{"product_id":"tinfoil-hats-stories-by-mad-people-in-an-insane-world-paperback","title":"Tinfoil Hats: Stories by Mad People in an Insane World - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePhil Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTinfoil Hats: Stories by Mad People in an Insane World\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection of stories by neurodivergent people who identify as being Mad, about what it's like to live Mad in a world that oppresses them for the ways they think, live, and act differently from those who consider themselves Normal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eintensely personal, sometimes funny, sometimes dark, these stories are always illuminating. some describe situations that are vibrantly shameful, horrifyingly scary, and just plain hard. they're also joyful, spiritual, and enlivening. these are narratives that describe in detail what it looks, feels, sounds, and smells like to be Made Mad. they outline what it's like for Mad people to interact with those in the psy-complex who stigmatize, psychiatrize, and traumatize those called crazy. it's unhinged writing, about whirleds unknown and unimagined by most. it's work that is immensely difficult to write, read, talk, or think about.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTinfoil Hats\u003c\/em\u003e was not conceived as - should not be read as - some kind of trauma porn, a way to get juiced on the misery and distress of others. nope. nuttin like dat. instead, it sees Madness as a kind of political and revolutionary knowledge. it troubles the ways in which Mad bodyminds are heard and understood by the psy-industrial complex and the dominating, epistemic violence it inflicts on us all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe authors come from all over the world, and from all walks of life. \u003cem\u003eTinfoil Hats\u003c\/em\u003e is edited by Mad poet, artist, and scholar Phil Smith, whose recent work \u003cem\u003eWrithing Writing: Moving Towards a Mad Poetics\u003c\/em\u003e (and published by Autonomous Press) won the 2020 American Educational Studies Association Critics Choice Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethis book is for you if you're a Mad person, or if you know someone who is. this book is for you if you're a social worker, psychologist, researcher, therapist, doctor, or nurse, and want to know what it's like to live Mad. this book is for you if you're curious about what saneism is, and what that form of oppression means in the lives of real people. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTinfoil Hats\u003c\/em\u003e is the beginning of a Mad (r)evolution. join us.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 252\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.57 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52465731273011,"sku":"9781945955389","price":37.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/JAWuRmVEtS9781945955389.webp?v=1759298002","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/tinfoil-hats-stories-by-mad-people-in-an-insane-world-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}