Month: November 2014

kiyulking:

 

iwannalaughallyourtearsaway:

It’s Okay It’s Love(2014)

This drama is tragically and beautifully written. We rarely see the deglamorized reality of Mental Illness and the stigmas that come with it. I would highly suggest this drama to everyone! You don’t even have to be a drama fan to appreciate this amazingly well written story.

In some east Asian countries, mental illness carries even more of a stigma then it does in the UK and the US, which makes this film so much more important.

Ok I cried this drama needs so much more attention 

  1. The two male leads both suffer from mental illnesses
  2. The male lead has very severe schizophrenia
  3. He also has PTSD and can only sleep in his bathtub
  4. His friend (the second male) has Tourette’s which is consistently portrayed 
  5. They DO NOT HOLD BACK on the ableist statements and remarks posed to the characters at all
  6. Nearing the end of the drama the male lead completely loses his grasp on reality with a severe relapse 
  7. Neither character gets miraculously 100% cured (both are indicated to still take medication) 
  8. They make peace with their illnesses and it’s a happy ending

The drama’s writers were also recently given a plaque for their efforts in raising awareness for this, and it breaks the stereotype of the conventional ‘perfect family’ K-drama. Seriously, go watch this. 

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basileus:

You’ve got the story all made up inside your head
You write me out of it and use your words instead
You hold me just out of reach, keep me pounding the beat
Take all the soul you can get

Gay and Lesbian Monosexuals: “Rumors that this person had different gender attraction as well as same gender attraction were created to make them seem straight.”
Gay and Lesbian Monosexuals: “If you headcanon this character as bi instead of gay you’re forcing heterosexuality on them.”
Gay and Lesbian Monosexuals: (calls past mixed gender relationships of a bi person “straight relationships”)
Gay and Lesbian Monosexuals: “As much as we’d like to let bisexuals into our community, when the going gets tough they’ll probably align themselves with heteros to save their skins.”
Gay and Lesbian Monosexuals: “So you’re only half queer?”
Gay and Lesbian Monosexuals: (assumes all bi women date men and all bi men date women)
Gay and Lesbian Monosexuals: “Bisexuals will never know what it’s like to experience real bigotry the way we do.”
Gay and Lesbian Monosexuals: “I’d rather have a straight ally represent me than a bi person, at least good allies acknowledge their privilege.”
Gay and Lesbian Monosexuals: “You have a preference for different gender people? So you’re actually hetero then?”
Gay and Lesbian Monosexuals: (assumes all bi people date straight people)
Gay and Lesbian Monosexuals: “Why would you need ‘bi pride,’ gay pride already celebrates same gender attraction, isn’t that enough? Do you really need to celebrate your heterosexual side too?”
Gay and Lesbian Monosexuals: “You need to acknowlege your straight passing privilege.”
Gay and Lesbian Monosexuals: (bi person breaks up with them) “So it turns out they were hetero all along.”
Bi Person: …
Bi Person: “Sometimes Monosex-”
Gay and Lesbian Monosexuals: “Excuse me? Did you just lump US in with STRAIGHT PEOPLE? Do you realize how much it hurts to be put in the same category as your OPPRESSOR? Why are you obsessed with proving that you’re QUEERER THAN US? If you don’t issue us an APOLOGY and then NEVER use that word again it will prove that bi people are the most HOMOPHOBIC people in the world!”