What is the natural reaction when told you have a hopeless mental illness? That diagnosis does you in; that, and the humiliation of being there. I mean, the indignity you're subjected to. My God.

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This country is becoming increasingly authoritarian. It's based on capital punishment.

This country is becoming increasingly authoritarian. It's based on capital punishment.

This is how psychiatry has functioned-as a kind of property arm of the government, who...

This is how psychiatry has functioned-as a kind of property arm of the government, who...

In those days, when you got boxed, that was it. A lot of old people...

In those days, when you got boxed, that was it. A lot of old people...

As women, we're probably more protective of children. Also, we've been minors all of our...

As women, we're probably more protective of children. Also, we've been minors all of our...

My sister said, You're making it hard for all us housewives in Nebraska.

My sister said, You're making it hard for all us housewives in Nebraska.

We're more sexually repressed than men, having been given a much more strict puritanical code...

We're more sexually repressed than men, having been given a much more strict puritanical code...

With the first act of cruelty committed in the name of revolution, with the first...

With the first act of cruelty committed in the name of revolution, with the first...

Isn't privacy about keeping taboos in their place?

Isn't privacy about keeping taboos in their place?

Psychiatry causes so much death.

Psychiatry causes so much death.

Men and women were declared equal one morning and everybody could divorce each other by...

Men and women were declared equal one morning and everybody could divorce each other by...

A sexual revolution begins with the emancipation of women, who are the chief victims of...

A sexual revolution begins with the emancipation of women, who are the chief victims of...

We are naive and moralistic women. We are human beings who find politics a blight...

We are naive and moralistic women. We are human beings who find politics a blight...

I was supposed to be women's lib, and now I'd exceeded it and gone over...

I was supposed to be women's lib, and now I'd exceeded it and gone over...

Aren't women prudes if they don't and prostitutes if they do?

Aren't women prudes if they don't and prostitutes if they do?

Mother had committed me for life. This is where I felt betrayed the most.

Mother had committed me for life. This is where I felt betrayed the most.

They are more beautiful than anything in the world, kinetic sculptures, perfect form in motion.

They are more beautiful than anything in the world, kinetic sculptures, perfect form in motion.

We are women. We are a subject people who have inherited an alien culture.

We are women. We are a subject people who have inherited an alien culture.

I'm slammed with an identity that can no longer say a word; mute with responsibility.

I'm slammed with an identity that can no longer say a word; mute with responsibility.

Everybody believes in psychiatry; it's supposed to be for our own good. Let psychiatry prove...

Everybody believes in psychiatry; it's supposed to be for our own good. Let psychiatry prove...

It was horrifying. You wouldn't believe how people are treated there. You could see that...

It was horrifying. You wouldn't believe how people are treated there. You could see that...