“A Vulnerability Artist Who Fights Ableism”: Dr. Merri Lisa Johnson on BPD

What does writing from the frontline of BPD look like? If the author is borderline up-ender Dr. Lisa Johnson, it looks and sounds like a witty, raw, and dazzling conflagration. In this interview, she and I discuss her memoir, Girl in Need of a Tourniquet: Memoir of a Borderline Personality, and share our experiences of navigating academia while being open about our BPD diagnoses. Merri Lisa Johnson, Girl in Need of a Tourniquet Merri Lisa Johnson, “Neuroqueer Feminism: Turning with Tenderness toward Borderline Personality Disorder” Courtney Cook, The Way She Feels: My Life on the Borderline in Pictures and Pieces bell hooks, All About Love and other books William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying Marsha Linehan, Building a Life Worth Living Audre Lorde, "The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action" Nancy Mairs, Remembering the Bone House José Esteban Muñoz, Disidentifications: Queers of Color and the Performance of Politics Stacy Pershall, Loud in the House of Myself: Memoir of a Strange Girl Kiera van Gelder, The Buddha and the Borderline Elizabeth Wurtzel, Prozac Nation

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A Real Affliction: BPD, Culture, and Stigma A Real Affliction: BPD, Culture, and Stigma is an interview podcast that explores how we live with, treat, advocate for, write about, and conceptualize borderline personality disorder, as well as common co-occurring challenges like complex PTSD, eating disorders, and substance use disorder, all of which I’ve experienced. My guests and I will also discuss how literature, film, television, photography, dance, philosophy, the history of medicine, feminist and disability studies, nature, and bioethics reflect, illuminate, and impact the experience and cultural perceptions of BPD. Episodes are released twice a month, starting on April 19, 2024.