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also, not everyone there even "belongs" there! i met someone who went to the ER for a headache and ended up in the psych ward! another person came in for an anxiety attack mistaken for a heart attack and got put in the psych ward. i was involuntarily admitted because they thought i tried to kill myself when i didn't! i had only told my doctor i was struggling with drinking and wanted to make sure i didn't need detox. and when i got there, they forced me to go cold turkey from all my medication (including the ones for my chronic illnesses!). i was stuck in bed for days, and this was then used against me as proof that i needed to be there!

(by "belong" i mean according to the actual written standards for hosptialization. i don't think anyone "belongs" in a psych ward)

these places are not safe. they were a compromise the ruling class made after people started realizing asylums were abusing, torturing, and effectively kidnapping women. they didn't stop doing that. they just made it look like they did. they convinced everyone that it was different this time.

hi uay<3 so i think theres a lot to be said for a Tribe called quest especially their first two albums i personally love a lot. Excursions was the song that launched my rap era. but also beyond the stuff everyone will tell u about i have to give my fun as fuck album Rooftop soundcheck by Justice system. super sunshiney rooftop jammin funky funk jazzy jazz rappy rap. it does all three of those a whole lot and super well + fun + W + yay + smiling:) super great vibe all throughout it is so intensely charcore possibly my favorite rap album of all time. very very extremely likely. but also speaking of rap albums that also do jazz really well. okay well so i have a whole philosophy abt jazz rap okay. i really love any jazz rap ofc but what i go CRAZEY for is when the jazz part is actually accentuated beyond just Vibes kinda? not that vibes is bad but yk :p anyway i think Shades of blue by Madlib and Jazzmatazz by Guru are to jazz rap what Lizard by King crimson is to the realm of 'symphonic rock'. like a lot of music in the area is just doing Electric light orchestra stuff, basically just tossing some of the instrumentation over to some strings or such. but lizard is like. Okay So This Is Orchestra Music Also. and thats what those last few albums but especially shades+jmt are for jazz rap to me:) so so cool i just go crazy for a nice low end upright bass type of sound with my cool & chill & funky beats. but anyway!!!! i also rec Life's like by Jazzyfact and Home brew self titled and. oh oh my god. this is bad. this is really really bad. ive totally neglected to mention my darling sunshine joy of my life Six feet deep by Gravediggaz... go n listen to my girlfriend six feet deep by gravediggaz.. its like the total opposite vibe of rooftop but still just as funky n fun<33 so so cool. anyway im gonna add the album covers for all the stuff here just bc this turned into a whole big overwhelming (for me at least) wall of text^-^ tysm for askinggg hoping u well on ur rap voyage:)

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