oh, janelle. i love the way that this video A.) critiques psychiatric institutions and B.) shows the ways that institutions/society/ableism polices our whole beautiful creative selves because if unleashed, we are powerful/uncontrollable. imagine if other artists (e.g. lady gaga and beyonce and that long ass 10 min video) did that too . . .
what do yall think?
(h/t to quirky black girls crew)
Kowalski
April 14, 2010 at 11:34pmHeya Cripchick, could you add a link to FWD’s post about it? It contains a transcript of the video.
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