The theme I chose for the research writing class I’m teaching is the portrayal of mental illness in modern pop culture. I sure wish most of my 50 students thought mental illness was more than just “drama” and Silver Linings Playbook.
We Are the Night [Wir sind die Nacht] (2010) by Dennis Gansel
From Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk (via bookmania)
As obnoxious and overrated as I find Palahniuk, I've got to give it to him that he does have his moments.
Stuck by Stacie Orrico
One of these songs that always resound from the depths of my adolescence. I haven't heard this in maybe a decade until today and, wonder of wonders, I still like it.
Now that I think about it, I think I like it so much because it -- in its own childish, helpless way -- describes the relentless pattern of thought of addiction.
Jungle Drum by Emiliana Torrini
