advocacy, rights & politics

The Politics of Rationality: Psychiatric Survivors' Challenge to Psychiatry- Gabriella Coleman

"The Politics of Rationality: Psychiatric Survivors' Challenge to Psychiatry," Gabriella Coleman's chapter in the Tactical Biopolitics: Art, Activism, and Technoscience book, examines the history of psychiatric survivor movement to assess its radical political position in the face of changing conditions, notably the growing legitimacy of a neurochemical model of illness and a pervasive culture of seeking, prescribing, and taking drugs.

Meds, minus me!

... so far so good... med reduction continues with positive results...

Wolves in the hoLy sheep skin

Just a rough draft; let me know what y'all think!

Beating ourselves up inside our heads and perceiving reality

Two videos from youtube, one "terrible" music but with a deep message, the other, much clearer. Talking about perceiving reality and how most of us have been separated, and trained to "beat ourselves up inside our heads".

Cigarettes, but not sex

I know I am no longer in a place that preaches freedom, but there are straight couples laying on top of each other on benches in the plaza and making out against walls in the bus station.

Bush Pushing Mandatory Medication for Youth...Does anyone know more about this, please?

From what I understand, Bush is trying to make it mandatory for youth under a certain age to be prescribed medicine by the government for any diagnosis indicating "mental disorder." Anyone know the name for this bill?

 

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