By Anna on 10 November, 2010
I am apparently a month behind as I originally dated this for October. Oh self. If it were October, I wouldn’t be so far behind! Wishful thinking? Captain Kitt at A Gentle Nerd of Leisure: Our Mental Health System? More Mental than Healthy! (Note this post also includes discussion of eating disorders, self harm, and [...]
Posted in recommended reading | Tagged australia, bigotry, caregiving, Deaf, disability payments, marriage disincentives, Martha's Vineyard, mental health, mental health system, pity, Sign Language, United States
By s.e. smith on 17 October, 2010
‘Friend or Foe’ is perhaps one of the most deliciously odd advice columns I read; the basic premise is that people having sticky questions with interpersonal relationships write in for advice. As the name of the column implies, it tends to be pretty blunt with the advice and the dividing people into one of two [...]
Posted in Dear Imprudence | Tagged bigotry, friend or foe, Lucinda Rosenfeld, mental health, social attitudes
By s.e. smith on 14 July, 2010
On to the other letter in last week’s Dear Prudence with a response that made me, to be blunt, extremely angry. A letter writer submitted this: Dear Prudence, I am a proud gay man and for the last several years have worked in a high-ranking position for a company where my homosexuality has never been [...]
Posted in bad advice, Dear Imprudence, i'm right here, social attitudes | Tagged ableism, bigotry, Dear Prudence, Emily Yoffe, in the workplace
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