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National Association for Rights Protection & Advocacy (NARPA) Conference 2012
Resistance
A poem about how some people get depressed or "mentally ill" as a safe way to resist certain social roles and stereotypes.
Resistance*
She don’t cook. She don’t clean.
She don’t starve . . . to stay . . . lean.
She don’t smile . . . when some man says.
Even when . . . he’s the Prez.
She don’t wear blush. Or shave her pits.
Or line her lids. Or plump . . . her tits.
Even at risk . . . of being called a lez.
She’s too depressed. She says.
*First published on MindFreedom.org, May 3, 2008. Revised September 2009.
Copyright © 2008, 2009 by Liz Purcell.
