A friend of my mine googled my screenname and came up with this college english essay which obviously refers to this community. I thought it was pretty hilarous so I am providing the link below. Please note I did not write this essay and I do not know the woman who wrote this essay. Also, I would like to state for the record that I have never ( Read more... )

I'm really pissed off. I've been taking Effexor XL for almost four years now. Nothing has mad eme feel this good ever before and it has given me my life back. However, it has given me a libido smaller than an amoeba. To make matters worse, I have absolutely no sexual sensation internally. Therefore, when I actually do feel in the mood for sex I ( Read more... )

Name: clytemestra

Age: 32

Favorite female writers/poets with themes of madness:
Donna Tartt, Margaret Atwood, Edith Wharton

Favorite books on madness:
An Unquiet Mind, Touched with Fire, The Greeks and the Irrational, Dionysus: Myth and Cult

Favorite films that document or hint at "women & madness":
La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc, The Messenger, ( Read more... )

Let's face it... I'm not a woman but I'm fucking insane and I love mad women and poetry so I thought I'd introduce myself. I hope you girls don't mind.

name: Peter
age: 21
favorite female writers/poets with themes of madness?: Virginia Woolf, Emily Dickinson
favorite books on madness?:
favorite films which document or hint at "women & madness"?: ( Read more... )

I've been lurking on this community for a long time now, and I thought it was time to join.

Name: Natalia, but everyone calls me Naná.
Age: 16
Favorite female writers/poets with themes of madness? I am completely crazy for Virgínia Woolf. But I like Sylvia Plath, Emily Dickson, Dorothy Parker, Toni Morrison and etc.
Favorite books on madness? ( Read more... )

when i was in high school, i had a number of feminist english teachers (thank heavens). one of them taught us this literaturial (sp?) theory-- something to the effect of- when you research different written works from long ago until even now, there is a common theme to how women react to their lesser placement in sociey-- either by 1) madness ( ( Read more... )

name: Chrissie
age: 20
favorite female writers/poets with themes of madness?:
favorite books on madness?: Sybil by Flora Rheta Schreiber, The Bell Jar by Silvia Plath, And I don't want to live this life by Deborah Spungen, Go Ask Alice by Anon.(well not so much madness if it weren't for the drugs)
favorite films which document or hint at "women ( Read more... )

The Royal Derwent, or "Willow Court" was the oldest mental institution in Australia before it's closure in the late 90's. Situated in New Norfolk, Tasmania, the majority of the building lies abandoned, pending future redevelopment.

But my interest is in the urban legends and myths of hauntings. Through studying the history of the site and ( Read more... )

Hi... I've thought about joining this community for a long time, but never did. I'm feeling myself break again, so I figured now's as good a time as ever ( Read more... )

name: lindsey ( Read more... )