Two of Angela’s main female characters in her ya novel are queer and not stereotypes and this is one of the many reasons she is awesome 5ever.
here are some cool facts for you
- it has been proven time and again in study after study that there is no correlation between mental illness and violent behavior, except in that mentally ill people are more likely to have substance abuse problems and there is a correlation between substance abuse and violence. mental illness itself is not a risk factor for violent behavior
- yes that includes mental illnesses with psychotic features
- “In this study, the prevalence of violence among those with a major mental disorder who did not abuse substances was indistinguishable from their non-substance abusing neighbourhood controls. A concurrent substance abuse disorder doubled the risk of violence. Those with schizophrenia had the lowest occurrence of violence over the course of the year (14.8%), compared to those with a bipolar disorder (22.0%) or major depression (28.5%). Delusions were not associated with violence, even ‘threatcontrol override’ delusions that cause an individual to think that someone is out to harm them or that someone can control their thoughts.” (x)
- you hear that, motherfuckers
- mentally ill people - and yeah, even (especially!) those who are sick in what you think of as The Crazy Way - are not more dangerous than people without mental illnesses. it’s not ambiguous. it’s not a matter of debate
- how then do you justify using slurs that paint mentally ill people as dangerous
- how do you justify it when mentally ill people are two and half to four times more likely to be the victims of violent crime than average
- how do you justify it when mentally ill people are at an elevated risk for domestic violence and abuse
- how do you justify it when mentally ill people are almost universally the subjects of ridicule or fearmongering in popular media
- how do you justify it when mentally ill people are massively more likely to be unemployed and/or homeless than people without mental illnesses
- how do you justify it when mentally ill people are coerced and abused by the professionals who are supposed to help them
- how do you justify it when mentally ill people are afraid to seek help at all because of social stigma
- how do you justify it when these aren’t just suspicions but observable facts
- how the FUCK do you justify it
mental health care is not seen as health care either; we don’t make it accessible. this is why so many mentally ill folks wind up in prison/homeless. it’s a goddamn tragedy
Shirley + Thinly veiled rage issues
“All of your fake sweetness and religion is just a veil covering a horrible monster!”
Trobed being unrequited is actually fantastic. I love unrequited ships in general. You're not a bad shipper, you just understand the joy of watching someone pine. ;3
AnonymousThanks! Pining/unrequited love is like my favorite trope ever.IT HURTS SO GOOD.
Hannibal Lecter and the subversion of the Male Gaze
Let’s talk Hannibal and feminism for a second.
Specifically, let’s talk about what makes Lecter’s character so appealing to a female audience and why that makes so many people uncomfortable.(Takes the book & movie canons into account. TW for discussion of murder, cannibalism and violence as well as mentions of sexual violence.)
Holy SHIT I need to watch this show.
Watch it watch it watch it it’s so gooooooood
(Unless you have a serious problem with gore because then this is not the show for you because it is seriously unavoidable)
But yeah, this show with its fantastic EVERYTHING. It’s just so well thought out and perfect in ways that tv almost never hits (for me at least)
I was kind of avoiding it until I read this review but wow kind of was avoiding it because I knew I would be right this show hits all my secret kink buttons Dx
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Hannibal Lecter and the subversion of the Male Gaze
Let’s talk Hannibal and feminism for a second.
Specifically, let’s talk about what makes Lecter’s character so appealing to a female audience and why that makes so many people uncomfortable.(Takes the book & movie canons into account. TW for discussion of murder, cannibalism and violence as well as mentions of sexual violence.)
Holy SHIT I need to watch this show.
