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Sandy
Oct 9, 20191 min read
99% Invisible!
For the last few months I've been hard at work on an episode of 99% Invisible and it's out now! It's about The Kirkbride Plan — a...
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Sandy
Sep 26, 20191 min read
Between the Binary!
I've got a coupla new essays live today. One is the first of a monthly column I'll be doing for them. called Between the Binary. The...
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Sandy
May 23, 20191 min read
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My new podcast Mad Chat is here!!! On the show, I'm analyzing and discussing what our pop culture is telling us about madness and mental...
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Sandy
Apr 28, 20192 min read
On Media Coverage of "Mental Health"
A few years ago, I wrote a big feature story for BuzzFeed News about a woman named Teresa Sheehan. She lived in San Francisco and was...
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Sandy
Jan 11, 20194 min read
The Power of a Small Adjustment
Sunday Content #47 I haven't had my own Twitter password for well over a year and it's really been a blessing. My extremely part time...
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Sandy
Dec 3, 20184 min read
The Courage to Open the Suitcase
Sunday Content #46 A year ago, when A Kind of Mirraculas Paradise was on the verge of publishing, I don't know what I thought this year...
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Sandy
Nov 16, 20182 min read
I Gave a Speech for Some Doctors
Sunday Content #45 I gave a speech for some doctors. Yes, doctors. A whole auditorium of doctors assembled to listen to me. I said yes...
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Sandy
Sep 17, 20185 min read
Hearing Voices World Congress, Traveling While Nonbinary, and Two ~Cool~ Announcements
Dear readers, I've been on the road the last while, first in the Netherlands, and now Los Angeles. Last week I attended the Hearing...
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Sandy
Aug 8, 20181 min read
Resources page
Hello readers! Since AKOMP published, I've received a steady trickle of messages from readers seeking my help. Sometimes someone I know...
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Sandy
Jul 11, 20183 min read
Why I Run
During the two years that I worked with my book editors, one of the things we were constantly trying to figure out was how much of me to...
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