I chatted with YouTuber ‪@noahsamsen‬ to discuss our experiences with mental conditions and normativity. How much of seeking treatment is focused on making us 'normal' instead of improving the conditions of our lives, dictated in collective, sociopolitical realms?

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check out the full interview here:    • talking with noah samsen about mental...  

00:00 intro
01:13 bipolar 2 and visibility
03:16 the idea of "normal"
05:52 "normal" and productivity
14:55 diagnosis and the process of learning
24:07 disorders in a different world

Bibliography

Katouche Goll (2020), “There's No Liberation Without Black Disabled People – But Are We Ready To Have That Conversation Yet?” https://blackballad.co.uk/viewsvoice...

Disability Arts Online (2022), “Embracing the Social Model of Disability for Arts Organizations” https://artsmidwest.org/resource/embr...

Social Model of Disability Diagram via https://www.researchgate.net/figure/S...

Erica Schwiegershausen (2022), “We Still Don’t Know How to Talk About Kanye”, https://www.thecut.com/2022/02/kanye...


Clips from:

Noah Place “Life as a Bipolar YouTuber”    • Life as a Bipolar YouTuber  
“Art School Confidential” (2006)
blackcatbonifide (old channel), Jonathan Coulton “I Feel Fantastic” (fan music video)    • "I Feel Fantastic" music video  
“The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe” (2022)
“The Social Network” (2010)
“The Simpsons” (episode “Lisa’s Sax”)
“Mean Girls” (2004)