LGBTQ books — David Jackson Ambrose

Sexual, Gender & Sexual Politic of Josephine Baker

In Unlawful Disorder (2022 Jaded Ibis Press) Bowie Long uses the exhibition of his body through dancing to reclaim his sexual identity in a room full of heterosexual men. He is using his fear of being ‘othered’ as the outsider and reclaiming his othered status through deliberate dance. This is much the same as the use of the ‘N’ word being reappropriated by African Americans to battle its historical use as a weapon by the dominant culture.

Cultural Rituals, books, carceral segregation, solitary confinement, schizophrenia treatment, racial disparitiesDavid JacksonApril 15, 2023unlawful disorder, David Jackson Ambrose, LGBTQ books, lasting effects of incarceration & post traumatic stress, mh treatment, mental illness, books on mental health, bipolar disorder, black dance, symbolism African American fiction, lambda literary award finalist

The impact of solitary confinement on people with mental illness

Solitary confinement has a few monikers that work to minimize what it really is, protective custody, isolation, etc. But what it consists of is twenty four hours of confinement in a room approximately the size of a bathroom, with no access to books, letters, phone contact, often lit for the entire time, where there is no interaction with any human beings.

books, carceral segregation, LGBTQ books, novels gambling addiction, generational traumaDavid JacksonApril 3, 2023lasting effects of incarceration & post traumatic stress, books about mental illness, solitary confinement, protectie custody, LGBTQ books, SMI