July 2012
Anonymous asked: Why do you oppose psychiatry?
Anonymous asked: When you said you were antipsychiatry (ages ago) did you mean you are against drugs being used to treat mental illness or that you do not believe mental illness exists at all?
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First, do no harm: Confronting the myths of... →
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The enduring psychiatric myth is that particular personal, interpersonal and social problems in living are manifestations of ‘mental illness’ or ‘mental disease’, which can only be addressed by ‘treatment’ with psychiatric drugs. Psychiatric drugs are used only to control ‘patient’ behaviour and do not ‘treat’ any specific pathology in the sense understood by physical...
Anonymous asked: I admire your blog i wish mine was more like it also on another note if you dislike psychiatry you might like Deleuze and Guattari although they mainly focus on psychoanalysis. Also what do you think of Sedgwick (epistemology of the closet)?
List of books about psychiatry i've recently read
Because i was asked to make this rebloggable. I don’t necessarily endorse or decry any of the views in these books. Readers can make their own minds up. Except Simon Baron Cohen. The guy is an ass and he doesn’t even get the digits of pi correct in that book, let alone anything else. I abhor him.
The Myth of Mental Illness
Psychiatry: The Science of Lies
The Emperor’s New...
distractedandclueless asked: Would you please either add your list of psychiatry books to your 'Books books books (etc)' page or make a reblogable post?
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Anonymous asked: You haven't posted anymore about psychiatry!
rea-sunshine replied to your post: Hi is there a proper term for a women that doesn’t have a vagina but who isn’t Trans? Also do you think that the Vulva is an acceptable symbol for women’s liberation?
There is a proper term for a woman without a vagina who isn’t trans. It’s “woman.”
Of course, yes. Obviously woman. I read the question as asking for a descriptor, though.
Anonymous asked: Hi is there a proper term for a women that doesn't have a vagina but who isn't Trans? Also do you think that the Vulva is an acceptable symbol for women's liberation?
Anonymous asked: I found many radfems critiquing "cisgender" arguing that cisprivilege doesn't exist, man-privilege (masculine privilege) does. "The cis/trans binary doesn't account for experiences of people w/ complicated, blended, or changing gender identities & furthermore gender identity is internal, subjective experience." How do you feel about the usage of cis/transgender?
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Anonymous asked: I think Caitlin Moran is not getting as much "attention" (not really the best word) because of who she is and what she does. I don't pay any attention to her because she doesn;t really have a huge pull in the American Mainstream, as where Daniel Tosh does. Really Tosh is more popular and this isn't the first time someone called him out on his offensive comedy bits.
the--abimonster-deactivated2012 asked: Thanks. I never really noticed that before - have lost a little respect.
the--abimonster-deactivated2012 asked: Could you link to the source regarding that Caitlin Moran comment? I've always rather admired her and would like to see if she's made hurtful comments...
Since everyone's (rightly) making a stink about...
What’s stopping you all making a similar stink about Caitlin Moran’s rape joke? Or her unfaltering cissexism? Or her erasure of women who have non-heterosexual relationships?
Cos i don’t get it.
She’s a woman. More than that, she’s a woman who makes her living from purporting to support gender equality. She should be held to a higher standard because she’s a...
Ha ha ha???! Pop feminist and shit author Caitlin... →
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Call her out? Takes five seconds.
She’s completely ignoring people’s tweets to her about it. What a great person.
Someone on twitter just advised contacting her directly as she’s not...
Caitlin Moran is just blocking anyone who calls...
This is what a feminist looks like! Not caring about women who aren’t you or worshipping you.
Ha ha ha???! Pop feminist and shit author Caitlin... →
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Call her out? Takes five seconds.
She’s completely ignoring people’s tweets to her about it. What a great person.
Someone on twitter just advised contacting her directly as she’s not responding....
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