Madwomen In The Attic

MITA is a feminist mental health literacy & advocacy org for gender-marginalized people who've been affected by the mental health system or stigma.

[Madwomen In The Attic @MITA_STRONG]

Much Madness is divinest Sense -
To a discerning Eye -
Much Sense - the starkest Madness -
’Tis the Majority
In this, as all, prevail -
Assent - and you are sane -
Demur - you’re straightway dangerous -
And handled with a Chain -
~ #EmilyDickinson, born today in 1830

[Madwomen In The Attic @MITA_STRONG]

Our brave featured #writer for the month of January is Dr. Soe Win. Her story reaches at the heart as the intersection between identity and faith. She is currently working on a book-length project, titled "Feminism in Burma."

#Inauguration2025 #LGBTQ
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[Madwomen In The Attic @MITA_STRONG]

Join us in reading "The Room" a riveting and candid portrayal of torture and abuse that chronicles the horrors of the Kaufman House Residential Treatment Center. Nancy Jensen is our December featured writer!

#mondaymotivation #mentalhealth #USPS #writers

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[Madwomen In The Attic @MITA_STRONG]

Please join us in celebrating the work and legacy of Gayle Bluebird, who is our featured writer for the month of November. In her feature, she #writes a personal history of the consumer/survivor movement.

#mentalhealth #JustAnnounced #Disability #monday

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[Madwomen In The Attic @MITA_STRONG]

"I will never recover from what ECMC did to me. This is my story, told in verse..."

Please join us in reading selected #poems from Sara Hobler's #poetry collection, E=MC^2, Hobler is MITA's featured writer during the month of August.
#mentalhealth #theDNC
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[Luke Kernan @lukekernan]

@NaomiDevine @MITA_STRONG I do not think anyone is doing that for Victoria or the RJH. I still hear about people getting stuck in the psych ward on the PES FB group.

[Luke Kernan @lukekernan]

@NaomiDevine That reminds me of the @MITA_STRONG's the December Letters Project, where people write to individuals in the psych ward to combat despair and isolation.

[Madwomen In The Attic @MITA_STRONG]

"I promised to tear down the shack called medicine falling down on you..."

Our featured writer for July is Beth Sheeran! Learn more about how her life journey and life's work are connected by reading on.

#mentalhealth #writing #writer #WritingCommunity

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[Madwomen In The Attic @MITA_STRONG]

"My new therapist calls this “#BPD” label I was once given a barnacle. I call it a blood-sucking meatball with large fangs."

Don't miss the prose & #poetry of MITA's June featured writer, Rebecca Donaldson!

#mentalhealth #stigma #LGBT #Writers #Writing

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[Madwomen In The Attic @MITA_STRONG]

Don't miss two brilliant theoretical essays by this month's MITA featured writer, Abigail Reinbold. Her essays, "Therapists are Cops" and "Mad Studies Avec Marxism," are important theorizations of madness!

#FuryRoad #Writers #MentalHealth #HereWeGo #Edu
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[Madwomen In The Attic @MITA_STRONG]

"At five years old I had an impressive resume: aspiring coven leader, professional frog wrangler, and avid Michael Jackson fan..."

Our April featured #writer is Sofia Stremlin-Adams.

https://t.co/HBHQRWzJi8

#EternalYouth #SeeYouThere #Writing #WritingCommunity #MentalHealth

[Madwomen In The Attic @MITA_STRONG]

"When you’ve lost every hope, give thanks. For we will be waiting, with bouquets of light."

From "Love Letter for the Broken," a #poem by MITA's March featured #writer, Carol Krause.

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#Team1 #Angel #Saints #MentalHealth #Writing #WritingCommunity #Poetry

[Madwomen In The Attic @MITA_STRONG]

Madwomen in the Attic is seeking featured #writers for The Featured #Writer Project’s 2025-26 year!

Open reading period: March 1 – June 30, 2024.

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#CFP #CFS #CallForSubmissions #Writing #MentalHealth #WritingCommunity #MondayMorning #MondayMotivation

[Madwomen In The Attic @MITA_STRONG]

"Damning Doctor,
What’s my diagnosis?
My sickness is my love,
a persistent desire...
Can you smell my headache,
heavy with want?"

Our Feb. featured #writer is Maria A. Don't miss their heady #Sapphic works!

https://t.co/jqV4U9CD1v
#MentalHealth #Writing #MondayMotivation #Poem

[Madwomen In The Attic @MITA_STRONG]

"Damning Doctor,
What’s my diagnosis?
My sickness is my love,
a persistent desire...
Can you smell my headache,
heavy with want?"

Our Feb. featured #writer is Maria A. Don't miss their heady #Sapphic works!

https://t.co/jqV4U9CD1v
#MentalHealth #Writing #MondayMotivation #Poem

[💀 Jessica Lowell Mason 💀 @ShakesisterGrim]

Pt 2 @justin_garson, re: having been blocked by @JonathanShedler -- the blocking proves my point: as long as psychiatrists function out of fear of and hatred for the subject (under their power), psychiatric violence against the marginalized will continue.
#Disability #Psychiatry

[💀 Jessica Lowell Mason 💀 @ShakesisterGrim]

Well, @justin_garson, I have been blocked by @JonathanShedler for expressing a legitimate opinion about the field of psychiatry, one which some of the great philosophers, clinicians, and psychiatrists (Szasz) have shared and expressed.

[Madwomen In The Attic @MITA_STRONG]

Feminist #writers have long been standing up to oppressions that target the erotic in marginalized bodies. MITA's January featured writer, Sanai Sudlow, adds her voice, joining in conversation with the great Audre Lorde. Don't miss her unapologetic essay!
https://t.co/HWWgy0M1DN

[Madwomen In The Attic @MITA_STRONG]

"There is a large overlap between people experiencing homelessness and people without resources to care for their mental health..."

Join us in reading "Temporary Shelter" by our December featured #writer, Alison Turner!

#WritingCommunity #MentalHealth

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[💀 Jessica Lowell Mason 💀 @ShakesisterGrim]

Our sweet girl led a December Letters Project card-making meeting with her school’s INTERACT service group. Dar is gonna bring the cards home with her on Friday for our solstice Saturday early morning delivery!

My heart is beaming 😭😻🫠
#MondayMotivation #WillPower #RealGenius

[Madwomen In The Attic @MITA_STRONG]

Thank you to everyone who gathered together to kick off our 2023 December Letters Project at our card-making event last night. Pt2.

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#ImACelebrity #MentalHealth #writers #writingcommunity #Thanksgiving #thanksgiving2023

[Madwomen In The Attic @MITA_STRONG]

Thank you to everyone who gathered together to kick off our 2023 December Letters Project at our card-making event last night.

https://t.co/N0bc7VyjyH

#ImACelebrity #MentalHealth #writers #writingcommunity #Thanksgiving #thanksgiving2023