This. Suicide is a complex issue, and coverage of it has been - traditionally - as insensitive as the original remark. Kudos, Anna. More from the National Institute of Mental Health.
This. Suicide is a complex issue, and coverage of it has been - traditionally - as insensitive as the original remark. Kudos, Anna. More from the National Institute of Mental Health.
Worded far better than what I wanted to say.
Nope. Best practices for suicide reporting recommend not using “committed,” which sounds like a crime or, to religious communities, like a sin, and “kill yourself” is just insensitive, crude, and poorly phrased. “Died by suicide” is the phrasing recommended by mental health professionals and the American Foundation…
Chopping off her hair. What kind of fucking medieval punishment is this? That’s what they did to women who slept with Germans during the French occupation. Getting drunk or whatever doesn’t warrant this hateful treatment. This is horrid.
Go big or go home
My favorite ejection
Mariners manager Lloyd McClendon was extremely mad at the umpires in tonight’s contest against the Yankees, so mad…