Fritz Mad’Laine

Playwright, organizer, drama therapist. Critic @Theatrius. Formerly @StanfordDaily. Refusing to be smothered under the allostatic load. ✨they/them✨

[Fritz Mad’Laine @fritzwrites]

As @NUHW’s strike for patients’ rights gains momentum, I wanted to share a piece I wrote last year about disability justice & my own experience as a healthcare worker with the @SEIU

Solidarity with everyone out there in the streets 👊 #KaiserDontDeny

https://t.co/uI1LlbmjeN

[Dash @DiasporaDash]

Normalize not having academics on panels but rather everyday people whose entire lives and experiences are what the academy's extractive research is based on.

[Fritz Mad’Laine @fritzwrites]

Another year, another absurd number of self-help/psychology books down the hatch ✨

What have y’all been reading in 2021?
https://t.co/lR6MEnZvWy

[Fritz Mad’Laine @fritzwrites]

@sashaperigo This is so real! I’ve had so many people say “wow fire season must have been intense growing up” and I’m always like … no but the rain was definitely a sight to behold lmao

[Fritz Mad’Laine @fritzwrites]

The shit is 👏 R I G G E D 👏

[Fritz Mad’Laine @fritzwrites]

“How have I been? Oh you know, thriving, absolutely thriving.”

Also me:

[Adam Lenson @AdamLenson]

Amazing to see that people in theatre can indeed apologise. It's so rare I forgot it was actually a possible choice.

[The Caffeinated Therapist 🐝 @bellabee13]

Life as a trauma therapist be like:

You’ve heard of “The Body Keeps The Score,” now get ready for Volume Two, “What Happens in Vagus Stays in Vagus”

[Drama Therapy Coalition 4 Justice @dtc4j]

Solidarity with suicidal people looks like making therapy widely accessible, destigmatizing ALL mental health conditions (not just anxiety & depression), and incorporating “mad studies” (research produced by suicidal folks) into therapy training programs

[Drama Therapy Coalition 4 Justice @dtc4j]

Supporting suicidal people in a meaningful way includes eliminating the involvement of police in 5150 calls, closing down jails & prisons (which serve as a dumping ground for many suicidal people), and overhauling current inpatient models entirely

[Drama Therapy Coalition 4 Justice @dtc4j]

The model of “suicide prevention” is about preventing the outcome of suicide, rather than improving the day-to-day lives of suicidal people

As a result, it tends to focus on hot line support and individualistic self-care, rather than advocacy at a systemic level

[Drama Therapy Coalition 4 Justice @dtc4j]

The mental health system is designed to silence people who experience suicidality, by stigmatizing them & threatening them with forced hospitalization should they speak out about their symptoms

This makes it challenging for suicidal folks to organize or advocate for themselves

[Drama Therapy Coalition 4 Justice @dtc4j]

tw suicide

It’s #SuicidePreventionMonth, which means it’s a great time to talk about how harmful suicide prevention can be

As a movement, #SuicidePrevention centers the experiences of those left behind by suicidal loved ones, not the experiences of suicidal folks themselves

[Amanda Joy Calhoun, MD, MPH @AmandaJoyMD]

“Oppositional defiant disorder” is a racist and lazy diagnosis for children who are struggling. Fight me 🤗

[Fritz Mad’Laine @fritzwrites]

“Relieved of the deforming crush of financial fear, and of the world’s battering demands and expectations, people’s personalities have started to assume their true shape.

And a lot of them don’t want to return to wasting their days in purgatorial commutes...”

[Alice Wong 王美華 @SFdirewolf]

“... after a year in isolation, I, at least, have gotten acclimated to a different existence—quieter, calmer, and almost entirely devoid of bullshit.”

https://t.co/0MdWsPrwFX

[Fritz Mad’Laine @fritzwrites]

@LeannaKeyes Thirst is a ✨state of mind✨ let the haters hate

[Fritz Mad’Laine @fritzwrites]

@sashaperigo Trying not to drop my kombucha, I don’t wanna be presumptuous but I’m *definitely* hoping so 🌈

[Fritz Mad’Laine @fritzwrites]

Literally... not even once

[Fritz Mad’Laine @fritzwrites]

@sashaperigo Wow this is such a mood 💔

[Fritz Mad’Laine @fritzwrites]

Only literally every second of every day

[Sasha Perigo @sashaperigo]

When passing basic tenants rights legislation in a state with a Democratic supermajority requires “compromise”, it becomes apparent that the Democratic Party is not a tenants’ party.