We build non-carceral community mental health collectives + provide political education & advocacy. By/for mad, mentally ill, Disabled, neurodivergent folks.
Nov 25, 2021 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
We need to be able to hold space for both: psychiatric medications have both saved *and* destroyed people’s lives.
Many times the difference is in choice, autonomy, and informed consent. Some of us have access to choice, & some of us have it taken away at every opportunity.
Talking about our harmful experiences with psychiatric medications is not a personal indictment of everyone who takes meds. Meds are absolutely vital & necessary for so many people. And also, many marginalized folks are forced into relationships w/ meds without consent.
Jul 13, 2021 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
From Diagnosis to Disability Justice: a 2-part #DisabilityPride month offering from your mad, mentally ill, neurodivergent, and Disabled (MMIND) comrades at Project LETS & @theCCR! Come grow with us on 7/21 + 7/28 @ 6 PM EST 🌱
* English captions & ASL
🌷 Panel Discussion: July 21st (6-8 PM EST) w/ @stellakuamensah, Chanika Svetvilas from @HJCommons, @JessStohlmann, and Vesper Moore from Madness Network News!
A space to share + receive wisdom from folks who moved within & through the medical/ psychiatric industrial complexes—
Jun 24, 2021 • 12 tweets • 2 min read
For everyone viewing #FreeBritney from the lens of “this isn’t right— she’s not (Disabled, incapacitated, incompetent, mentally ill) because she can (work, communicate effectively about her abuse, make decisions, be a mother, post on social media)” — that is NOT the point:
Even if Britney Spears IS Disabled, mentally ill, or neurodivergent, she wouldn’t deserve a conservatorship. And whether or not she politically identifies that way or prescribes to medicalized understandings of her experience, Britney has mentioned anxiety + bipolar disorder.
Apr 17, 2021 • 22 tweets • 5 min read
✨ what to do after someone’s suicide attempt: a (non-exhaustive) guide for practicing loving, supportive, non-carceral + non-directive care ✨
Now is the time to communicate your love. If this is a person we love deeply or are in relationship with, we can become personally impacted with their decision to attempt suicide.