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so about that pesky Captain Awkward
Aug. 25th, 2013 09:27 amI quit reading CA a long time ago, for the most part. For the mild social situations like what to do when you want to go restaurant A and your friends wish to go to restaurant B, I think she's fine. Gifs, funny quotes, snark, sure.
But I think her advice on mental illness is terrible. I think her advice on how to deal with oneself or one's partner in a context of mental illness inside a healthy relationship is pretty spectacularly awful.
I have been doing a LOT of thinking about the CA thing, and disability issues, and relationships. I just can't help thinking that the attitudes and advice there is like a siren-song that's luring some people to their (relationship) death and it makes me sad.
(I could explain why I think this, if people are interested, but I'm pretty sure I am a far outlier on this topic. Near as I can tell, most people love CA.)
But I think her advice on mental illness is terrible. I think her advice on how to deal with oneself or one's partner in a context of mental illness inside a healthy relationship is pretty spectacularly awful.
I have been doing a LOT of thinking about the CA thing, and disability issues, and relationships. I just can't help thinking that the attitudes and advice there is like a siren-song that's luring some people to their (relationship) death and it makes me sad.
(I could explain why I think this, if people are interested, but I'm pretty sure I am a far outlier on this topic. Near as I can tell, most people love CA.)