7 definitions by MVm\M
Madness Network News is an American psychiatric abolition website for psychiatric survivors, mad, disabled, and neurodivergent people. Madness's work is rooted in disability justice and mad liberation movements.
by MVm\M September 14, 2021
A system of assigning value to people’s minds based on societally constructed ideas of normalcy, productivity, desirability, intelligence, excellence, and fitness. These constructed ideas are deeply rooted in eugenics, anti-Blackness, misogyny, colonialism, imperialism, and capitalism. This systemic oppression leads to people and society determining people’s value based on their culture, age, appearance, religion, birth or living place, “health/wellness”, and/or their ability to satisfactorily re/produce, “excel” and “behave.” It also can lead to people criminalizing and incarcerating mad, neurodivergent, and Disabled survivors.
by MVm\M April 26, 2022
Mad, Mentally Ill, Neurodivergent, Disabled, Survivor (MMINDS) is an inclusive term that encapsulates all social identities related to the experience of mental health differences.
Tim was diagnosed with schizophrenia but he prefers to identify as a member of the MMINDS community.
by MVm\M September 14, 2021
An acronym which stands for mad, labeled as “mentally ill”, neurodivergent, Disabled, Survivors. It is an umbrella term for those who identify as someone whose mind functions differently from what is considered the norm. They may or may not identify with psychiatric labels.
I identify as neurodivergent and as a part of the MMINDS (mad, labeled mentally ill, neurodivergent, Disabled, survivor) community.
by MVm\M April 26, 2022
A saying based on the original “Be Gay Do Crime.” The slogan “Be gay, Do crime” is an anti-capitalistic and anti-authoritarian statement, implying that crime and incivility may be necessary to earn equal rights given the criminalization of homosexuality around the world. "Be mad, Do crime" speaks to how being a mad person is inherently criminal therefore all things you do that relate to your madness are crimes. The statement is intended to speak out against the sanist notions our society has toward non-normative states of consciousness.
Live unapologetically, be mad, do crime.
by MVm\M April 26, 2022
A term historically used to oppress people who experience emotional distress and non-normative or non-conventional states of being. Mad has been reclaimed as a socio-political identity for people who experience emotional distress and/or who have been labeled as “mentally ill” or as having “mental health issues.” A mad individual is a person whose identity and selfhood are contrary to convention, subverting, defying, disrupting, and liberating oneself from what is considered “sane.” To be mad is to take pride in the mental states that have been deemed criminal and deficit.
by MVm\M April 26, 2022
Mad is a social and political identity for people who have been labeled as "mentally ill" or as having "mental health issues."
by MVm\M September 14, 2021