FUNNY WOMEN #127: Low-Maintenance
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Women, Writing, and Madness
I found a precedent for girls like me in the work of confessional poets Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton. They represented a respectable compromise between “real literature” and my irrepressible…
The Rumpus Interview with Susanne Paola Antonetta
Poet and memoirist Susanne Paola Antonetta discusses literary bias, feminism, and the origin of her nom de plume.
The Last Frontier of Empathy
Not just eating disorders, but mental health in general, I think, is probably the last frontier of empathy in our culture. I’m not a journalist, I’m not a scientist, and…
The Rumpus Interview with Miriam Toews
Miriam Toews talks about writing, mental illness, death with dignity laws, and the thin and sometimes troubling line between fiction and autobiography.
An Illustration of Madness
The Public Domain Review takes a look at John Haslam’s Illustrations of Madness, a book that is widely believed to be the first full account of paranoid schizophrenia.
The Rumpus Interview With Paul Gilmartin
Paul Gilmartin discusses his podcast, The Mental Illness Happy Hour, how he found his own way into therapy, and the power of sharing shame.
What About Bob? and My Bad Years
It seems to me that the mentally ill are almost always relegated to the role of visionary, antihero, schlock-horror fiend, or crass comedic foil, while we in turn submit to a familiar sense of awe, levity or revulsion.
Word of the Day: Woofits
(n.); an unwell feeling, particularly in the head; a moody depression; c. 1918, from Nevil Shute’s The Rose and the Rainbow The archetype of the mad genius dates back to…
Weekend Rumpus Roundup
In “Hunting For The Little Prince,” Sigal Samuel invites us to tag along as she pursues the real-life inspiration for the blonde-haired protagonist of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s famous children’s book.…
The Sunday Rumpus Essay: Crazy
"We live in a culture where it can seem like everyone wants to be troubled. Nobody wants to be crazy...The story arc of mental illness does not conform to the redemption tale."
How Not to Be Humiliated
Twenty-one years ago, a week before Thanksgiving, you were admitted to Dorothea Dix State Psychiatric Hospital in Raleigh, NC.