Activism
We're All Mad Here: You Get Proud By Practicing*
This post was written by both s.e. & Anna.
People with various forms of mental health conditions have been talking back to stereotypes and stigma for a long time, but this Mad People’s History and these mad people... Read more »
Preacher's Daughter: "We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest" in Wake of Troy Davis' Judicial Lynching
One might have hoped that, by this hour, the very sight of chains on black flesh, or the very sight of chains, would be so intolerable a sight for the American people, and so unbearable a memory, that they would themselves spontaneously rise up and strike off the manacles. But no, they appear... Read more »
We're All Mad Here: How Pop Culture Influences "Real Life"
The decision to continually portray mental illness in pop culture for cheap, scary thrills and to avoid giving motivation for villains beyond “the crazy” has consequences. Those consequences are primarily felt by us, our loved ones, and our communities. When people tell me I... Read more »
Preacher's Daughter: Q&A with Lesbian Christian Singer-Songwriter Jennifer Knapp
In May, Religion Dispatches published my first interview with former... Read more »
Isn't He Lovely: Bare Down There and Everywhere Else
While mulling over the male quest for muscularity a few posts ago, I brought up the notion of the “sanitized ideal” that has recently become de rigueur for the mainstream masculine body image. We’re talking hair-free, sweat-... Read more »
We're All Mad Here: The Dangers of Openly Identifying with Mental Illness
Fighting the stigma against mental illness is an ongoing battle, and often an uphill one, as illustrated by many of the posts in this series. Sometimes it seems like we make two strides backward for every stride we take forward in terms of reframing the way people think, talk about, and handle... Read more »
Isn't He Lovely: It's Boom Time for Male Skin Bleaching
While we might scoff at the spray-tanned guys of “Jersey Shore” and their year-round pursuit of bronze, skin lightening isn... Read more »
Internet Crush: Ladydrawers
Anyone who gets geeky about gender, numbers, and comics should check out Ladydrawers today! Writer and artist Anne Elizabeth Moore teams up with a female comics artist to produce comics explore various inequities within the comics... Read more »
Isn't He Lovely: Why the Old Spice Guy Wasn't All that Revolutionary for Black Men in Advertising
Earlier this year, personal care product brand Nivea pulled a men’s skincare ad and issued a public apology for its blatantly racist undertones. As reported on over at GOOD magazine, the... Read more »
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