Aoife (ee-fah) Tobin is an ex-Catholic atheist, from a mixed English/Irish family.
She is involved in youth information, advice and guidance work, community activities, and sports organising. Some of her main interests lie in theories of racialisation, the ‘new racisms’, migration, and identity. She is active and concerned about disability rights,and cuts to the welfare state. She’s a pacifist and well on her way to being a crazy-cat-lady. She enjoys creative writing, good food, sunny days and spending time with friends.
She joined USoB because she thought it was great to see the obvious display of the benefits of multiculturalism taking place, with people from all sorts of backgrounds uniting against bigotry and discrimination, as well as getting along as people sharing recipes and chatting about films and books. Groups that seek to divide Britain will always be weakened by clear examples of people just enjoying what they have in common regardless of ethnicity, age, religion, gender, disability, sexuality, social class, nationality or culture.