(Don't) Call Me Crazy
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Chapter Book · Ages 14–18 · 2018

(Don't) Call Me Crazy

By Kelly Jensen

Explore diverse perspectives on mental health and redefine what 'crazy' means.

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228 pages
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Dive into a powerful anthology where actors, athletes, writers, and artists share personal stories and insights on mental health. From redefining 'crazy' to understanding diverse brain wiring, this collection challenges perceptions and encourages open dialogue. Discover how labels impact everyday experiences and explore the varied meanings of 'crazy'—wild, extreme, passionate. Whether you've faced mental health challenges or know someone who has, these essays, comics, and illustrations invite you to join the conversation and rethink what it means to be 'crazy.'

From the publisher

Talk openly about mental health with thirty-three diverse and empowering actors, athletes, writers, and artists in thisaward-winning book. Contributors include: Kristin Bell, Nancy Kerrigan, S. Jae-Jones, Meredith Russo, V.E. Schwab, and Adam Silvera, among many others. Who’s Crazy? What does it mean to be crazy? Is using the word crazy offensive? What happens when a label like that gets attached to your everyday experiences? To understand mental health, we need to talk openly about it. Because there’s no single definition of crazy, there’s no single experience that embodies it, and the word itself means different things–wild? extreme? disturbed? passionate?–to different people. In (Don’t) Call Me Crazy, actors, athletes, writers, and artists offer essays, lists, comics, and illustrations that explore a wide range of topics, including: Their personal experiences with mental illness; How we do and don’t talk about mental health; Help for better understanding how every person’s brain is wired differently; What, exactly, might make someone crazy. If you’ve ever struggled with your mental health, or know someone who has, come on in, turn the pages . . . and let’s get talking. This award-winning anthology is from the highly-praised editor of Here We Are: Feminism for the Real World and Body Talk: 37 Voices Explore Our Radical Anatomy.

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Format
Paperback
Pages
228
Reading age
14–18
Audience
Young Adult
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Published
October 2, 2018
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Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
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ISBN
9781616207816

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