Melinda Smith Saranchock

Mental health advocate & writer. Psychology & neuroscience nerd. Executive Director and Editor in Chief at @helpguideorg.

[JoeyTuccio @joey_tuccio]

Adopted!!! Thank you Chris and Melinda Saranchock for adopting Simon (the black and white dog)!!!

[Melinda Smith Saranchock @_melindasmith]

Thank you, @PAGEawards and congrats to all of this year’s winners and finalists! We’re thrilled, honored, and all the good things.

[Melinda Smith Saranchock @_melindasmith]

Just got the news from @Official_InkTip that "Saving Cinderella," my fantasy comedy feature with Chris Saranchock, was featured in InkTip's Producer Newsletter. Thanks, InkTip (or as Chris would say, Mahalo)! Never thought we'd be so excited about an email newsletter.

[Melinda Smith Saranchock @_melindasmith]

@AblemanAdam @HelenaVillarRT @MattWalshBlog I mean, I agree, but there's no accounting for taste.

[Melinda Smith Saranchock @_melindasmith]

@AblemanAdam @HelenaVillarRT @MattWalshBlog It's called the weekend, dude. Pretty sure it's not just single ladies going to concerts and watching TV. And you're the one who brought up "the wall." What did you mean by that in the context of this discussion where people are saying the poster is going to die old and alone?

[Melinda Smith Saranchock @_melindasmith]

@AblemanAdam @HelenaVillarRT @MattWalshBlog Also: this certainty that her life revolves around mass media is obtuse. She was describing a night out & a lazy Sunday. We have no idea from that video what her life is like. What's her job? Social life? Does she have hobbies or volunteer? We don't know.

[Melinda Smith Saranchock @_melindasmith]

@AblemanAdam @HelenaVillarRT @MattWalshBlog I don't think they are unhealthy. What's unhealthy is the idea that life can't be meaningful without marriage and kids, that women can't find love past a certain age, and that if you haven't found a husband yet you should sit around being miserable.

[Melinda Smith Saranchock @_melindasmith]

@AblemanAdam @HelenaVillarRT @MattWalshBlog Her video was clearly about how she reminds herself that she has things to be grateful for when she starts to feel bad that she hasn't married/had kids yet. She never advocated for a delay or said it's noble. The pile-on is disingenuous, nasty, and wildly misogynistic.

[Melinda Smith Saranchock @_melindasmith]

@AblemanAdam @HelenaVillarRT @MattWalshBlog You incels are such insecure weirdos.

[Melinda Smith Saranchock @_melindasmith]

@HeidiAHill1 @MattWalshBlog Oh no! She’s not wearing a hair shirt and flagellating herself for being single (at twenty-freaking nine no less)! So sad when single women think they’re allowed to find meaning and joy in life. Another tragic victim of the culture wars 😢

[Melinda Smith Saranchock @_melindasmith]

@stevanzetti Imagine thinking that CDC chart is a gotcha. Brain trust crowing “Unintentional injury!” without piecing together the obvious fact that it’s a broad bucket lumping together many causes of death
—including about half the things on the NEJM chart as well as accidental gun deaths!

[Joaquín Beltrán Free Palestine @joaquinlife]

Less than 300 away from 9,000 letters sent to demand that LA County keep masks in healthcare! That’s amazing! Thank you everyone for working hard to keep this going! @theacecoalition https://t.co/tEHWFrTUXN

[Melinda Smith Saranchock @_melindasmith]

@colehaddon Yes, a much larger war. Horrified by what's happening in digital publishing. Writers already being replaced at some outlets with soulless, inaccurate, and even dangerous dreck. This was a real eye-opener: https://t.co/kjziQykzAA

[Brian Merchant @bcmerchant]

From tech to TV to the media industry, executives have made clear that they plan to use AI to replace workers, or as leverage against them. So, a movement is taking shape to fight back, led by unions, writers and artists. The strike is only the beginning

https://t.co/H5p84TVWEc

[Melinda Smith Saranchock @_melindasmith]

@LeorSapir @jennintheattic No, you're just implying it

[Melinda Smith Saranchock @_melindasmith]

Congrats to the finalists and other honorable mentions!

[trackingb @trackingb_com]

2022 FEATURE SCRIPT CONTEST RESULTS

We are excited to announce the 2022 trackingb feature contest finalists, honorable mentions and overall winner.

FINALISTS
DARKNESS by @DanRG123
AMERICAN CRIME by David Milwee 
SPY GAMES by Brian D. MacGregor

[Melinda Smith Saranchock @_melindasmith]

Honored and thrilled to make this list! We can't thank you enough @trackingb_com (although we'll try)! This has been an incredible experience. You truly go above and beyond! We're so grateful and excited and all the good things.💗🐝

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HONORABLE MENTIONS
REVELATIONS by @JohnnyGilligan1
REFUGE by @HelenaZhen
HEIST/HEIST by @TakeoHori
SAVING CINDERELLA by @_melindasmith & Chris Saranchock
KILLING KRISTINA by Glynn Turner

[Melinda Smith Saranchock @_melindasmith]

@neontaster @madelesque @NYMag ???

[Melinda Smith Saranchock @_melindasmith]

@MeUncensured @elizavetaka @Nantanreikan @shannonrwatts Yes, postpartum psychosis is dangerous, yet temporary and treatable! Such a tragedy.

[Melinda Smith Saranchock @_melindasmith]

@elizavetaka @Nantanreikan @shannonrwatts This is baseless speculation. Depression is not a root cause of murder. I’m so tired of the knee jerk effort to shift responsibility for acts of horrific violence from the perpetrator to “mental illness.” It’s harmful and completely untethered from reality.