capitalism, it loses its way

The modern business of mindfulness strips the practice of both its spiritual meaning and much of its practical value

by Chris Wheatley