linkspam stuff

[nilchance]

- Vicki's thesis is online.
- In defense of pit bulls: "I’m going to show you pictures of my dog. Yes, this is potentially about as exciting as when someone corners you with the pictures in their wallet of relatives you don’t even know. I would apologize, but I don’t actually feel bad at all. Because my dog is a pit bull and I want you to see her."
- Write like a motherfucker: "So write, Elissa Bassist. Not like a girl. Not like a boy. Write like a motherfucker."
- We're called survivors because we're still here: "Your experience is yours, not mine, and I can’t assume that I know all about it. You get to have your own feelings."
- How to be a fan of problematic things: "Liking problematic things doesn’t make you an asshole... After all, most texts have some problematic elements in them, because they’re produced by humans, who are well-known to be imperfect. But it can be surprisingly difficult to own up to the problematic things in the media you like, particularly when you feel strongly about it, as many fans do."
- Not staying silent: real problems: "Sometimes it’s the internalised voice, sometimes it’s through prodding by another: ‘there are people worse off than you. What are you complaining about? Other people have real problems.’"
- An open letter for these trying to understand depression: what it says in the title. I can't decide on a quote because it's all amazing. Read it, love it.

Comments

[littleni.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much for the link to the last item about depression, it has helped me to get some idea of what my friend was going thru. We buried him two days ago after he topped himself and to say I was blindsided is an understatment.