Mind Over Matter Zine: maesaslaw: [Trigger Warning: Discussion of offensive portrayals /...

maesaslaw:

[Trigger Warning: Discussion of offensive portrayals / stereotypes of the mentally ill]

mindovermatterzine:

The role of the media in encouraging stigmatizing attitudes towards the mentally ill should not be underestimated - especially comics, which have a high readership…

I have two posits:

1) People will always always always make movies and stories about crazy* people doing crazy* things. There’s a whole genre for it. It’s called a thriller.

2) Neurotypical? That’s like saying wild-type human. Come on now. You can’t normalize sentient beings, especially on a neurological level. The fact we can manipulate our environment means we are also being equally manipulated by said environment.

*replace crazy with whatever word you wish.

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    1) What does that make Hamlet? Or Ophelia? Or Captain Ahab? Or any other canonical character with a demonstrable mental...
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    normalize… Definitely thought about the second posit today. If...were able to have “wild...
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    signal boost for a response - I don’t even know how to start
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    Anyone else got opinions on this?
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    have two posits: 1) People will always always always...stories about crazy* people doing...
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    I’ve always felt really guilty playing Batman XBox games. They’re so fucked up,
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    reading Mind Over Matter, you ought...be, especially if you’re interested
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