Tag Archives: Mental Health
Glee: only the sane and “beautiful” have ex-lovers
Tweet(This post originally appeared on blackbookcv.com) This season, Glee has focused more on the love lives of guidance counselor Emma and Coach Beiste. At first I was glad that two of my favorite characters were getting more screen time. I’ve always been thrilled that Glee included both a main character with OCD, and a badass [...]
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The problem of feminist mental health
TweetOriginally posted at The Radical Housewife. In 1963, Betty Friedan dropped a bomb on American culture called The Feminine Mystique, a book that diagnosed untold millions of women with “the problem that has no name.” The book kicked off the Second Wave of feminism, but if you’re a regular reader here you already know that. What [...]
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Studies Show… Feminism Is Good for You! (Part 1 of Series)
TweetOne of the many thorns in the collective feminist side is the way research is used as a weapon in promoting gender division and inferiority of one gender in particular (just venture a guess as to which one). Even when the research itself is unbiased, findings are often spun to neatly align with interpretations by [...]
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The Kids Aren’t Alright