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Ephemera: A Memoir

Mar. 16, 2023 by Guest

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by Tenli Yavneh   In Briana Loewinsohn’s graphic memoir Ephemera, we are drawn into the emotional world of a woman searching backward in time for memories of her mother, who died when the author was a child. The mother was mostly absent during Loewinsohn’s childhood due to mental health issues, eventually dying of a related cause, probably suicide, though the author does not state that explicitly. Loewinsohn was quite young when the events of the book took place, and her adult desire to make sense of her memories is portrayed in bookended sections around the core of her childhood story,… Read More

Tags: death of a parent, depression, grief, memory, mental illness, suicide

Lost Soul, Be at Peace

Jan. 29, 2023 by Guest

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Tags: depression, family dysfunction, mental health, self-acceptance

All the Sad Songs

Jan. 29, 2023 by Guest

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Tags: depression, heartbreak, Memoir, mental health, therapy

Side Effects

Jan. 22, 2023 by Guest

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Tags: anxiety, depression, medication, mental illness, side effects, therapy

Shubeik Lubeik

Jan. 19, 2023 by Guest

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Tags: death, depression, fairy-tale, grief, mental health, prejudice

It’s All Absolutely Fine – Life is complicated so I’ve drawn it instead

Jan. 19, 2023 by Guest

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Tags: depression, mental health

Why Don’t you Love Me?

Jan. 17, 2023 by Guest

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By Prof. Annemarie Jutel Parallel realities are a narrative trope of our time.  Confusion about who and where we are features prominently in many forms of storytelling.  From Bones and All (Guadagnino, 2022) to Acting Class (Drnaso, 2022) and The Book of Niall (Jones, 2022), the idea that there might be alternate threads of reality, to which we have intermittent or elective access, and which run alongside the one in which we are situated, is a common story telling device. Why Don’t You Love Me? by Paul Rainey–a compilation of strips created over many years and released on social media… Read More

Tags: confusion, depression, family relations, memory, mental health, metaphysical reality

My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness

Jan. 3, 2023 by Guest

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Content Warning: Depression, sex, self-hatred, eating disorders, self-harm, trichotillomania, sex work (escort service), suicidal thoughts, mental health   Book Review by Soph Myers-Kelley Kabi Nagata creates a beautiful world of simple, soft drawings with beautiful shades of pinks, white, and black. The imagery draws you in and make you connect with the cute depiction she’s made of her likeness, as well as her experience. This book is recommended for teens older than 16. Welcome to the feeling of helplessness and hopelessness of a 28-year-old who’s never had sex, never had a career, and is in the deep nasty pits of… Read More

Tags: depression, eating disorders, mental health, self-harm, self-hatred, sex, sex work (escort service), suicidal thoughts, trichotillomania

Medical Mentions Book Review VI

Dec. 26, 2022 by Kevin Wolf

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Medical Mentions is a group of graphic works. The graphic works reviewed here are books whose primary topics are not medical, and yet they cover a medical topic with some depth at some point in the work. The rest of the work might be fictional or nonfictional, while the medical portion is often technical and five pages or more. The reviewer will usually neither recommend nor discourage reading the work, except when the rest of the work is deemed outstanding or terrible, respectively. Typically, six graphic works will be part of the review with one paragraph for each. Prior Medical Mentions… Read More

Categories: Medical Mentions Tags: Affordable Care Act, anxiety, car accident, cyber-bullying, death, depression, endangered species, environmentalism, fall injury, foster home, Hippocrates, ipecac, Medicare/Medicaid, mental health, philosophy, public health, racism, suicide

Piece by Piece: The Story of Nisrin’s Hijab

Dec. 18, 2022 by Guest

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Tags: bullying, depression, hate crime, Islam, mental health, racism, trauma

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