#blue hell site

And for the most part I didn't disagree and got the point they were making

EXCEPT when she was talking about how Tumblr romanticised mental Illness

1. She implied the communities and tabs regarding mental illness solely were to do with romanticising it into an aesthetic.

Which totally disregards the many posts that I and others made with resources to get help

2. She basically said that making depression into an artistic aesthetic started with Tumblr

HELLO?

Has she never heard of the tortured artist trope? Which goes back to at least the Victorian times

In the 1920s Dorthy Parker wrote a poem called Resumé which would fit the parts of Tumblr that romanticise mental illness easily

Razors pain you;

Rivers are damp;

Acids stain you;

And drugs cause cramp.

Guns aren’t lawful;

Nooses give;

Gas smells awful;

You might as well live.

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And that's only one of her poems that would fit. And that's from 100 years ago

I'm not saying it's fine to romanticise mental illness