jesse meadows

writing Sluggish, a newsletter 4 deviants •they/them•

[jesse meadows @slug_town]

@schizoreads @BigMeanInternet OMG an endorsement from the king of booktok I am so honored!!!!

[micha @micha_frazer]

Loved talking to @slug_town about the need to push beyond conversations about whether certain diagnoses are concretely ‘real’. We should interrogate *how* they are constructed, the purposes that they serve, and allow people to consent to either using or rejecting diagnoses.

[Ondřej Trhoň 🐍 ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ @OndrejTrhon]

Great as always @slug_town - for dopamine mythbusting and surplus population mistreatment through myths of CALVINIST BIOLOGY read now✨🐌https://t.co/o5weJaexNd

[jesse meadows @slug_town]

I Would Not Be Making The Cut on Sluggish https://t.co/0E90RB4xt8

[jesse meadows @slug_town]

My Self-(s)care Routine on Sluggish https://t.co/VuzldSgeA0

[jesse meadows @slug_town]

We're All In A Time Famine on Sluggish https://t.co/CM8RiiNBJ5

[Marisa Twigg 🗞️🌎 @marisatwigg]

"It took a while to understand what was happening to me in this machine, but eventually I got tired of losing time to it, of letting it rattle my insides everyday."

Thoughtful perspective by @queervengeance:

https://t.co/w2jfq8Y2KU

[jesse meadows @slug_town]

"Neuroplasticity is all the rage because it provides neurological credence to capitalist ideas about personal responsibility and endless growth potential."
https://t.co/1bnMLa1Wkz

[Dr Joanna Moncrieff @joannamoncrieff]

Our new review is the first to systematic overview of all the main areas of research and concludes there is no evidence of a link between low serotonin and depression https://t.co/fujIfAtD91 THREAD

[Steph @StephAsavale]

Loved this. I love Jesse's brain and newsletters! 💗

"Would you still have ADHD without capitalism?" by @queervengeance

https://t.co/hevtkEhp0h

#ADHD #Neurodiversity #neurodiversesquad

[Talia Jane @taliaotg]

Because Angie and the team at KCTV5 is doubling down on boosting what is clearly a video of a cop having a panic attack, I’ll illuminate what a fentanyl overdose looks like — as someone who witnessed & provided aid firsthand.

(https://t.co/WcNPOeVDf2 for free narcan, btw)

[jesse meadows @slug_town]

if you're interested in critical takes on pop psych, I do some every week over on Sluggish, my newsletter on the intersections between neurodiversity + capitalism. this one was for paid subscribers, but there's a free post every monday!
https://t.co/AOoGYQ9Z8Y

[jesse meadows @slug_town]

"dopamine deficiency" is a flimsy metaphor for human experience held up by science jargon. There's no way to quantify your dopamine, and you can't get your levels tested. That doesn't stop some companies from trying to sell you "neurotransmitter tests", though!

[jesse meadows @slug_town]

"hormone imbalance" has become the new "chemical imbalance" which goes all the way back to the "humor imbalance" that hippocrates wrote about in fuckin ancient greece! but the reality is, our health and our humanity are both far more complex and dynamic than that.