#callbs

[vikmonoblock]

☝️ Ella es Emma González (18) y esta viva pero podría no estarlo. Quizás viste su discurso este sábado, en el evento que organizaron las víctimas del último tiroteo (mass shooting) en un colegio en Florida (EEUU). Yo lo ví, y la admiración inmediata que sentí por la entereza y la agudez de Emma me hicieron desear retratarla. Si no lo viste, googlealo. Quise dibujarla como una forma de apoyar su misión desde aquí lejos. 👊 ⚡️Ella dice que su escuela y la comunidad que la conforma va a cambiar las leyes para este sea el último tiroteo. Y le creo. No porque tengan un poder especial: a decir verdad tienen un escenario ridículamente imposible enfrente. Pero le creo porque NECESITAMOS creer que el cambio viene desde abajo. 💪 En los 80 nos dijeron que para que el mundo se salvara había que arreglar la capa de ozono. En los 90 resolver el problema de la pobreza en “el tercer mundo” y luchar contra el sida. En los 2000, el enemigo fue el terrorismo. Y en el 2010 nos quieren vender que el problema es que los millenials no quieren hacerse cargo del futuro. Y mientras mandan BS (💩) para entretenernos en el noticiero, explotan el sistema financiero y embarran los procesos democráticos para que nadie sepa quién es el que maneja la batuta y perdamos la noción del Poder. De nuestro Poder. Gracias Emma por demostrar que hay líderes posibles entre la gente joven, y líderes de verdad. No hay que dormirse. Es lunes y hay MUCHO trabajo por hacer. #EmmaGonzalez #EndGunViolence #WeCallBS #CutTheBS #CallBS #ShameOnYou #quote #illustration #WordsofHappimess #GetToWork #GunControlNow #StonemanDouglas #TimesUp #March24th #MarchForOurLives (en Buenos Aires, Argentina)

[fantomefragile]

i think that www.callbs.ca is the greatest website ever , why don't yall go declare bs?

[eevachu]

Saw this on cable just now and my immediate thought was, "Has Tumblr heard of this yet? They should hear about this."

So this is Tumblr, hearing about CallBS.ca.

Get all up on this Tumbls.

[say-goodbyetolove]

I call BS on this example of how society fails to support youth mental health! More than 1 in 5 youth need mental health services, but less than 25% of that number actually receive them. Join me in calling BS on the issues that currently exist around youth mental health, and stand up for change! www.callbs.ca / letscallbs.tumblr.com

[againstmydemons]

[thegirlwhoownstheworld-blog]

Calling Bullshit is not enough.

If any of you have seen a movie lately, you might have noticed the Call BS mental illness awareness commercials, or heard about it from somewhere else. I immediately loved and hated the idea at the same time. 

The website aims to be a place where youth can go and discuss ways they have been failed by the mental health community-through lack of support, counsellors, misdiagnosis, misunderstanding and more. They can make public the feelings they've been dealing with in terms of lack of support, and in some way it's supposed to help the cause. 

Personally, I can relate to this in 100 different ways. I have been misdiagnosed several times, I am currently between mental health professionals, I've tried every counsellor that my school offered, I didn't qualify for any more programs after I was dehospitalized, and the list goes on and on. 

But, it's not enough for us to call bullshit. I've been calling bullshit this whole process to any mental health professional who will listen. I've called people, I've cried into the phone to directors of programs, and what little has been gained has been emotionally, and mentally taxing. 

Maybe this will make the "bs" calling process easier for youth, but what about everyone else? What about for the people who are already excluded? What about the people who don't qualify as youth and are entering over-burdened mental health programs? 

The site has a place for local organizing, but I don't know. Programs are still shitty and far between. There aren't enough counsellors, and groups to go around, and I worry a little. Having a mental illness is TAXING. It's emotionally stressful, and it's stressful to deal with a lack of proper treatment, your regular life and it's challenges, and ON TOP OF THAT dealing with educating others about it. You don't ask chemo patients to run a cancer relay, you don't ask post-surgery heart attack patients to stand up at heart and stroke foundation dinners moments after discharge. 

A lot of mental illnesses are ongoing, and I don't doubt many people are dealing with acute cases and can't advocate on behalf of themselves. I know I can't always advocate on behalf of myself. 

I am still working through this a little. 

[passionate-hedgehog]

I called BS today

I mean I'm not Canadian but still

[dailyreasontobehappy]

1 in 5 youth have a mental health problem or illness. Suicide is the 2nd highest cause of death for youth. 40% of parents say that they would not admit to anyone that their child had a mental illness. 

Lets break the stigma, and call BS. Watch the video! Visit the website!