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Disorderland
by By Dr. Ayesha Khan & Jesse Meadows
Take a ride through the weird and terrible world of capitalist mental health disorderland.substack.com
Episodes
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E08: Horror Therapy
Tidings, ghouls! Gather round to listen to a demon (Jess) and a demon clown (Ayesha) discuss a shared love of horror. We talk about how microdosing on fear through film can be grounding, how the genre uses disability and madness for cheap shock value, movies that subvert those shitty tropes, and...
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E07: It's Not You, It's My ADHD
Jess and Ayesha discuss a New York Times article that wants us to think all our relationship problems are caused by an undiagnosed brain disorder. Tangents include: navigating conflict in relationships without reducing our loved ones to a diagnostic label, the usefulness and limits of the word...
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E06: Lactobacillus Can't Cure Depression
Jess keeps getting Instagram ads for some probiotic supplement that’s supposed to cure depression — luckily, we have an in-house microbiologist to consult! Ayesha critiques the studies behind Neuralli, talks stressed-out microbes, and explains why trying to fix social problems with one patented...
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E05: How To Be An ADHD Boss
Are you eating enough blueberries to optimize your dopamine? Did you make sure to take a timed cold shower this morning after your Peloton workout to increase your neurochemical satisfaction by 500%?? Are you manifesting hard enough???? FIND OUT TODAY! We’re taking a dive into the world of ADHD...
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E04: Diagnosis Is Not A Privilege w/ Maggie Leppert
What’s it like to be a survivor of psychiatric oppression? What was the a-ha moment that made you see the system for what it was? We asked our listeners recently and got some great responses, a few of which you’ll hear in the beginning of this episode, and then we talk to psych survivor Maggie...
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E03: Genome Wide, Ass Studies
Ayesha explains what’s wrong with all these genome wide association studies that keep saying they found the ADHD genes (or the schizophrenia genes, or the bipolar genes, or the autism genes..) We also get into the ways that capitalism skews scientific research results, why racists love genetic...
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E02: Kill the Executive In Your Head w/ Marta Rose
Is executive function “a set of capitalist values masquerading as skills”? Neurodivergent educator and artist Marta Rose thinks so! We sat down with her to talk about: * her journey from diagnosis to critical disability theory * how creativity research and design thinking can offer us…
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E01: Pathologize Me, TikTok
Ayesha and Jess take a stroll through ADHDtok to understand the trend of self-pathologization — why has it become so popular to turn your personality traits into symptoms of disease? What purpose does a psychiatric diagnosis serve, and what are the limitations of defining your mental suffering…
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Take a ride through the weird and terrible world of capitalist mental health disorderland.substack.com
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Disorderland is created and hosted by By Dr. Ayesha Khan & Jesse Meadows.
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