We're All Mad Here: Fighting Stigma Through Humor
Last year in Canada, there were two nation-wide campaigns to fight mental health stigma. The first focused on the financial cost of mental health. It was launched by one of our major banks, and had a...
View ArticleWe're All Mad Here: Case Studies of "Crazy Bitches" in Cinema
This post includes spoilers for the movies Single White Female, The Craft, and Perfect Blue. These three movies have several things in common:The main point-of-view character in each one is what I’ve...
View ArticleWe're All Mad Here: Case Studies in Pop Culture Therapy
"Crazy" people aren't the only ones who are a bundle of stereotypes in popular media. We also see examples of therapists (including psychologists, psychiatrists, and counselors) being presented in a...
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Double Rainbow: Mozart and the Whale
*Trigger warning for discussion of sexual assault and suicide.*When I watch movies that I know I am going to hate, I always try to view them in the company of a particular friend who has become a kind...
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"Alien Boy" is a Chilling Documentary on One Case of Police Brutality
A medic—who was sent away—checks out James Chasse's injuries as police sip coffee. Cases of police brutality are reported time and time again across the country. And yet, despite the passing of years...
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Hey Vice! Here are 99 Reasons I, As a Female Writer, Won't Be Killing Myself
Author: Aya de Leon. Dress: Betsy Johnson, vintage. Accessories: Rag for incineration,Vice Magazine fiction issue featuring women writers suicide fashion spread. 1. Because being a woman and a writer...
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"Orange is the New Black" Rewrites the "Bad Prisoner" Stereotype
In the show's second season, Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren (Uzo Aduba) gains surprising depth. Recently on Tumblr, I came across pictures of pregnant women who were in prison. In these photos, women...
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Rewriting the Rules with Author Elissa Washuta
Elissa Washuta is white and Native, bipolar, and lost her virginity to rape. Her first book, My Body is a Book of Rules, is a modern coming-of-age memoir that reaches into these tangles of the body...
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In New Surreal Animated Film "Rocks in My Pockets," Depression is a Ghost
Delving into family history for the sake of entertainment is no easy task, especially when your family has as many skeletons in its closet as Latvian animator Signe Baumane’s.Juggling themes of...
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Chiara de Blasio Speaks Out Against the Stigma of Mental Illness
Chiara de Blasio and her mom, New York City First Lady Chirlane McCray at the launch of a new text message-based mental health resource for teens. Photo: Demetrius Freeman/Mayoral Photography...
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