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Julia Macintosh

@juliamacintosh.bsky.social
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Director, Centre for Mad Culture UK find out more on my website at: juliamacintosh.online read my blog at: juliamacintosh.substack.com

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Julia Macintosh @juliamacintosh.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Looking for something to do this evening in #Edinburgh ? Centre for Mad Culture UK will be screening the acclaimed film Crazywise. Details and tickets at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/crazywise-...
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Crazywise Film Screening
Join us for a special film night and discussion hosted by the Centre for Mad Culture UK
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Robert Chapman @drrobertchapman.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Posting this thing i wrote again since a lot of people are calling trump mad or insane right now and that's still obscuring far more than it reveals. open.substack.com/pub/neurodiv...
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Gramsci on Madness and Fascism
Hegemony and Sanist Slurs
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Julia Macintosh @juliamacintosh.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Hello @johncusack.bsky.social please please stop disparaging the madfolk by comparing us to the warmongers and oligarchs. Please visit madculture.org in Chicago to understand the mad movement and how it seeks human rights and social justice above all.
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Julia Macintosh @juliamacintosh.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
*Survey deadline extended* www.surveymonkey.com/r/mad-movement If you haven't yet taken our survey, now's your chance! We've extended the deadline by 48 hours, to Wednesday 25th February. Enter your name for a prize draw £30 gift voucher.
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ubertherapy.bsky.social @ubertherapy.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
UberTherapy and the Enshittification of our Relational Lives: Part 1 of our Interview with @survivingwork.bsky.social and @justinkarterphd @mad-in-america.bsky.social www.madinamerica.com/2026/02/uber... @brisunipress.bsky.social
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UberTherapy and the Enshittification of our Relational Lives: Part 1 of our Interview with Elizabeth Cotton
With UberTherapy, Elizabeth Cotton follows the gig-economy playbook into psychotherapy, where platforms lower costs by depressing wages and standardizing treatment.
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Julia Macintosh @juliamacintosh.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Hello friends and allies @asylummagazine.bsky.social @nsunnews.bsky.social @voxscotland.bsky.social We'd be very grateful for a repost about the Centre for Mad Culture UK survey, open for responses until 23 Feb. 🙏 Julia
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Julia Macintosh @juliamacintosh.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
The Centre for Mad Culture UK invites you to share your views: www.surveymonkey.com/r/mad-movement It takes 5-10 mins and there is an option to join the prize draw for a £30 book voucher.
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Survey about the mad movement
Please fill in our survey to inform the future work of the Centre for Mad Culture UK.
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Julia Macintosh @juliamacintosh.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
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hijacked
on this morning's headline
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ubertherapy.bsky.social @ubertherapy.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
We’re not stupid people but there is an attack on our thinking about what is happening in digital therapy. www.youtube.com/shorts/EXYQ_... Podcast conversation with Two Lost Souls about UberTherapy twolostsouls.co.uk/listen
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UberTherapy3
YouTube video by Surviving Work
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Lauren @mental-health-harm.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Hi, I'm v new to bsky. I'm a PhD student focusing on harm in UK mental health services, & I would like to hear about your experiences of harm in services between 2010-2025. (Mental health services includes NHS, charities, companies, private therapists & other orgs) 1/7 tinyurl.com/yt2ydvxx
A University of Lancashire poster, inviting people to participate in research.

Have you experienced harm from mental health services?

You are invited to take part in this study which is looking to identify and examine overlooked and lesser known forms of harm in UK mental health services. Taking part will involve completing an anonymous online survey, involving questions about your experiences of harm. This will take approximately 15-45 minutes to complete.

I am looking for individuals who are aged 18+, AND have experienced harm from mental health services within the UK from 2010 onward, OR are the carer/family member of someone who has experienced harm from mental health services within the UK from 2010 onward.

For more information, or to take part, please scan the QR code or go to this web address: https://tinyurl.com/yt2ydvxx

Who Am I? My name is Lauren Langley and I am a PhD student at the University of Lancashire. I am Autistic and have lived experience of trauma and mental illness. As a mental health patient, I have experienced harm from mental health services. If you have any questions, please get in touch: llangley1@uclan.ac.uk (picture below of a white person with ginger hair, wearing a blue t-shirt) 

Further information, including FAQs, and Easy Read and downloadable versions of the questionnaire are available on the study website: www.hiddenharms.wordpress.com 

Ethical Approval No: BAHSS2 01118
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Asylum Magazine @asylummagazine.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
A conference on madness, health and creativity
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Julia Macintosh @juliamacintosh.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
The Centre for Mad Culture UK officially launches on Friday! The reception is fully booked with waitlist - but the exhibition itself is open for visits on Friday 17 Oct from 10am to 4pm and on Saturday 18 Oct from 10am to 1pm. If you're in or around Edinburgh please come along and say hello!
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Asylum Magazine @asylummagazine.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
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Art exhibition by people with mental health issues faces the axe
An annual art exhibition which offers a unique opportunity to people with mental health issues is facing closure because of funding cuts.
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Julia Macintosh @juliamacintosh.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Hello @asylummagazine.bsky.social @thementalelf.bsky.social @lighthousebks.bsky.social please share this link with your followers in Edinburgh who may be interested in joining us on Tues 12 August 7pm at the Outhouse www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/euphoric-m...
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Euphoric Mind: an evening with mad activist Matthew Jackman
Global mental health activist Matthew Jackman will share his work on human rights, social justice and the lived experience perspective.
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Julia Macintosh @juliamacintosh.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Matthew Jackman is a global mental health activist focusing on human rights, social justice and the lived experience perspective. Join us on Tues 12 Aug in Edinburgh to hear about his work. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/euphoric-m...
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Euphoric Mind: an evening with mad activist Matthew Jackman
Global mental health activist Matthew Jackman will share his work on human rights, social justice and the lived experience perspective.
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Julia Macintosh @juliamacintosh.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
If you're in Edinburgh or nearby, please join me next week at the Outhouse for Euphoric Mind: an evening with mad activist Matthew Jackman Date: 12 aug • 19:00 Location: 12A Broughton Street Lane, Edinburgh, EH1 3LY www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/euphoric-m...
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Euphoric Mind: an evening with mad activist Matthew Jackman
Mad Insight Collective presents this talk with visiting mad activist Matthew Jackman. Join us for drinks, snacks and conversation.
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Asylum Magazine @asylummagazine.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
From the event at Contact theatre in Manchester on 9 July where the Summer Issue 2025 of @asylummagazine.bsky.social (guest-edited by the Balmy Army) was launched A brilliant event with poetry, films, songs & Oreo Ice Cream where so many amazingly talented young people (Balmy Army members) featured
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Julia Macintosh @juliamacintosh.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
I have written a rebuttal to @doctoroxford.com's review of Bella Jackson's Fragile Minds in today's @theguardian.com Fragile Minds is published by @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social Read my response here: open.substack.com/pub/juliamac...
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professional pique
a review of a review
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Julia Macintosh @juliamacintosh.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
juliamacintosh.substack.com/p/profession... A review of a review. This new book, Fragile Minds by Bella Jackson, is a sorely needed spotlight on the limitations of psychiatry. @asylummagazine.bsky.social @madintheuk.bsky.social
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professional pique
a review of a review
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Julia Macintosh @juliamacintosh.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
My response to today's review of Fragile Minds - published in @theguardian.com by @doctoroxford.com juliamacintosh.substack.com/p/profession...
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professional pique
a review of a review
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ubertherapy.bsky.social @ubertherapy.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
UberTherapy is the essential guide to the uberization of therapy through algorithmic control, datafication of despair and attrition by design asking if 'therapeutic Tinder' offers a way to avoid the deep and uncomfortable work of therapy. Pre-order here bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/ubertherapy
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Julia Macintosh @juliamacintosh.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
My latest post, on the upcoming ISPSUK annual conference: juliamacintosh.substack.com/p/finding-co...
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finding common ground
The other day I experienced what I think of as ‘a wobble’ – that is, a tide of nerves and trepidation which coalesces into a minor hum of low-grade anxiety.
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Julia Macintosh @juliamacintosh.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
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madness doulas
a new type of support?
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Julia Macintosh @juliamacintosh.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
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madness, art and abuse
some further reflections
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The Mental Elves @thementalelves.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Anyone know of any lived/living experience led research projects around suicide understanding either past or present, UK or abroad? #madsky #madstudies @roryoc.bsky.social
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Julia Macintosh @juliamacintosh.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
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new: subscriber perks
for paying subscribers of madreality
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Julia Macintosh @juliamacintosh.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
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sightseeing
I recently requested copies of my psychiatric records.
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Julia Macintosh @juliamacintosh.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
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really real
a message to heed
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Julia Macintosh @juliamacintosh.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
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lost and found
Later today I will be co-hosting a journaling workshop for members of ISPS-UK who are family and friends of people with lived experience of psychosis.
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Julia Macintosh @juliamacintosh.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
thoughts on a Sunday morning... open.substack.com/pub/juliamac...
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Power Threat Meaning Framework: a reflection
One of the newer tools being promoted within the mad movement is the Power Threat Meaning Framework (PTMF).
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Julia Macintosh @juliamacintosh.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
The latest issue of Asylum Magazine is out now. I'm very pleased to have an article in this issue, about the Mad Insight project with which I am involved. madinsight.online
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Julia Macintosh @juliamacintosh.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
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on finding ways to describe ourselves
How do you describe yourself, and the work which engages you? How do you capture its nuances in a few words and labels? How do you navigate all the assumptions and connotations that are tangled up wit...
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Julia Macintosh @juliamacintosh.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
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Mad Studies Mastermind
6-week group coaching programme starts 18 January. Engaging presentations, interactive action learning sets, reflective writing space.
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Lisa Archibald @lisaarchibald.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Looking forward to the Mad Studies Symposium event on 8 Dec. #Intentionalpeersupport Co-Director Chris Hansen will be delivering a short session at the event on IPS. www.idha-nyc.org/mad-studies-...
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Mad Studies Symposium — IDHA
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Julia Macintosh @juliamacintosh.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Please circulate through your networks: my group coaching programme Mad Studies Mastermind is now open for bookings. Presentations, action learning sets, reflective writing and interactive discussions. contact me julia@juliamacintosh.online for more info #madstudies #coaching
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Julia Macintosh @juliamacintosh.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
And a link to my latest blog post: juliamacintosh.substack.com/p/heres-to-m...
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here's to my friend
notes from a better headspace
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Julia Macintosh @juliamacintosh.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
So I recently travelled to Belgium for the Too Mad to be True conference. Here is a goofy and poorly-edited video clip of my adventures www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PrF...
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Mad Insight European tour 2024
YouTube video by MadInsight
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Julia Macintosh @juliamacintosh.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
hello Bluesky people - I've just deactivated my account on the other platform, after mainly avoiding it for years. Starting from scratch here and will be posting links to my writing and events and to my work with the Mad Insight project. #newstart #madpride #hello
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