Briarpatch articles from September 2007

Briarpatch archives from September 2007

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September 1, 2007... I FEEL SO OUT OF TOUCH WITH MY OWN HEAD [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] I FEEL SO OUT OF TOUCH WITH MY SELF [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] HOW IS IT THAT THIS CAN HAPPEN? [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] HOW IS IT THAT I CAN BECOME SO...

Darning the social fabric.(Letter from this issue's editors)
September 1, 2007... THE MAGAZINE YOU HOLD IN YOUR HANDS is the result of a unique collaborative effort between two publications--the mental health zine On Edge and Briarpatch Magazine--and their sibling editors. The mix of facts arguments, ideas and opinions that...

Words of prey.(Letters to the Editor)(Letter to the editor)
September 1, 2007... AFTER SKIMMING THE AUGUST 2007 issue I noted two things: One, your readers claim to want more poetry. And two, perhaps a silly little look at hunting via poetry might be a good way for me to engage the closing article about said subject...

Working up the nerve.(Letters to the Editor)(Letter to the editor)
September 1, 2007... I LOVED YOUR AUGUST 2007 ARTICLE about stop sign sticker art ["Guerrilla Traffic Control: The art of sticking it to car culture"]. I am sorry to say there is nothing quite so subversive in our redneck town. However, we do have a sign outside...

Not as funny as we thought.(Letters to the Editor )(Letter to the editor)
September 1, 2007... [The following is a transcript of a voice message left on our answering machine by ah unidentified reader.] I WAS JUST REVIEWING THE AUGUST 2007 issue of Briarpatch, and I was astonished to see that you have printed a Nigerian scam letter...

False idols.(Letters to the Editor)(Letter to the editor)
September 1, 2007... BRENT ERICKSON'S WRITING ON KEVIN Annett in the past issue of Briarpatch [film review of Unrepentent: Kevin Annett & Canada's Genocide, August 2007] was a sad statement of our sometimes uncritical embrace on the left of those who sound...

Saskatchewan's alt-media legacy.(Letters to the Editor)(Letter to the editor)
September 1, 2007... THE ISSUE YOU DEVOTED TO ALTERNAtive media [June/July 2007] gave us a moment to reflect on the importance of alternative media voices in the last 50 years in Saskatchewan. We have had many good publications that in one way or another kept a...

One hundred and one things to do before you die: tame & extreme alternatives to suicide: Tracey Mitchell interviews Kate Bornstein, author of Hello Cruel World: 101 Alternatives to Suicide for Teens, Freaks, and Other Outlaws.(Interview)
September 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] KATE BORNSTEIN IS AN accomplished author and performance artist living in New York. Her previous books, Gender Outlaw and My Gender Workbook, are about her gender transition and transgender theory and practice. In...

The social sources of madness.
September 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] While the condition of a people is prosperous, and uninterrupted by violent and sudden changes, insanity never exceeds. But when the dispensations of Providence fail of their accustomed bounteousness, or man by...

Ideas, dreams, struggle & vision: crazymaking and the art of healing.(Gallery Gachet)(Interview)
September 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] Crazymaking, a public exhibition of mental-health-related art by young First Nations artists, is the culmination of a five-month long residency project with artist Tania Willard. This public exhibition, hosted by...

Buying happiness: the depressing reality of materialism.
September 1, 2007... OF ALL THE NOTIONS BY WHICH our society abides, none influences our daily life more than the idea that "money buys happiness." It is why Canadians spend an average of 8.9 hours a day working, up from 8.4 hours just 20 years ago. It is why we...

The journey back to where I began: finding myself at the Child Study Centre.(Essay)
September 1, 2007... You do not know what wars are going on down there where the spirit meets the bone. MILLER WILLIAMS I'll never forget my first day at the Centre, the beginning of a nearly two-year period that would alter my life forever. They're not...

On Edge.(Brief article)
September 1, 2007... On Edge is a mental health zine with a political edge. It's about how we feel, as well as about how we deal. It offers ideas and experience on how to cope and allows people to tell their stories in ways that empower the authors and readers...

Psyched out: why Bush's mental health isn't the point.
September 1, 2007... A review of: Bush on the Couch: Inside the Mind of the President By Justin A. Frank Harper, 2004 The Madness of George W. Bush: A Reflection of Our Collective Psychosis By Paul Levy Authorhouse, 2006 The Madness of King George By...

Sounding the pharma alarm: four accounts of the rise of the pharmaceutical industry.
September 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] A review of: Let Them Eat Prozac By Dr. David Healy New York University Press, 2003 The Antidepressant Fact Book: What your doctor won't tell you about Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, Celexa and Luvox By Dr. Peter...

I, mutant: learning to use my dangerous gifts.(Parting Shots)(Essay)
September 1, 2007... WRITING HAS NEVER been something that flows easily out of me. My writing has always been a bit of a dangerous gift, and I've always struggled to use that gift effectively. When I was a kid, I watched a lot of TV and read a lot of comic...