From ADHD to major depression, physician and writer Baijayanta Mukhopadhyay investigates the power and politics of psychiatry’s modern boom. Megan Kinch interviews Indigenous activists about environmentalism and settler allies. Kelly Fritsch asks us to re-evaluate our understandings of disability and accessibility. And Naomi Moyer imagines a black Vancouver. All this, plus our 2014 creative writing contest winners in this issue of Briarpatch.
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MagazineMongoloid
When we appeal to the logic of cost-effectiveness, I worry that our politics are not tied to a robust vision of human flourishing.
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MagazineThe other f-word
“On paper, I’m a proud feminist. Alone in the change room, I feel completely defeated by my body.”
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MagazineWhen psychiatry burns
From ADHD to major depression, a family doctor takes a critical look at the power of modern psychiatry and the forces that shape it.
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MagazineA short introduction to the Two Row Wampum
The return to a 400-year-old treaty relationship.
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MagazineHijacked canoes and settler ships
Is Indigenous land reclamation a form of environmentalism? How does Indigenous resurgence relate to left-wing political traditions?
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MagazineBeyond the wheelchair
How would the world look – for everyone – in light of a larger social project oriented toward universal design, collective access, and the recognition of a diverse range of embodiment?
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MagazineClearing the plains
Famine was a deliberate policy weapon used to coerce “unco-operative Indians” onto reserves and remove them from lands coveted by white settlers.
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MagazineThe trouble with twitter
Twitter performs a magic trick with public perception, disappearing the material costs and conditions of tweeting.
