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9:21pm July 16, 2014
Anonymous asked: Related to the last ask about slurs: Who do you think is allowed to call themselves crazy? I'm considered mentally ill (and I'm also autistic) and I like the idea of using the term. But I don't know if I can because I don't know if what I have falls into the Official Crazy Person stereotype category (but I also don't "just" have depression - note the quotes.) Trying to get opinions.

I think if crazy is something that can be used against you, then you can use it.  I use crazy for myself because I’ve been called crazy my whole life, independent of diagnosis.  And I also think anyone psychiatrically disabled or psychiatrized in any way can claim the term because they could be called crazy, even people with the more socially acceptable disorders, even people who don’t have a condition at all but have ended up in the system.  By virtue of being in the system, that’s one way to earn the right to ‘crazy’.