pickThis is a fantastic read. Using the UK context it examines mental health from a sociopolitical and economic context. It is critical of the shift made during the Thatcher era to all cause medicalisation and depoliticising, shifting to centre responsibility for mental distress on to the individual. Big Pharma and their cosy and close ties with regulatory bodies are also covered.
Interviews a range of fascinating contributers.
pickThis explained why I feel the way I feel about being a wage slave. I‘m resistant about being plugged in to social media and dislike my employer‘s attempts to connect every work action to data. This mess we‘re in globally is quite a spiraling web. Wake up!
Reading the tagged to get a sense for what my neighbors to the south might have to deal with if Republicans win. Have been slightly under the weather for a while. Just finished a book though. I am also enjoying listening to the few episodes of #houseofhalliwell that they managed to include Shannen Doherty in. And Scott Patterson's #iamallin is giving me life. #saturdaychatterday
Recent acquisitions:
📖 How to Reform Capitalism by The School of Life
📖 Making It So: A Memoir by Patrick Stewart
📖 The Little Book of Hygge: The Danish Way to Live Well by Meik Wiking
#UniteAgainstBookBans #LetUtahRead
pickThis thoughtful book makes the case for a fundamental change in how we view wealth, productivity & a meaningful life. Where decades of neoliberalism have resulted in a culture that applauds the insatiable accumulation of wealth & the idea that paying taxes is for suckers, the author explores the true cost of wealth inequality & how we can create a more equitable world. A measured, clear-eyed vision of a world where we value things differently.
