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“You Can Be Broke and Self-Care” Exhibit: Recap, Photos & Resources

Posted by strange on October 6, 2019
"You Can Be Broke and Self-Care" Exhibit: Recap, Photos & Resources

“You Can Be Broke and Self-Care” is a photo interview exhibit featuring 13 people in LA with mind obstacles (that’s what we call mental illnesses) practicing alternative self-care authentically in their home or space.

It was created by Shannen Roberts (she/her), the queer, Peruvian-American founder of The Strange is Beautiful. Spanish translation completed by Angelica Ravelo Franco (@ange.ravelo & angemerce79@gmail.com).

Posted in: News & Events, Self Care, TSIB Hangouts | Tagged: anxiety, broke self care, cheap self-care, cheap selfcare, depression, healers, lgbt mental health, lgbtq mental health, los angeles healers, low-income self-care, lowincome selfcare, mental health art, mental health journalism, panic attacks, poc mental health, self care on a budget, selfcare on a budget, social anxiety, teen mental health

Sadcore Sundays: “Kill” by Ivo Dimchev

Posted by strange on August 25, 2019
Sadcore Sundays: "Kill" by Ivo Dimchev

A mix of gothic dark pop, creepy orchestral arrangements, and eerie falsetto, Ivo Dimchev’s “Kill” fills souls with sadness and a shift of perspective simultaneously. Sadness to see people lose all faith that there is love left in the world, lose all strength to be positive, and fill up, survive on rage. The shift of perspective takes place there, the rage. An awareness of how depression can express itself as anger and harm of others is crucial to healing. Stress and oppression from the world want us to suffocate ourselves in our own rage. Rage can be used as a tool for good, it can be an ally. But when not harnessed, it can cause distortion of how we see and live in the world. It can cause us to lose the ability to enjoy anything or anyone and to only see the negative in everything. This song could be interpreted entirely differently, that a wounded heart can lead to violence, deaths, and killing. I don’t see this song as that, but instead, as the confusion of rage that has piled up for too long and continues to grow like weeds. An infestation of anger unable to be digested or used for good and transforms into a deterrent.

Posted in: Sadcore Sundays, Sadcore Sundays Features, Shannen | Tagged: creepy music, dark pop, eerie music, gothic, gothic music, ivo dimchev, ivo dimchev kill, kill by ivo dimchev, rage, sad music

Sadcore Sundays: “Grieving Spell” by The Bedoom Witch

Posted by strange on August 18, 2019
Sadcore Sundays: "Grieving Spell" by The Bedoom Witch
Grieving Spell by The Bedroom Witch

For those who have lost a loved one and are going through the grieving process, The Bedroom Witch is with you to feel your sadness and depression. Take a few minutes to feel all that is coming to the surface with “Grieving Spell.”

Posted in: Sadcore Sundays, Sadcore Sundays Features, Shannen | Tagged: grief song, grieving song, grieving spell, music for depression, music for loss, the bedroom witch

Sadcore Sundays: “We Had to End it” by Cuco

Posted by strange on July 28, 2019
Sadcore Sundays: "We Had to End it" by Cuco

In honor of Cuco playing a block party in Los Angeles today, we’re featuring his song “We Had to End it” for Sadcore Sundays. This is for anyone who’s been through a breakup recently and feels like the world is ending and there is no more reason to live. Cuco feels your feels <3

Posted in: Sadcore Sundays, Sadcore Sundays Features, Shannen | Tagged: cuco, cuco los angeles block party, depression music, mexican-american music, sad boy, sad boy music, sad music, we had to end it

“You Can be Broke and Self-Care” Exhibit Sept 21-26

Posted by strange on July 24, 2019
"You Can be Broke and Self-Care" Exhibit Sept 21-26
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“You Can Be Broke and Self-Care” is The Strange is Beautiful’s photo and interview project featuring 13 people in LA with mind obstacles (that’s what we call mental illnesses) practicing alternative self-care in their home or space. 

Expect to see polaroids, digital prints, 1-4 quotes of each of the 13 people interviewed, 3-5 journal prompts for each one, and self-care community events.

Visit it between September 21 and September 26 at Nous Tous Community Gallery for $5-$30 sliding scale donations (donate only if you’re able). Donations go to The Strange is Beautiful.

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