0.37 Normalizing Harmful Shit, Again: Talking Mental Health + Pop Culture

Sarah Duncan, a Pop Culture Scholar, Multidisciplinary Artist & Cultural Worker, is here in conversation with Kristin & Alba — we are talking about the harmful mental health tropes found in Buffy's Normal Again, how common they are across pop culture, and how harmful and dangerous those tropes have been and continue to be!Kristin & Jenny will be here with your episodic conversation on S6E17: Normal Again tomorrow!+++ July is Disability Pride Month!Please, if you are able, donate to Students With Psychosis — an organization that empowers student leaders globally through community building and collaboration. Their goal is to expand mental health/brain health advocacy at the college level to ensure psychosis representation, including a global perspective. DONATE & LEARN MORE HERE: sws.ngo +++LOCATE YOUR HOSTS UPON THE INTERNETSarah Duncan: Twitter @sarah__duncan / Instagram @dame_sarahduncan / sarahmduncan.comAlba Daza: Instagram @alba.daza / albadaza.comKristin Russo: @kristinnoeline; kristinnoeline.comBuffering the Vampire Slayer: @bufferingcast on twitter, facebook, and instagramLearn more about our team at bufferingthevampireslayer.com/our-team +++CONTINUED READING / LEARNING Absolutely Stunning List of Supplementary Resources on Disability created by Sarah:https://www.bufferingthevampireslayer.com/normal-again NYTimes Review of Girl, Interrupted: https://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/21/movies/film-review-get-over-it-little-girl-stop-your-whining.htmlMore on Eli Clare:http://eliclare.com/disability/disability-pride? +++Produced by: Sarah Duncan, Alba Daza, & Kristin RussoEdited by: John Mark Nelson & Kristin Russo +++ JOIN OUR PATREON FAMILY!!Advance Music, Bonus Episodes, Live Concerts, Book Clubs, wheeeee!!patreon.com/bufferingcastLogo: Kristine Thune +++ We acknowledge that we and our team are occupying unceded and stolen lands and territories. Kristin occupies the Lenape territories of the Esopus Lenape Peoples. Jenny occupies the Wabanahkik territory of the Abenaki and Pennacook Peoples. Alba occupies Tiohtià:ke of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation. Mack, LaToya, and John Mark occupy the lands of the Kizh Peoples. Learn more about Land Acknowledgments + our continued anti-racist efforts atbufferingthevampireslayer.com/justkeepfighting Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices