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'Mad Pride' Fights a Stigma / A Mental Health Movement in the Style of Gay Pride

 Society & Culture  (tags: bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, mental illness, mad pride movement, Asheville Radical Mental Health Collecti )

Larry
StarsButterfliesGold Notes - 72 days ago - nytimes.com
Just as gay-rights activists reclaimed the word queer as a badge of honor rather than a slur, these advocates proudly call themselves mad; they say their conditions do not preclude them from productive lives.
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Sunday May 11, 2008, 10:12 pm
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