Comments on: Blogging Against Disablism, in a roundabout way http://www.beingamberrhea.com/2009/05/01/blogging-against-disablism-in-a-roundabout-way/ Making the baby Jesus cry since 2002. Thu, 16 Jul 2009 03:40:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jen http://www.beingamberrhea.com/2009/05/01/blogging-against-disablism-in-a-roundabout-way/comment-page-1/#comment-35998 Jen Sat, 02 May 2009 01:19:17 +0000 http://www.beingamberrhea.com/?p=6788#comment-35998 Crazy people don't always have a mental illness and people with a mental illness are not always crazy. And just because you've been hospitalized nine times in various facilities for depression (a former client) doesn't mean you did X, Y and Z. But, some people just don't get it and they never will until they've personally known someone who has dealt with these types of issues. Crazy people don’t always have a mental illness and people with a mental illness are not always crazy. And just because you’ve been hospitalized nine times in various facilities for depression (a former client) doesn’t mean you did X, Y and Z. But, some people just don’t get it and they never will until they’ve personally known someone who has dealt with these types of issues.

]]> By: jane brazen http://www.beingamberrhea.com/2009/05/01/blogging-against-disablism-in-a-roundabout-way/comment-page-1/#comment-35997 jane brazen Fri, 01 May 2009 22:14:14 +0000 http://www.beingamberrhea.com/?p=6788#comment-35997 Thanks for writing about this. It's always so convoluted for me. It would be ridiculous for me to say that my mental illness and sex work are not related, but I also don't want to feed into the radfem ideology of the "damaged whore" who needs to be saved from constantly repeating her trauma and self-abuse. I've recently been thinking through mental illness and its relationship with disability and disability activism. That framework fits, but I always feel uncomfortable. Something about "visibility" or something. Like I have to be visibly crazy. Which, actually, I am, thank you, scars. I thought a lot about whether I should be posting what I do on my blog about my mental illness and then talking about sex work, but I echo what you said: you can't hold back because of what someone might do. If we don't start talking about the relationship among mental illness, sexuality, and sex work, then the only people who will be talking about it are the Melissa Farleys of the world. SerpentLibertine is someone I admire in this regard for her willingness to tackle these stupid stereotypes. Thanks for writing about this. It’s always so convoluted for me. It would be ridiculous for me to say that my mental illness and sex work are not related, but I also don’t want to feed into the radfem ideology of the “damaged whore” who needs to be saved from constantly repeating her trauma and self-abuse.

I’ve recently been thinking through mental illness and its relationship with disability and disability activism. That framework fits, but I always feel uncomfortable. Something about “visibility” or something. Like I have to be visibly crazy. Which, actually, I am, thank you, scars.

I thought a lot about whether I should be posting what I do on my blog about my mental illness and then talking about sex work, but I echo what you said: you can’t hold back because of what someone might do. If we don’t start talking about the relationship among mental illness, sexuality, and sex work, then the only people who will be talking about it are the Melissa Farleys of the world. SerpentLibertine is someone I admire in this regard for her willingness to tackle these stupid stereotypes.

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