By Ouyang Dan on 28 June, 2010
Oh, Young Adult Lit you are my Bravo Foxtrot Foxtrot. A while back I read and reviewed Ann Brashares’ The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants here. I loved it, and proceeded to immediately read the sequel, The Second Summer of the Sisterhood, but neglected to write anything about it. I have come to you, dearest [...]
Posted in books, media and pop culture, mental health | Tagged Ann Brashares, depression, intersectionality, media and pop culture, Second Summer of the Sisterhood, suicide, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, YA Lit, young adult books
By Annaham on 25 June, 2010
[Warning for possibly triggering content regarding mental health, specifically depression.] I’ve been reading a fair number of how-to creativity books (yeah, I know, creativity is not something you can “learn” from a book) recently in preparation for a long-term project, and one thing I have noticed about some of these books–and a lot of the [...]
Posted in art, bad advice, creative work, mental health | Tagged art, creative work, creative writing, depression, inner critic, mental health, mental illness, social treatment
By s.e. smith on 11 June, 2010
Irish novelist Marian Keyes recently came out about her depression and just published an update for her fans. The decision to openly discuss her depression is being widely covered in a lot of circles, as any disclosure of mental illness by a prominent figure tends to attract attention. Stephen Fry is also a public figure [...]
Posted in media and pop culture, mental health, social attitudes | Tagged coming out, depression, publishing
By Annaham on 4 May, 2010
RMJ: Disability and birth control, part 1 Widespread (rather than individual) centralization of birth control in feminism alienates and marginalizes their already problematized bodies: trans women, intersex women, older women, women with disabilities that affect their reproductive system, asexual women, women who want to get pregnant. Not to mention the loaded history of otherwise non-privileged [...]
Posted in autonomy, bodies, class issues, gender, global, introspective, invisibility, justice, medical practice, mental health, news, policy, race, recommended reading, representations, reproductive justice, resistance, work | Tagged bad science, communication, depression, global, health care, health care is an accessibility issue, intersectionality, invisible disability, news, race, racism, reproductive justice, reproductive rights, science, social inclusion, work
By s.e. smith on 15 April, 2010
i think the idea of a ‘mental health day’ is something completely invented by people who have no clue what it’s like to have bad mental health. the idea that your mind can be aired out in twenty-four hours is kind of like saying heart disease can be cured if you eat the right breakfast [...]
Posted in books, mental health, Quotations, representations | Tagged depression, disability in fiction, disabled characters, fiction, mental health days
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