#don't see split

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I keep getting people like "you can't know till you've watched it you don't even know what happens" "oh but they said some nice things about him" and like. My buddy my friend I know what happens in the movie. I know they said some thinfs that weren't terrible. The fact remains that they didn't communicate with any multiples and then they lied and said they couldn't find any; they ignored advice from their expert consults; they ignored a 16000+ and 19000+ petition (I signed both of them); to make their exploitative, sensationalist movie at the expense of a group of disorders. And people are like "you know it's fiction right" (obviously?) "No one actually thinks people with DID can do [x thing] you whiny marginalized person stop talking abt your oppression) and like. Do people not understand media doesn't exist in a vaccuum? I feel like in order for a grown adult of average intelligence to not realize that takes willing obfuscation of the truth for the purpose of ignoring another group's oppression. Like do people not understand that most of our representation to the general public (and most of the representation of which singlets choose to avail themselves) is bullshit like this? I s2g it's always the same excuses from singlets and they all think it's a great idea to throw in my face how much they loved it and how much money they gave to it and like. Thanks I guess? For throwing in my fave how little you listen and how few shits you give abt us? And it keeps happening and I am very uncomfortable with all of it.

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Here's my new post for you haters

If you think your creepy infatuation with an actor has priority over the lives of those with DID and other mental illnesses which are harmed by movies like Split, then fuck you get off my blog I don’t want to know you or hear from you. James McAvoy and Shyamalan have ignored the voices of those who are hurt by this film and are ableist assholes looking to make money off the suffering of others.

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@johnlocktrash124 You may be aware that media like books, radio, movies, even music, has been used as propaganda, and highly effective propaganda since its inception. Why is this? Because media does not exist in a vaccuum. Especially for the uninformed person, media may have heavy influence over views and understanding of a subject. Most of the general public is not very educated about multiplicity. DID and OSDD-1 are highly complex and highly stigmatized disorders, so much so that even many mental health professionals are not competent to treat us. The general public does not regularly consume accurate information about DID and OSDD-1. Rather, their understanding of multiplicity tends to be informed by sensationalist, exploitative media like Split. People already assume we're dangerous, violent, and criminal by default. Don't excuse or defend media which supports this stigma.

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@splitmovie

No one- No one- No one see this movie.

Please.

DID and OSDD-1, the disorders characterized by multiplicity, don’t work like this. At all.

We are equally likely as anyone else to commit crime, but far more likely to be the victims of crime (and multiplicity literally comes from trauma, usually abuse)

We are not dangerous. Specifically, we are not dangerous because of our disorder.

This movie goes out of its way to portray multiplicity incredibly inaccurately, and in an incredibly damaging way. Mentally ill people suffer enough due to stigma and ostracization. Enough people already think disorders like DID are characterized by violent criminality. Enough people with disorders, especially stigmatized disorders, have been and/or are continuous victims of abuse precisely because of our disorders.

This movie, which places its horribly inaccurate, demonizing portrayal of DID at the forefront of the capture and abuse of the young women, is massively perpetuating awful, damaging stereotypes.

This is not small. This is not trivial. This has consequences. Real people are denied care, denied agency, abused, and killed because of this stigma. If you see this movie, give any money to this movie at all, you are perpetuating that and the responsibility for these abuses and these deaths becomes yours too.

Instead, if you find yourself interested in learning more about abuse, trauma, and multiplicity, I would suggest investigating these topics using resources such as traumadissociation.com

Do. Not. See. This. Movie.

Stop killing us.

Sincerely, a multiple with OSDD-1b, and victim of abuse both individual and institutional.

Edit: if you reblog this, please tag @splitmovie