{"id":4591,"date":"2016-10-02T19:48:52","date_gmt":"2016-10-02T23:48:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nimlas.org\/blog\/?p=4591"},"modified":"2021-04-23T11:40:50","modified_gmt":"2021-04-23T15:40:50","slug":"nutty-bites-89-mental-health-in-fiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nimlas.org\/blog\/nuttybites\/nutty-bites-89-mental-health-in-fiction\/","title":{"rendered":"Nutty Bites 89: Mental Health in Fiction"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nimlas.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/CoverArt89.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[4591]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4596\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/nimlas.org\/blog\/nuttybites\/nutty-bites-89-mental-health-in-fiction\/attachment\/coverart89\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nimlas.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/CoverArt89.jpg?fit=1400%2C1400\" data-orig-size=\"1400,1400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"coverart89\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nimlas.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/CoverArt89.jpg?fit=584%2C584\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4596\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nimlas.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/CoverArt89.jpg?resize=300%2C300\" alt=\"Nutty Bites 89: Mental Health in Fiction\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nimlas.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/CoverArt89.jpg?w=1400 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nimlas.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/CoverArt89.jpg?resize=150%2C150 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nimlas.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/CoverArt89.jpg?resize=600%2C600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nimlas.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/CoverArt89.jpg?resize=768%2C768 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nimlas.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/CoverArt89.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nimlas.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/CoverArt89.jpg?resize=144%2C144 144w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nimlas.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/CoverArt89.jpg?resize=300%2C300 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nimlas.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/CoverArt89.jpg?w=1168 1168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Nutty Bites 89: Mental Health in Fiction<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mental Health representation is important because a good portion of the community deals with mental health in one way or the other. Either directly experiencing it or supporting those dealing with it. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/maiafire\">Claire Laffar<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/andrewluke\">Andy Luke<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/FlyingUkemi\">Tek<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/nuchtchas\">Nuchtchas<\/a> talk about mental health representation, what&#8217;s good out there, what&#8217;s not, what we&#8217;d like to see, and who is being a good role model.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We mentioned a few things to check out and I can&#8217;t list them all but do check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/mentalpod.com\/\">Mental Illness Happy Hour Podcas<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mentalpod.com\/\">t<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xDq4N7JkSEk\">Keep the Change<\/a> the film, and the White Donkey graphic novel.<\/p>\n<p>I also thanks all the patrons who made this episode possible. 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