Broken Isn’t Beautiful
Struggling with severe mental-health issues for years, Eleanor kept her problems secret for fear of people’s reactions. In her spoken word poem, “Broken Isn’t Beautiful,” she explains that she was more scared to speak about her mental illness than of the illness itself.
Her fears didn’t stem from stigma. They stemmed from how she sees mental illness portrayed in the media of her generation. Mental illness seems like a designer brand that people pull on because it’s cool. It’s cool to cut or to starve or to be sad. She is surrounded by messages that people are only beautiful if they are in pain. But, Eleanor is in pain, and it is not beautiful.
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Feature: weroni at DeviantArt, Creative Commons
Hi, I think I watched this video a couple of years ago and used it to show people how normalising language is so damaging. I can’t seem to find it now. If it’s the one I think it’d a very talented young lady talking about howomg it took to get help, how sites sell jewelry of razors etc and glorify self harm.
I really want to show my children as I feel it’s such a profound video but it says it’s private? Do you know how I can access it, or if the young lady is still educating people? I do hope she is OK!
Same! Found this years ago and I was absolutely in love with it. I’ve searched EVERYWHERE and I can’t find it, which makes me so sad. I can still remember bits of it but not all of it. If anyone knows how I could find this or what her name is that would be most appreciated. It was amazing
This poem meant so much to me and now I can’t find it. If anyone has the link please leave it here! I would love to hear it again.