PSYCHOCINEMATIC

Episode 8: The Queen’s Gambit, aka chess & drugs & Anya Taylor Joy (with Maz Fornasier)

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We welcome the enigmatic Maz Fornasier back for our EIGHTH episode covering 2020’s Netflix phenomenon, The Queens Gambit, based on the 1983 novel by Walter Tevis (Steph AND Maz call him William, apologies!) Can an adaptation be both harmful and helpful all at once? Find out, as Maz also gets deep into her own lived experience with addiction.
 
Content Warning: Drug and alcohol use, misuse, addiction, withdrawal and recovery, childhood trauma, abuse and neglect, some mention of suicide
 
NOTE: This podcast is not designed to be therapeutic, prescriptive or constitute a formal diagnosis for any listener, nor the characters discussed. The host is not representative of all psychologists and opinions stated are her own personal opinion, based on her own learnings and training (and minimal lived experience). Host and co-hosts do not have the final say and can only comment based on their own perspectives, so please let us know if you dispute any of these opinions – we are keen for feedback!
 
Host: Stephanie Fornasier
Cohost: Maz Fornasier
Music and artwork: Michael Watson
Editor: Nicholas Fornasier
 
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Articles we read:
National Child Traumatic Stress Network: Assessment of Complex Trauma
Blueknot.org explanation of Complex Trauma
DSM 5 Criteria for Substance Use Disorders
Accidentally Autistic article on The Queen’s Gambit
Buzzfeed article regarding Orphanages
Newsweek article on history of Librium
Oprah Mag: The true story of the Queen’s Gambit
Harper’s Bazaar: Drug abuse in the Queen’s Gambit
Did You Blank It: Addiction and Obsession in the Queen’s  Gambit
Film Sane: What Can Queens Gambit teach us about addiction
USA Today: The Queen’s Gambit review
Mountainside.com: Queen’s Gambit accuracy of addiction
Sandstonecare.com: Queens Gambit and high functioning addiction
We’re All Mad Here podcast page (also available on all good podcast platforms)
 

Episode 6: Love Actually - about mental health and disability, actually.

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It’s our mini ep on Love Actually (2003), Directed by Richard Curtis. This generation’s favourite Christmas movie. But you know what we watch Christmas rom coms for right? MENTAL HEALTH AND DISABILITY! Obviously. Maz Fornasier joins us for this special episode, and she is an efficient talker. Michael pls take some pointers. 
 
CONTENT WARNING: psychosis, stalking, death of a parent, suicide, Hugh Grant.
 
We also lightly/heavily image shame Thomas Sangster Brody, sorry.
 
Host: Stephanie Fornasier
Co-host: Maz Fornasier
Editor: Nic Fornasier (are we seeing a pattern here)
Theme music & artwork: Michael Watson
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References: 
 
Review of Love/Hate Actually, the hit comedy show 
Sadly it's a bit late to catch it now but they usually run it every year!
 
Refinery: Andrew Lincoln's character is a stalker
Inverse: Andrew Lincoln's character is a stalker
Wikipedia page for Stalking
just in case you weren't convinced
 
Five Thirty Eight: The Definitive Analysis of Love Actually 
The Guardian: The Patriarchy, actually
Pajiba: The real villain of the movie is Laura Linney's brother's cockblock of a mental hospital
Independent: Why Love Actually is not the heartwarming romcom you're remembering
Independent: Love Actually director Richard Curtis tells of pain of losing his sister to suicide.
The Tab: All the men in Love Actually are literal trash, but who is the worst?